Archive for 2009
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The 4 C’s of Universal Clients – in or out of the Cloud
May 18, 2009Jeanne Morain offers a great explanation of how the new paradigm shift both in and out of the cloud is more user centric around Universal Clients for the desktops. The monolithic era of tightly coupled OS, Applications and Data can no longer survive and thrive in today’s technology-dependent world. Let us not forget Vista and [...]
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How David beats Goliath
May 12, 2009This week’s New Yorker offers a fantastic article from Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers, on how underdogs can win. Once again, Gladwell shows that success does not have to come only to those who are advantaged or naturally talented – but can be achieved by adopting a different approach, and [...]
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Triathlon d’Etampes
May 3, 2009Triathlon season started for us today, and given the seemingly long winter, my wife and I decided to ease into it with a simple sprint relay at Etampes, just outside Paris. A much weaker runner than my wife, I decided to restrict myself to the swim & bike and let her take over for the [...]
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Live and direct from Martinique
February 22, 2009Introducing Goldee, a Zouk singer with a brand of Zouk that assymptotically approaches reggae dancehall and has recently garnered the attention of Virgin, resulting in a record deal for the young singer for her official debut. Goldee is my current choice of Zouk’s number one draft pick as the brand of music she makes is [...]
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The importance of good hiring
January 30, 2009Seth Levine has a great post on his blog yesterday entitled Hiring as a Core Competency. His premise is that since the quality of the team in a venture-backed startup trumps practically every other aspect of the business, perhaps in addition to refining their business plans, startups should also document a detailed overview of how [...]
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The importance of selling
January 20, 2009It’s all smoke and mirrors in a startup until you start selling. In the spirit of the importance of revenues in building a business, here’s a reprint of an article by Miles Mahoney of Indirect Sales Strategies, courtesy of Marc Averitt. Miles Mahoney of Indirect Sales Strategies says a company can expand its market share, [...]