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HOT TOPICS
- The Accelerator Conundrum
- The Startup Velocity Question
- Platform as a Service
- Man and Superman
- Web 3.0 = (4C + P + VS)
- The Future: End of Capitalism
- Capitalism 2.0
Role Model Interview
Serial Entrepreneur: Taher Elgamal (Part 6)
Taher was also one of the key individuals associated with the development of SSL at Netscape. In this episode, we discuss the genesis of that work. SM: Why did you leave when the company was just taking off? TE: I got bored. When I told Jim I got bored, and he told me I could
Leadership Profile: Maggie Wilderotter (Part 8)
During her time with Microsoft, Maggie ran global business development and strategy, followed by the Government and Education businesses worldwide. Among her most challenging issues were protecting intellectual property rights and convincing governments in underdeveloped countries that IP was an issue that would hinder their development. SM: Did you work with China and India? MW:
Serial Entrepreneur: Taher Elgamal (Part 5)
Taher has a great background with many security and cryptography companies. Here we track his invovlement in RSA. SM: What year does that bring us to? TE: 1991. The piece of InfoChip I was responsible for got sold to Cyrex, which is a chip company down in Texas. I ended up leaving, and after calling
Leadership Profile: Maggie Wilderotter (Part 7)
After her time as CEO of Wink, Maggie’s next move was to Microsoft where she helped them with their interactive television business. Her background in cable and software was certainly an advantage, however her talent for cultivating and developing relationships with partners is truly an incredible asset that she is famous for in the industry.
Serial Entrepreneur: Taher Elgamal (Part 4)
Taher and I chart his path from college into the professional world. Entrepreneurs often learn from false starts and moderately successful or unsuccessful experiments. Taher describes some of his. SM: Was Netscape your first job? TE: No, I graduated in 1984. One of my colleagues was at HP, and he called me and convinced me
Leadership Profile: Maggie Wilderotter (Part 6)
We continue our discussion on Wink, its capabilities, technology, IPO, and subsequent sale. Remember, all this was happening in the pre-broadband, pre-always-on era that we have come to know in the last 5 years. SM: When you say that you had installations in 30 million households, was that 30 million households subscribed to the services,
Serial Entrepreneur: Taher Elgamal (Part 3)
In our next segment, Taher discusses his cryptography background and how he coverted it into a professional career. SM: What did you focus on for your PhD work that led you into your professional career? TE: I developed this signature scheme … The Elgamal crypto scheme – of course I did not give it that
Leadership Profile: Maggie Wilderotter (Part 5)
Here Maggie discusses her move as the CEO of Wink, which was an ideal fit based on her experience with software and the cable industry. We also catch a glimpse of the early interactive content market, pre-broadband. SM: After McCaw Cellular you said you found a startup called Wink. How did you find it? MW:
