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Sequoia Capital partner to leave Google's board

Sequoia Capital partner to leave Google's boardSequoia Capital partner to leave Google's boardAt least one person on the Google board gets it. He jumping the sinking ship. Expect more to follow, especially with all the bad news Google has been getting lately.

Tags: Corporate governance, Business structures, Sequoia Capital partner, Google Inc., Sequoia Capital, board, partnership

Discussion threads 2007-03-23

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Foundation of our green future

I recently got to speak with Steve Vassallo, an exec at Foundation Capital. They're an investment firm firmly in the greentech camp. They've been in the VC business for 14 years. They don't just talk the talk, Foundation's putting their money where the matter is. The firm's...

Tags: Foundation Capital, Florida Power & Light, Construction, Strategy, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-10

All that Jive: Putting the 'social' into business software

Jive Software announced the latest iteration of their Clearspace product today, and it has expanded significantly in size and scope. From origins as a forums and instant messenger vendor, Jive in 2006 launched 'Clearspace', a single application with wikis, blogs, discussions, instant messaging,...

Tags: Software, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Collaboration, Business Software, SBS 3.0, Jive SBS 3.0, Tools & Techniques, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-03-09

Photo: Funny or Die scores laughs with Sequoia investor

Mark Kvamme, a partner at Sequoia Capital, laughs during a presentation at the OnHollywood conference.

Tags: investor, photograph, conference, partnership

Image galleries 2007-05-04

Google Local Search: $31 billion risky business

Last month I underscored the local advertising opportunity is currently wide open, putting forth “Google: $31 billion local dilemma”: High-profile, venture capital backed, locally-focused, online start-ups that launched with much fanfare and support are in critical condition—Judy’s Book, Backfence, InsiderPages—, unable to gain sufficient traction within local communities or...

Tags: Search Advertising, Metrics, ROI, Google Software Applications, ecommerce, Amateur Content, Venture Capital, VC, Google, Yellow Pages, Search, Local

Blog posts 2007-02-23

YouTube now 'entertainment destination': partners with NBC, courts CBS

YouTube is declaring that while it originally started as a personal video sharing service, it “has grown into an entertainment destination.”When YouTube obtained its first round of venture financing, last November, the company was focused on attracting user generated content. In announcing $3.5M in Series A funding from Sequoia Capital,...

Tags: CBS Broadcasting Inc., Donna Bogatin, entertainment, NBC Universal Inc., partnership, video, YouTube, YouTube Inc.

Blog posts 2006-07-13

Buzzwords 2.0

As part of its 10 year anniversary “party”, CNET made a “Top 10 Buzzwords” list from the 1990’s original Internet boom:1) Dot-Bomb2) New Economy3) Mindshare4) Paradigm Shift5) Bandwidth6) Eyeballs7) Offline8) Brick-and-Mortar9) Y2K10) Sync-UpThere is no shortage of buzzwords this second time around as well, and now buzz phrases have joined...

Tags: YouTube Inc., Web, YouTube

Blog posts 2006-05-07

Sun wins injunction against MS in Java dispute

Sun wins injunction against MS in Java disputeJohn T. Chambers must goVia my blog at http://www.newerawisp.blogspot.comYesterday I asked readers accross the Internet to write to John T. Chambers, President of Cisco Systems regarding Black Hat confrence and Michael Lynn Saga. since then Things at Cisco systems moved in the negative...

Tags: Java, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Computer Associates International Inc., NetSolve

Discussion threads 2005-07-30