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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

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Last weekend I caught Mashable announcing that Ebook Sales Surpass Hardcover in the U.S. I bought the Rocket eBook Reader in 1999. One of my earliest excursions into market research was working for a research firm doing a 1979 forecast on ATMs. I hate the forecast that assets some huge market and takes a small percentage of it.

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Former Head of Microsoft Israel Dreams of Billion Dollar Israeli Startups

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Moshe joined Microsoft in 1991 as a product manager after a career as a software developer. He worked his way up the corporate ladder; in 1998 he became VP of the Digital TV platform strategy, which did not pan out, and in 1999 he found an opportunity in Microsoft Internet (MSN) international.