We can start by asking why Microsoft should be in search. Microsoft has two extremely successful businesses with … Continue reading “What Microsoft should do in search”

I am skeptical about all the hype around Twitter. I like Twitter and find that it’s an effective … Continue reading “Twitter Skepticism”

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I had the pleasure of being invited to a New Media dinner at Strauss Zelnick’s apartment in New … Continue reading “The Future of Media”

Over the past few years, my angel investing strategy has been to be very selectively aggressive. I would … Continue reading “Change in angel investment strategy”

After all the dire warnings given by various VCs, here is a more positive list of recommendations sent … Continue reading “Ten tips to ride the economic slowdown”

Last March I explained why startups should raise as much money as possible to prepare for the upcoming … Continue reading “What the financial crisis means to entrepreneurs”

It annoys me to no end that even as banks have massively diluted their shareholders to raise capital, … Continue reading “Banking Management: No time for half measures”

By Stacie Rabinowitz So I mentioned to Fabrice that I had been explaining credit default swaps to a … Continue reading “Credit Default Swaps”

I am not quite sure what the starting salaries are at management consulting firms these days but for … Continue reading “Random thought o f the day: management consulting firms will always be lagging indicators of the business cycle”

Given the rave reviews I expected something a little better. The story of single player campaign is absolutely … Continue reading “I must be the only one a bit disappointed by GTA4”

It’s odd to me that their opening bid was at $31 per share given that the stock was … Continue reading “What was Microsoft thinking?”

I have to admit Allmydata (www.allmydata.com) has had a rough time. The original team had difficulty executing on … Continue reading “Allmydata 3.0: The Ultimate Online Storage Solution”

Nine months ago we moved all of OLX to Jira (http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/). We are extremely satisfied with the product. … Continue reading “Jira is a fantastic technical project management tool”

Despite my previous post on the gloomy outlook for startups for the next 12 months, I am more … Continue reading “The bright future of online advertising”