Matt Marshall: Overcommunication is good. Do it in person
VentureBeat editor-in-chief Matt Marshall made the attached two-minute video for a UPS series on “seizing opportunities.” The chief is too modest to post it himself, so I’m sticking it up here while he’s at brunch.
Matt’s theme is one I browbeat Web 2.0 utopianists with at cocktail parties: It’s great that we have an Internet so I can stay in touch with my friends who’ve moved to New York, but there are interactions that only happen… Continue Reading
DEMO: A show changes with the times
Kicking off DEMO 2009, executive producer Chris Shipley announced that this is a “reset year” for everyone. The weakness of the global economy is evident at every turn, and reflected in the scaled-down show taking place here in Palm Desert, Calif.
Shipley even acknowledged that the show is “a little more compact” than a year ago, drawing 500 people instead of 700, and 39 companies instead of the more than 60 that exhibited a year ago…. Continue Reading
VentureBeat Launches
Welcome to VentureBeat •the successor to SiliconBeat!
VentureBeat’s mission is to provide news and information about private companies and the venture capital that fuels them. People are at the heart of this project. VentureBeat will be a resource for entrepreneurs and other interested professionals facing some the biggest decisions of their careers.
VentureBeat will focus initially on Silicon Valley, and gradually, when possible, expand to cover innovation hubs around the globe.
Dear friends,
On Friday, I will serve my… Continue Reading