What Makes an Entrepreneur?

I had made the following comment in a prior article: “People become entrepreneurs for two reasons: either they have a chip on their shoulder, and have something to prove to themselves and to the world around them. Or, they want to afford a lifestyle that is substantially above their current means. India is banking on

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Teddy Bear CEO

Much speculation about Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, joining the Apple Board. Is an Apple-Google alliance to take on Microsoft? Or is it merely, nothing? Let’s rewind the history channel a few years. Larry Page and Sergei Brin were “forced” to recruit an outside CEO for Google to ensure adult supervision for the then infant

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A CEO Perspective on SOX

by Dominique Trempont, Guest Author The vast majority of my CEO colleagues know that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was enacted as a reaction to the Enron and WorldCom scandals. It comes as a strong remedy to ensure the day-to-day accountability of the Board of Directors, CEO, CFO, CIO in their role of compliance and

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Venture Capital in India

Read a longer, more comprehensive article that I wrote on the subject here. It summarizes a number of posts and series pieces that I wrote through the summer, with a 30,000 ft overview.

Unbelievable!

That’s the only word I could find, reading this article from Forbes: Careers and Marriage. For the records, Betsy is a good friend, and I’m glad she refuted Michael Noer’s drivel.

Microsoft Gets FaceBook

Google got MySpace, but Microsoft gets FaceBook. We know why Microsoft went after FaceBook, but why did FaceBook say yes? Facebook COO Owen Van Natta says that Microsoft’s technology and approach are a better fit because they are newer to online advertising than Google and Yahoo and its technology doesn’t have to be “retrofitted” to

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IBM Buys More

Wow, IBM is on the role. Today, they bought ISS for $1.3 billion. ISS is a leading security software company. IBM’s other deals this month include MRO for $740 million; FileNet for $1.6 billion; and Webify for an undisclosed amount. I just did a piece on IBM’s acquisition spree, but since then, they have added

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Online Video: More Activity

Now that Sony Pictures Entertainment has gone in for online video site Grouper in a $65-million-dollar deal, the obvious question becomes: Who’s next? (NYT DealBook) • Go to Article from BusinessWeek • Go to Article from The Deal.com • Go to Article from MarketWatch I wrote last week, Comcast acquires YouTube? which I still think

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