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Why We Prefer Founding CEOs

Ben's Blog

The macro reason: that’s the way most of the great technology companies have been built. At Andreessen Horowitz, our primary goal is to invest in the great technology franchises. VMware—Diane Greene. (*) While not technically cofounders, Andy Grove and Thomas Watson, Sr. Oracle—Larry Ellison. Peoplesoft—Dave Duffield.

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

infochachkie.com

To illustrate the extent to which a company’s name is largely irrelevant to its ultimate success, let’s examine the genesis of six successful technology companies’ names. eBay – Derived from Founder Pierre Omidyar’s consulting company, Echo Bay Technology Group.

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A Micropreneur's Perspective: Selling Physical Products vs.

Software By Rob

The dropshippers are not very high-tech and don’t have a way to integrate programatically with their ordering system so every order has to be placed manually. 5 iWeb Blog » iWeb Tech News Highlights: web marketing, F.lux, micropreneurs on 05.05.09 at 8:00 am [.] at 9:58 am [.] 6 Jannik on 05.06.09

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How Third-Party Licensing Can Ruin Your Launch

Software By Rob

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← What is the Micropreneur Academy? Is there a technical/business reason here? #2 Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. 2 Rob on 03.12.09

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The Zero Dollar Consultancy

Duct Tape Marketing

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! No, not 19 2006, not 1996, 2006. But really in my zone of genius, which is tech, marketing and sales, inside my zone of genius, I know a lot of stuff. (02:31): John (03:05): So the technology, the world we live in, all the things that have changed. So here we go.

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