Carlo Maley

Carlo Maley studied computer science and psychology at Oberlin College. He then went to the University of Oxford on a Marshall Scholarship where he received a M.Sc. in evolutionary biology. He returned to the states to do a Ph.D. at MIT in computer science (really, computational biology). As a postdoc at the University of New

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Cutting and Pasting of America!

By Richard Laermer, Guest Author Boy were our parents wrong. They said “Don’t use the calculator,” feeling it’ll hurt our multiplication abilities. Shit – look at how much we (mostly people who know better) use the Net to cheat. It’s uncanny. And that burns me up. I just spent a full two weeks at my

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Michael Kanazawa

Michael Kanazawa is CEO of Dissero Partners and co-author of BIG Ideas to BIG Results. He works with top executives on corporate transformations, strategy development, business execution and leadership. His clients have included a wide range of organizations, including Silicon Valley start-ups, private equity investors, and global corporations, such as AT&T, Anadigics, Intel, PG&E, Schlumberger,

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Broadcom: The Breadth and The Blur

By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author In the prequel, I discussed the positive aspects of the breadth of Broadcom’s portfolio. A broad product range certainly comes with its issues as well. Perhaps my biggest worry about Broadcom is its loss of focus at times. My point: You cannot be the jack of all trades and master

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Building an Ambitious SaaS Company: Taleo CEO Michael Gregoire (Part 7)

SM: I wonder how Louis was able to fund the company in 1999. I talked to a lot of SaaS company CEOs and all of them were turned down by the VCs. Yesterday, I was having lunch with Philippe Courtot, who you may know, is the CEO of Qualys. They do security as SaaS, and

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Gabe Zichermann

Gabe Zichermann developed the concept for New York-based rmbr in early 2007 after realizing that he had stopped enjoying the process of dealing with his friends’ online photos, and that a Funware-based approach might fix the problem. Gabe is a ten-year veteran of the games industry, with roles at CMP Media, Trymedia and Boonty as

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Building an Ambitious SaaS Company: Taleo CEO Michael Gregoire (Part 6)

SM: So you got your first CEO job! MG: I met with the board to understand what they wanted. It was important for me to know that I was not coming to package a company up in order for them to sell it. I wanted to go build a company. I was very comfortable with

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From Here and There

* U.S. Universities Rush to Set Up Outposts Abroad (NY Times) * How To Find a Lead Investor * Tom Perkins on Creative Capital * Building the Perfect Laptop (Business week)