I came across this article about Microsoft's IP Ventures and Licensing team (by Eric Lai at Computerworld). The article talks about a friendly and "progressive" Microsoft when it comes to licensing its technology to startups. Some of the...
ReMIX08 turned out to be a great conversation two weeks ago at our Silicon Valley campus. Scott Guthrie led off with a session on Silverlight peppered with lots of sexy demos. Sam Ramji led a thought-provoking panel on “what does open” mean, and the day...
Two days ago, Bill Gates spoke at Stanford – about the promise of innovation from today’s students. He also announced a program which is really cool: DreamSpark , free software for college students and later high school students. You might argue that...
After John Shinal and I talked in late November, we followed up with another short talk about “lessons learned” and advice for startups. This is short but contains three ideas I think are important for startups. I have run startups and I’ve worked with...
On Wednesday, November 7th, The Tech Museum Awards honored the use of technology to improve the quality of life for people around the globe. The gala, attended by over 1500 global technology leaders, philanthropists and guests, honored Gordon Moore as...
In October, I was interviewed by Om Malik and Joyce Kim about my role in Silicon Valley and how Microsoft works with startups. The interview is posted on our site, www.microsoftStartupZone , and Don Dodge, on my team, blogged about it . Some highlights...
At i3 2007 , we showcased nine fantastic start-up companies as part of our ongoing initiative to connect those with ideas to the rest of the innovation ecosystem (financiers, executives, etc).   Each startup participated in a rapid-fire pitch...
Last week our team ran India is Innovation 2007 ( i3 2007 ) in Bangalore. To say the event was a “success” is both understated and presumptuous. I’ll explain the paradox…   Our goal was to bring together...
About one week ago, I had the outrageous opportunity to meet Chris Liddell, Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft Corporation. Chris happened to be in Paris for a day so it was absolutely compulsory to do something about it. As a result, Julien brought...
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