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Skype and Story of My life
I has been nearly six years since I first fell in love with Skype. It was a tiny little company with a buggy software and a few thousand users. I liked it so much that I started forcing my friends to sign up for it. Many of them resisted, but I persisted. It was clear to me that Skype was going to be one monster company. It had the viral effect working for ut long before folks knew what being viral was all about. It had no infrastructure and more importantly it was free. It was simple and easy to use. I knew it was possible for this company to become the voice of the Internet.
I went to my Business 2.0 editor, Josh Quittner and pitched him on the idea. It took some convincing, but he did trust my instincts. I wanted to go to Estonia and write about
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Tea Time with Teatulia
Being Indian, I love my tea. Especially black tea and as a result I am willing to try anything in the “black tea” genre. Yesterday, when visiting the Mission Pie, I picked up a small box of Teatulia, which is from Northern Bangladesh. For $10, I probably am going to get ten cups, but man it is delicious, especially if you like your tea with milk, Indian style.
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The Distribution Democracy and the Future of Media
A few hours ago, a friend of mine emailed me, lamenting a story that CNN was passing off as breaking news, even though it was far from being either news or newsworthy. His displeasure reminded me of a conversation I had with serial entrepreneur and startup guru Steve Blank when he came to my office to tape an interview. As we sat there waiting for the cameras to roll, we talked about what media is in this post-broadband, always-on world. I told Steve that the problem with most media companies is they define themselves by the product they hawk. Music television, CNN, Breaking News, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, ESPN or whatever — these are all products that define the media companies behind them.
And therein lies the problem. Unless media corporations stop defining themselves by their products, they are going to be unable to navigate the
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