Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 12, 2021

I had launched my first business, a VAR, in 1996. Every business wanted to connect to their PCs, their printers and the newest technology of all… the Internet. But why, with my technical and service superiority, did they dominate client conversion while I fought for scraps? Don’t be the leader, be the differentiator.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

For those too young to remember perhaps the best known of this era came in 1996 and was known as Dancing Baby , a strange, animated gif of — you guessed it. It’s no longer necessarily just a long-form, audio on format — it’s becoming part of the fabric of the Internet. Back then there were “email forwards.” Video is the new HTML.”

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

It is something I talk about often, but mostly with my team members and in one-on-one conversations. Conversations with some of my fellow bloggers (thanks Rafat and Mike) only convinced me that it was time to jump into the deep-end. That conversation ended with two decisions. At GigaOm, we are story tellers.

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K9 Ventures

AUGUST 12, 2011

Fifteen years ago, in 1996, while I was still a student at Carnegie Mellon University , I wrote an article (blog post in today’s parlance) about the future of computing. I mentioned this article in a conversation I had with the co-founder of a new startup. Sunday, May 05, 1996. After all, this was Before Google (B.G.)

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K9 Ventures

AUGUST 12, 2011

Fifteen years ago, in 1996, while I was still a student at Carnegie Mellon University , I wrote an article (blog post in today’s parlance) about the future of computing. I mentioned this article in a conversation I had with the co-founder of a new startup. Sunday, May 05, 1996. After all, this was Before Google (B.G.)

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