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Power Point Marathon

by pete on March 20, 2008

Have you ever been through a power point marathon? Those final iterations are just hell. That last five minutes - you just have to get it done.
My office kitchen is looking sweet. Someone taped a piece of paper over one of the garbage cans. It says “recycling.” People keep using the refrigerator. I keep the [...]

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Required Reading for Startups

by pete on January 10, 2008

I started my first venture-backed high-tech startup in 1989. I wish the books below were available to me then. I recommend them to anyone I come across who wants to do a startup. Both are well reviewed and readily available at your favorite online bookstore.
Old school, New school
These books are the [...]

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Reading Josh Lowensohn’s coverage of the Netflix/LG deal on Webware last week got me thinking about the long, sad story of the set top box. This poor, maligned device is one of those phenomena that suffers from both 1) having almost limitless potential, and 2) being cursed to almost surely never attain greatness. [...]

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VCs that really get it

by pete on December 31, 2007

As a chronic early-stage software entrepreneur, once in a while I read something that I want to share with others similarly afflicted. In a WSJ article titled ‘VC’s New Math: Does Less = More?‘ the author writes about VCs who really get it. The future of early stage capital is moving in the [...]

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With Gadgets, Less is More

by pete on December 30, 2007

An article in Gizmodo last week (“Question of the Day: Watch or Cellphone for Telling Time“) reminded me of discussions we had back when I was at Palm in the early 2000’s. Though far from unanimous the outcome was, or should have been, obvious: with personal devices, less will eventually win out over [...]

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