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Marc Andreessen Joins Facebook Board

The news today was Marc Andreessen's joining the board of Facebook. From Netscape to Facebook, some interesting ironies along the way. Marc is also a founder of Ning, a social networking application. So why is this important to startups? It's...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2008 9:00 PM by Microsoft Startup Zone

Filed under: Entrepreneurs, Tips for Startups, Startup

Five Things to Do Differently as an Entrepreneur

I decided to get serious about Technorati today and have "claimed" my Microsoft Startupzone blog. (Of course, I thought I had done this a year ago!) I have an authority of 1 and it's ranked 2 millionth something. We'll see how that changes...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2008 2:08 PM by Microsoft Startup Zone

Filed under: Entrepreneurs, Tips for Startups, Startups

How to Design Your Startup for Acquisition

In my inbox today appeared SandHill' s newsletter with an interesting post by Jon B. Fisher, who recently sold his startup, Bharosa, to Oracle. Selling his startup to Oracle was his plan from Day One. He covers the considerations a startup entrepreneur...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2008 4:36 PM by Microsoft Startup Zone

Filed under: Tips for Startups, Acquisitions

Women's Resource Center for Women Entrepreneurs

I wanted to share some new resources for women entrepreneurs and small business owners. The focus in not on tech or software startups, but on small businesses of any type. Explore the Office Live Small Business Women’s Resource Center where you can find...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2008 2:44 PM by Microsoft Startup Zone

Filed under: Entrepreneurs, Women, Tips for Startups

Hiring a Consultant to Write Your Business Plan: What Does It Cost?

A recent post on the Stanford B-school alumni entrepreneurs list posed the question: how much should you charge, or be charged, for writing a business plan? The person who posed the question compiled answers from various alums and gave me permission to...

Published Sun, May 05 2008 3:11 AM by Microsoft Startup Zone

Filed under: Tips for Startups

Starting up a Nation -- New Zealand

Recently, we received a request from New Zealand to repost a blog by Don Dodge. We discovered a cool company in New Zealand that is helping start-ups in New Zealand succeed in the global online space. It's interesting how many similar and also creative...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2008 5:53 PM by Microsoft Startup Zone

Filed under: Partnering, Tips for Startups

CTO vs. VP Engineering – Brad Feld’s View for Startups

I came across an interesting blog from Brad Feld (Mobius Venture Capital and Foundry Group) on AlwaysOn that discusses the differences in the role played by the CTO of a startup and the VP of Engineering. Thought this would be good food-for-thought for...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2007 11:12 AM by Microsoft Startup Zone

Filed under: Tips for Startups

Guy Kawawaki on the Art of Evangelism

Guy came to talk to our team of evangelists this morning. He and Dan'l Lewin worked at Apple together on the Mac team in the 1980s; I was heading evangelism on the Apple IIc side during that time. Lots of people on our team know Guy - he and Don Dodge...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2007 7:17 AM by Microsoft Startup Zone

Filed under: Entrepreneurs, Tips for Startups

Guy Kawasaki on the Art of Evangelism

Guy came to talk to our team of evangelists this morning. He and Dan'l Lewin worked at Apple together on the Mac team in the 1980s; I was heading evangelism on the Apple IIc side during that time. Lots of people on our team know Guy - he and Don Dodge...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2007 7:17 AM by Microsoft Startup Zone

Filed under: Entrepreneurs, Tips for Startups

Angel Investing -- Changing for the Better

Angel investing has changed for the better – for angels, VCs and entrepreneurs − claim the panelists at Churchill Club’s Angel investing forum Sept. 7 in Palo Alto. Casey McGlynn, Founder & Secretary, Life Science Angels; Chairman, Life Sciences Group...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2007 1:58 PM by Microsoft Startup Zone

Filed under: Venture Capital, Tips for Startups

Microsoft and Open Source

There are two really interesting Web sites that anyone trying to decide how to bridge the gap or make a decsion between open source and Microsoft technology probably wants to take a look at. One is Port 25 , mainly a blog site from the team inside Microsoft...

Published Sat, Aug 08 2007 2:09 AM by Microsoft Startup Zone

Filed under: Tools for Startups, Tips for Startups, Platform Value

Tips for Entrepreneurs from Women CEOs

MIT Panel on The Path to Entrepreneurship, Post 2 of 3 (July 10, 2007) Every woman CEO/founder on the panel exemplified the values in Stewart Alsop's list as she talked about her story - though there were many differences among them and lots of advice...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2007 1:19 AM by Microsoft Startup Zone

Filed under: Venture Capital, Entrepreneurs, Women, Tips for Startups

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