Just Say No To Microsoft is a mandatory read if you fall into one of the following three categories: 1. Someone who wants to switch from Microsoft-based software to

With a title like Sex and the Single Zillionaire, it’s either going to be really good or really bad. This isn’t my typical genre of mental floss, but since it

I’m becoming addicted to Eminem. I had a huge breakthrough when I started thinking of it as poetry instead of music, at which point I started liking the tunes. It helped

I got the following question from a reader a week ago. A project I’m involved with is aiming to go from a team of “4 founders with a great idea

After writing a “where are the women?” at Sun post last month, my partner Heidi reminded me that two high profile Silicon Valley CEO’s – Carol Bartz (Autodesk) and Kim

EDS announced yesterday that it was awarded the majority of the five-year multibillion-dollar General Motors system integration services awards. This is worth $3.8 billion over five years and &n

It’s a “two-fer” day on the Friends Blogging channel. Mike Hirshland – a partner at Polaris Ventures – has started blogging. Definitely worth following if you

My friend and almost relative (fiance of my wife Amy’s sister) Stacy Maxwell has started a blog. Last fall at the age of 28 Stacy was diagnosed with Berkitt’s Lymphoma

I’ve been deeply involved in the email business for the past decade through investments in companies like Postini, Return Path, Critical Path, MessageMedia, and Email Publishing and have been in

If you are interested in Sling Media’s $46m financing by the likes of Liberty Media, EchoStar, and Goldman Sachs, my partner Ryan McIntyre (who sits on their board) has his