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Yearly Archives: 2011
Dylan’s Desk: Meltwater aims to build a billion-dollar business without venture capital
This column is a profile of independent Norwegian entrepreneur Jorn Lyseggen. Meltwater Group is 10 years old, and has been almost entirely self-funded. Lyseggen started the company in Oslo with $15,000 of his own money and has been growing it … Continue reading
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Dylan’s Desk: Android hates me, and it doesn’t like you much, either
I’ve come to the conclusion that my Android phone hates me. It probably hates you, too. The breaking point came today when I tried to use my phone to Google the word “Edsel.” Instead of delivering the answer, my phone … Continue reading
Dylan’s Desk: Pick up the phone now! Supercomputers are standing by
This column starts with the $3.4 billion acquisition of SuccessFactors by SAP, ties together “the cloud” with mobile computing, throws in a dash of futurism and somehow winds up with a reference to Glee. Want to give your CEO an … Continue reading
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Dylan’s Desk: How I learned to stop worrying and love “the cloud”
As I write, the VentureBeat offices sit enveloped by a cloud. In all directions, the fog wraps our office building in a soft, gray fuzz, obscuring the views of downtown San Francisco, the bay, and the ocean. It’s not unlike … Continue reading
Caterina Fake: “Much more important than working hard is knowing how to find the right thing to work on.” via Caterina.net: Working hard is overrated.
11/27/2011 Comments Off
Dylan’s Desk: The time to start a company is now
In my latest column for VentureBeat, I wrote about my experiences as an entrepreneur during the dot-com boom, and why it’s so important not to delay if you think you’ve got a startup in you. The only way to learn … Continue reading
This @ericries piece from last weekend is one of the smartest things I’ve read on race & meritocracy. He discusses how the gender makeup of major symphony orchestras changed radically after implementing a simple change: Making people do their auditions … Continue reading
11/22/2011 Comments Off
Dylan’s Desk: How the Internet is dividing publishers into two camps
Glam Media founder Samir Arora thinks he knows the future of media. The secret, he is betting, is brand advertising displayed against high-quality, premium content. That stands in stark contrast to the advertising model that’s worked best for the past … Continue reading
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Norwegians take top prize in startup competition, with a killer presentation
I was a judge at a startup competition recently. It was great fun and all of the 8 contestants were brave enough to make a 2-minute presentation in front of a room full of people — not to mention four … Continue reading
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Art can pay: Minted raises $5.5M to expand graphic design and stationery business
Minted, a marketplace for community-sourced paper products like custom stationery and wedding invitations, has raised a big pile of the green kind of paper — the kind you can spend. For anyone whose parents told them to stop doodling Celtic … Continue reading
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