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MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Advanced ASP.NET With Shaun Walker, Founder of DotNetNuke (Level 200)

The presenter of this webcast, founder of DotNetNuke, works on the cutting edge of Microsoft ASP.NET and will answer tough real-world questions related to the topic.

Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, DotNetNuke, Microsoft ASP.NET, Founder, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software

Webcasts 2007-12-19

Photos: Palm's Foleo--medium-sized mobility

Palm founder and creator of the PalmPilot and Treo Jeff Hawkins shows off his latest device, the Foleo mobile campanion.

Tags: Handhelds, Palm Inc., Palm Pilot, Palm Treo, mobility, founder, photograph, mobile marketing

Image galleries 2007-05-30

Photos: 'Second Life' looks ahead

Linden Lab founder Philip Rosedale speaks at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in San Francisco.

Tags: Gartner Inc., founder, San Francisco, photograph

Image galleries 2007-04-24

Photos: Bezos rocket inches closer to space

Amazon's founder officially tested a first-generation prototype rocket for his space-travel company.

Tags: first-generation, founder, Amazon.com Inc.

Image galleries 2007-01-04

Photos: Bezos inches closer to space

Amazon's founder officially tested a first-generation prototype rocket for his space-travel company.

Tags: founder, first-generation, Amazon.com Inc.

Image galleries 2007-01-03

Photos: Listening in on Pandora

Pandora's founder travels from town to town, sharing his time and story with fans.

Tags: photograph, Pandora, founder

Image galleries 2006-07-20

Photos: Dot-com watcher Kaplan out as CEO

F***edCompany.com founder Philip Kaplan is stepping aside as chief executive at AdBrite.

Tags: CEO, dot-com, founder

Image galleries 2006-05-31

Entrepreneurial Founder Effects in the Growth of Regional Clusters: How Early Success Is a Key Determinant

This paper studies in great detail the growth of the wireless communication cluster in Northern Denmark. Unlike the dominant theories, the paper argues that initial success of the first firms are the main driving force behind the generation of new firms that eventually lead to the formation of clusters. The...

Tags: Entrepreneurial, Success, Founder, Entrepreneurship, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Management

White papers 2005-11-30

Additional Resources

Steve Jobs death has been greatly exaggerated

News outlet Bloomberg gave Apple fans and investors a huge scare late yesterday when it accidentally published an incomplete version of Steve Jobs obituary over its wire service. Although the service quickly retracted the release, it's an eerily-fascinating read complete with XXXX marks for the cause and...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Corporate Governance, Venture Capital, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Financing Startups, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Perot: Making sure "everybody has access to the truth"

He doesn't "do a lot of Internet work." He's not on Facebook, LinkedIn or MySpace. He's not an iPhone guy. He prefers to get "instant feedback from the people,'' from face-to-face contact and phone calls. But Ross Perot, now 77, is back and using...

Tags: Nominee, Ross Perot, Truth, Internet, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Attention Craig Newmark: Citizens aren't customers

Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, has offered a thoughtful but misguided palliative at CNN to the shortcomings of the age of networked democracy. ... if you know how Americans use the Net to talk, you can easily stay in touch with real people. ...

Tags: Politics, Democracy, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Tapulous developer fired

Mike Lee, founder of Tapulous and developer of Twinkle was fired recently after a disagreement with management. According to Daring Fireball he was forced out. Lee blogged his side of the story in an appropriately titled post. So it came to pass that when my Engineering...

Tags: Developer, Team, Photograph, Team Management, Management, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Does Psystar have a legit argument in Apple countersuit?

Somewhere in the news coverage of Psystar's countersuit against Apple today, I was reminded of the car analogy I use to help friends and family understand how to buy a computer. Under the hood of a car, everything is the same. There's an engine, transmission, battery and...

Tags: Car, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Mashable Monthly debuts in San Francisco

Pete Cashmore's social media news blog is known for covering stories about the ever changing web and how to better interact with it, but it also has an offline presence. Mashable's founder likes to travel around the country and meet the folks that read his blog. This is a rare...

Tags: Blog, Social Media, Video, Pete Cashmore, Corporate Communications, Blogging, Marketing, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-23

Wozniak on Apple, Jobs, and the iPhone line

At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, NPR's Moira Gunn interviews Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak about a range of tech industry topics. He shares his views on the current state of Apple and Steve Jobs' role in the company's turnaround. And Wozniak also tells whether he really...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Job, Steve Wozniak, Apple Inc., 3G, Strategy, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Apple, Steve Jobs

Videos 2008-08-22

Words from the Woz

Steve Wozniak is many things: electronics enthusiast, author of iWoz, former fifth-grade teacher, plane-crash survivor, ex-reality-TV-boyfriend of D-list comedian Kathy Griffin, and, oh yeah, co-founder of a company called Apple. You might have heard of it. Today, he put on the hat of former engineer as he...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Electronics, Apple Inc., Computer, Intel Developer Forum, Productivity, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-21

A Random Walk Through Intel Developer Forum . . .

A peek into my Intel Developer Forum experience... A short description for a short video: Here is part of my day at Intel Developer Forum. You get to see some of the Intel Insiders in action; plus you meet the founder of...

Tags: Intel Corp., Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-08-21

PitchEngine revs up public beta, puts the social in PR

Last week I wrote about how bloggers could better work with public relations folks. While I won't to get into the habit of writing about PR I think we'd all agree that, like it or not, there's a direct correlation between it and social media, especially when we're talking...

Tags: Brand, Public Beta, Media, Social Media, PitchEngine, SMR, PitchEngine SMR, Newsroom, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-08-19

BuddyPress, an open source competitor to FaceBook

At Today's WordPress Camp in San Francisco - covered in detail by ZD's Andrew Mager here - Founder Matt Mullenweg discussed impressive growth for WordPress.com and WordPress.org. Page views grew from 1.5 billion to 6.5 billion/month with 120-160 million unique visitors, including a third from heavyweight media...

Tags: Facebook, Network, Open Source, Blog, Wordpress, BuddyPress, Andy, Blogging, Social Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-08-16

Levin out as Black Duck's CEO

Black Duck Software -- a pioneer in the open source legal consulting business -- has lost its CEO. On Thursday, Douglas Levin, the company founder and a director at the Waltham,  Mass.-based company, announced his resignation, effective Sept. 1. The announcement came the same day that...

Tags: Black Duck Software, CEO, Corporate Governance, Open Source, E-mail, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Online Communications, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-08-15