Earlier today, my business partner Mike Sigal and I had a robust discussion about Carla’s post on the Sarah Lacy kerfuffle at SXSW on Sunday. Neither defending nor attacking Lacy, Mike asked whether The Guidewire did a service to the community by entering the debate. “How,” he asked, “are we additive to the [...]
Continue Reading →Let me just start by saying that I realize I’m wading into shark-infested waters, dangerous territory no matter how I try to spin these next few paragraphs. But wade I must.
Until this morning, what I’m about to share have been private ponderings reserved for conversation with colleagues. Then I read the [...]
Continue Reading →Disclaimer: I am chair of the Board of Directors of the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives. The following event is organized by FWE&E, although I’ve not been actively involved with its planning.
Later this month, the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives, the Bay Area’s most active forum for women [...]
Continue Reading →As I type this, I’m staring at the home page of iReport.com, CNN’s new foray into citizen journalism. It’s received a good amount of buzz recently as the latest attempt among many to bring “old media” into the 21st century. Expanding the previous iReport section into a full-blown site, CNN now [...]
Continue Reading →What started as a throw away comment over a lunch with investment banker friends has turned Richie Hecker, entrepreneur and marketing consultant, into a passionate advocate for blood donation and creator of TakesAllTypes.org, a nascent non-profit social network intended to mobilize individuals to donate blood [...]
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