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David Beisel’s Perspective on Digital Change

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David Beisel’s Perspective on Digital Change

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Note: We’ve turned our thinking on finding the best startup job for you into a visual playbook for finding the perfect startup. Get your copy here (triggers PDF download) In continuing what is turning out to be my “list of sevens” series […]

David Beisel
October 18, 2005 · 4  min.
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I thought this article in today’s San Jose Mercury News correctly assesses the current funding atmosphere. It promotes the notion that today’s Internet entrepreneurs are looking for more than just money out of their venture capital partners. This demand should […]

David Beisel
October 14, 2005 · < 1  min.
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I’ve recently been introduced to a number of startups that are operating in “stealth mode,” and have been thinking about what to make of this fact. In a post yesterday, Keith Robinson clearly articulated one of my conclusions, “I’ve heard […]

David Beisel
October 12, 2005 · 2  min.
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After attending the Web 2.0 Conference last week, a number of people have asked me, “How were the sessions?” Of course I picked up some useful pieces of knowledge, but I really didn’t have one of those “a-ha” moments that […]

David Beisel
October 11, 2005 · < 1  min.
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The strongest impression that was made on me during the Web 2.0 Conference last week was that of enthusiasm. People are excited about the new developments, the new opportunities, and the new creation cycle that is currently happening in the […]

David Beisel
October 10, 2005 · < 1  min.
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Originally, I was skeptical of the term Web 2.0. But after having been immersed in talk about innovation in the Internet space at the Web 2.0 conference last week, I have changed my opinion. While I don’t particularly like the […]

David Beisel
October 9, 2005 · 4  min.
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“The day that I am unauthentic, there would be no reason to have a blog.” – Sun Microsystems President and Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Schwartz, Web 2.0 Conference during the Thursday morning session.

David Beisel
October 6, 2005 · < 1  min.
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I spent all of yesterday (and continue today and tomorrow) at the Web2.0 Conference in San Francisco. Obviously, there are many covering the event (Om Malik lists his ten “exciting side notes” and Jeff Jarvis reviews his thoughts from the […]

David Beisel
October 6, 2005 · 2  min.
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I thought that the quote at the end of this announcement article yesterday by Motorola was spot on. “It’s incredibly valuable real estate on the home screen of the [mobile] phone.” Motorola was talking about its plan to release new […]

David Beisel
September 30, 2005 · 2  min.
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I spent most of today at Technology Review’s Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT here in Cambridge. There were many engaging sessions, from Nicholas Negroponte (Chairman of the MIT Media Lab) talking about his quest for distributing a hundred-dollar laptop to […]

David Beisel
September 28, 2005 · 2  min.