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SlideShare App is Live on LinkedIn Platform!

Congrats to LinkedIn and SlideShare on the LinkedIn Platform launch... now you can share & display your powerpoint presentations directly on your LinkedIn profile using the new SlideShare LinkedIn app. See more about LinkedIn Apps & SlideShare in this video by Rashmi Sinha, SlideShare co-founder...

Posted to Venture Capitial by Anonymous on 10-29-2008
Another business model: subscriptions

Want to build a business like Netflix? Zuora’s CEO, Tien Tzuo, showed me its new platform the other day and I recorded him on my cell phone. I like it when I see business models that aren’t just “advertising” and Zuora’s platform seems well thought out (Tien used to be an...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 10-08-2008
Silicon Valley prepares for financial storm of century

I was walking around Palo Alto yesterday afternoon, visiting startups to see what the mood is. One scene stuck out for me. I was walking to my car with Tapulous CEO Bart Decrem and a friend of his ran into us in the street and said “nice job getting funding last month.” They make apps [....

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 09-30-2008
Conflict Of Interest? Report Says Goldman Sachs ‘Among Biggest Beneficiaries’ Of Paulson’s Bailout

In making his push to administer the largest federal bailout of Wall Street in history, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is seeking unfettered authority. McClatchy poses the question today, “can you trust a Wall Street veteran with a Wall Street bailout?,” referring to Paulson, the former...

Posted to General World News by Anonymous on 09-22-2008
Use Twitter or FriendFeed and win a new Seagate Drive

Disclaimer: Seagate is one of my sponsors and this post is part of that sponsorship. Next week Seagate will announce some new hard drives on Tuesday — they are pretty cool drives, I got a preview under embargo that’ll run on Tuesday, September 16th 2008, on FastCompanyTV. Bill Watkins, CEO...

Posted to Software by Anonymous on 09-12-2008
The Wet-Nosed Sycophants Of The GE Board [Short Ends]

newVideoPlayer("job30_defamer.flv", 463, 269,""); · 30 Rock's GE CEO Don Geiss sure knows how to stack a board, doesn't he? Wave a little bacon over their noses, they're putty in your hands....

Posted to Film News by Anonymous on 04-25-2008
Roger Ailes to be inducted into broadcasting hall of fame.

Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes will be inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame on Oct. 21. TV Newser reports, “In the last 18 years, approximately a dozen personalities and organizations have been inducted each year to the Hall of Fame.” A full list of the Hall of Fame’s...

Posted to General World News by Anonymous on 04-15-2008
Motorola CEO Looking for Fresh Blood to Lead Battered Handset Division [Motoruhroh]

A month after he personally seized the reigns at Motorola's beleaguered handset division, CEO Greg Brown is already looking to hand off the responsibility—and maybe the flack?—to someone...

Posted to Gadgets by Anonymous on 03-04-2008

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