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What One Laptop Per Child lacks: An entrepreneur. (Read to the end for the story of this picture.) Nicholas Negroponte is a brilliant man, a futurist of high rank, an idealist, and an all-around nice guy. He is not an entrepreneur. Neither, for that matter, is Walter...; Tags: Entrepreneur, One Laptop Per Child Project, Tycho, Entrepreneurship, Management, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-29
What if News Corp., MSN and Yahoo were a separate company?: For the first time since Microsoft announced its intentions to buy Yahoo, I see one way the coupling might make (a tiny bit of) sense. As of late yesterday (April 9), Yahoo is now rumored to be contemplating a merger with AOL (talk about the ultimate anti-Microsoft...; Tags: MSN, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., News Corp., Business Structures, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Entrepreneurship, Financial Accounting, Finance, Investment, Business Operations, Management, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-04-10
Magic Farm (exe): n Magic Farm you take on the role of a savvy young entrepreneur with a magical green thumb. Grow a variety of flowers and fruit in this enchanting new Time Management game. Sell your flowers separately or make beautiful bouquets for maximum profits! It`s up to you to water, protect,...; Tags: Big Fish Games, Flower, Time Management, Entrepreneurship, Games, Productivity, Management, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-03-20
businessfirst: Ideas to help small companies retain their successful entrepreneurial spirit: Innovation and enterprise is almost universally associated with small businesses. Typically, 95% of all innovations occur in businesses with less than 100 employees. When companies grow past this point the innovation is stifled by processes and bureaucracy.Download this white paper to read case studies of how larger organisations have rekindled...; Tags: Innovation, Entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Strategy, Management; White papers 2008-02-26
The great man isn't any more: Partly in reaction to my Sun funny, a Microsoft evangelist named Anand Iyer wrote a defense of Steve Ballmer to which another journalist quickly attached a version of my headline. Leave Steve Ballmer alone. Iyer's point: I think people have to realize that...; Tags: Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Iyer, Open Source Project, Entrepreneurship, Open Source, Leadership, Management, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-02-22

Mitch Kapor: From Lotus 1-2-3 to Second Life: In this Super Techies video interview, Mitch Kapor discusses his career as a tech entrepreneur. He discusses his early experiences working on the first PC spreadsheet, Visicalc, and his subsequent founding of Lotus Development, creating the most ubiquitous business tool of its time. He also talks about competing with tech...; Tags: Second Life, Mitch Kapor, IBM Corp., Productivity, Wiki, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Professional Development, Corporate Communications, Online Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Career, Marketing, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-02-12
Mitch Kapor: Software tales from Lotus 1-2-3 to 'Second Life': In this Super Techies interview, software veteran Mitch Kapor talks with ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber about his career as a tech entrepreneur. Kapor discusses his early work at Lotus Development, creating the most ubiquitous business tool of its time; sparring with tech titans Bill Gates and Steve Jobs;...; Tags: Mitch Kapor, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Professional Development, Productivity, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Career, Super Techies, Personal Technology; Videos 2008-02-11
Web Retailer Improves Service, Streamlines Management With Platform Upgrade: Quixtar stays at the leading edge of technology so that it can provide outstanding service to its network of entrepreneurs. The company is upgrading to Windows Server 2008 Standard to take advantage of new technologies in Internet Information Services 7.0 and the Active Directory service. With the new platform, Quixtar...; Tags: Web, Platform Upgrade, Operating System, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Entrepreneurship, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Microsoft Windows, Management, Marketing; Case studies 2008-02-04
We live in the conversation age and not the thinking age: Internet 1.0 was about the information age, now with Internet 2.0, we live in the conversation age. Conversation overload is our new malady, in the same way information overload tortured us ten years ago. Now we have both. Our communications technologies and numerous platforms...; Tags: Conversation, Portland, Site, Serendipity, Entrepreneurship, Internet, E-mail, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Online Communications, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-01-24
Home Based Business Opportunity (exe): Home Based Business Opportunity - Building an eBay Business. With this program you will learn how to create an online business overnight. Following these guidelines can turn you into a very successful entrepreneur in a matter of hours or days.; Tags: Business Opportunity, Entrepreneurship, Management; Software downloads 2008-01-23
How to Deliver Inspiring Online Presentations: Carmine Gallo is a communications coach and author of the new book, Fire Them Up! He has interviewed dozens of extraordinary business leaders and entrepreneurs who speak the language of motivation. View this TechRepublic Webcast, now available on demand, to hear Gallo share the ideas, insights, and...; Tags: Presentation, Carmine Gallo, Productivity, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management; Webcasts 2008-01-16
Small business gives Obama a piece of mind: Barack Obama posted a question on LinkedIn and got close to 1,500 answers: How can the next president better help small business and entrepreneurs thrive? Not surprisingly for a social network, many of the best answers highlighted the importance of...; Tags: President, Entrepreneur, Health Care, Small Business, Incubator, Entrepreneurship, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-01-03
IndustryPlayer (exe): IndustryPlayer is a business simulation game which realistically reproduces all aspects of a corporation's business, including it's relationships with the workforce, suppliers, competitors, consumers, banks, insurers and the government. The simulation is based on real world economic models and genuine industry data. Players take the role of an entrepreneur and...; Tags: Player, Industry, IndustryPlayer, Simulation, Government, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance; Software downloads 2007-12-25
QuickPlanner Plus (exe): QuickPlanner Plus is a modern use of age-old concepts in strategic business plans. Designed for the creative entrepreneur, it enhances your single idea into a living document defining your vision, objectives, metrics, step-by-step programs and more. QPP can also be used for creating business plans, event plans, marketing plans -...; Tags: Business Plan, Plan, Entrepreneurship, Marketing Research, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management, Marketing; Software downloads 2007-12-05
How to Protect Customer Data: The government mandates it, the customers demand it. How to collect and protect customer data from a world filled with hackers and accidents. The presenters of this webcast outline the newest thinking on anything from the joy of entrepreneurship to cash flow for small businesses.; Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Government, Entrepreneurship, Policies And Procedures, Management, Human Resources; Webcasts 2007-12-01
EVE Online Revelations (exe): Set tens of thousands of years in the future, EVE Online is a breathtaking journey to the stars, to an immersive experience filled with adventure, riches, danger and glory. Supported by a vast player-run economy, EVE offers professions to choose ranging from commodities trader to mercenary, industrial entrepreneur to pirate,...; Tags: Entrepreneurship, Piracy, Internet, Asset Management, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Operational Planning; Software downloads 2007-11-26
Is your location just a tax deal?: Where will you site your medical technology company? Most people site where they live. Thus it's important to have large research institutions in cities which want to attract medical start-ups. But many ambitious towns have other strategies. One of the early stories here was...; Tags: Entrepreneur, Tax, Real Estate, Entrepreneurship, Taxes, Business Operations, Management, Financial Planning, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-11-19
Unmasking the Online Bad Guys: Malware authors can produce new, unique threats targeting businesses and employees every 45 seconds. Download this free whitepaper to learn about the entrepreneurs of internet crime and how to keep your business and employees safe.; Tags: MessageLabs Ltd., Internet, Entrepreneurship, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Management, Security; White papers 2007-11-14
TimeTraces (1): TimeTraces is a time registration system that is simple by design, yet very versatile, and thus very powerful. It is especially suited for individual employees, for entrepreneurs and for small companies. Some characteristics of TimeTraces are: on-line help support; easy to take along on a USB memory stick or floppy...; Tags: TimeTraces, Entrepreneurship, Memory, Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components; Software downloads 2007-11-13
Can Monster win online health wars with Healthcare.com?: Online health care has been a wide-open opportunity for a decade, one no one has yet been able to master. Lots of big, smart operators have taken their shot. WebMD. Revolution Health . Healthline. Taumed. Everydayhealth. The alliances spun by these sites with major players can also...; Tags: Monster, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Entrepreneurship, Domain Names, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Management, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-11-06