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Andreessen’s Advice To Old Media: “Burn The Boats”

Legend has it that when Cortes landed in Mexico in the 1500s, he ordered his men to burn the ships that had brought them there to remove the possibility of doing anything other than going forward into the unknown. Marc Andreessen has the same advice for old media companies: “Burn the boats.”
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Sun, March 7 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments

Lost: If Microsofties Can’t Live Together, Microsoft May Die Alone

There’s a very interesting op-ed piece in The New York Times today entitled Microsoft’s Creative Destruction. In it, the author details what he feels are the reasons that Microsoft has failed to innovate at the same pace as their competitors over the years. Big deal, right? After all, a lot of people write these types [...]

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Fri, February 5 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments