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September 29, 2005
The Start of Internet Tsunami 2.0 Averted? eBay Shareholders Get the Final Word: "Skype Who?"
[“Uncle! Uncle! I give Up” — I really thought I could make it as the last hold-out in the VC Blogosphere NOT to comment on the Skype-eBay (or is it eBay-Skype?) Deal — Wrong again — cgm] What the Skype/eBay Deal Says... [continued]Posted by cmayaud at 01:11 PM | Permalink| Comments (0)
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September 28, 2005
How To Go From Number 50,000 to Number 20,000 on Technorati in 24 Hours
When I got into the office this morning I had the usual bunch of administrative tasks facing me. It was still early, so the phones weren’t yet ringing off the hook. Rather than face up to my routine duties, I... [continued]Posted by cmayaud at 03:10 PM | Permalink| Comments (0)
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September 25, 2005
FIND OF THE WEEK - Confused About Web 2.0? Web 2.0 - The Diagram
I’ve been extremely resistant to adopting the term “Web 2.0”. My excuse has been, and continues to be, a very simple one: I firmly believe the term “Web 2.0” has caught on for all the wrong reasons. The term “Web 2.0”... [continued]Posted by cmayaud at 09:44 PM | Permalink| Comments (1)
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September 17, 2005
Soon-To-Be Myth? FireFox is Less Vulnerable than Internet Explorer (IE)
My experience has been that Techies never miss a beat whenever someone has a problem with any Redmond product — always a good occasion to rub in how much better [Open Source | Linux | FireFox | Mozilla | Thunderbird... [continued]Posted by cmayaud at 12:49 PM | Permalink| Comments (1)
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September 08, 2005
One for My MISS LIST - TRANSNEURONIX
As per my previous post, this is my inaugural MISS LIST ( or PASS REGRET) post. This deal was a PASS which came back to haunt me with a vengeance this summer. With this deal, I had some concerns related... [continued]Posted by cmayaud at 02:49 PM | Permalink| Comments (0)
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The Art of Saying No -- without Saying No
The Art of Saying No — without Saying No If one were to do a “keyword” frequency analysis of VC communications with entrepreneurs, the actual usage of the word “No” by VCs wouldn’t necessarily look anymore common place than in other... [continued]Posted by cmayaud at 02:33 PM | Permalink| Comments (1)
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