November 2009
14 posts
“There’s only one company making real money out of open source, and that’s Red...”
– Simon Crosby
The Skype Saga
1. Nothing has changed with ownership: eBay now owns 30% of Skype, outside investors (including Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board) own 70%.
2. Of that, 14% or so is owned by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, the founders of Skype.
3. The Skype deal values the company at $2.75 billion, which is a little higher than the price eBay paid for Skype in...
Ten Things Not to Say When Firing an Employee →
1. “This was a job elimination and had nothing to do with your performance.”
2. “We have carried you for many years. It’s just not possible to continue to do so during these difficult times.”
3. “We have no choice but to terminate your employment.”
4. “You have no one to blame but yourself. You just did not try hard enough.”
5. “This...
2009 Finalists: America's Best Young Entrepreneurs →
This summer, BusinessWeek set out on its fifth annual search to find the country’s most promising young entrepreneurs. As in previous years, we asked readers to nominate candidates ages 25 and under running their own companies. After the call for nominations ended in August, our staff whittled the batch down to 25 impressive businesses. To read profiles of the finalists and vote for the...
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Bánh bao chỉ - ngon ơi là ngon
Có 4 cái ghi chú từ tấm bảng hàng rong này:
1. Màu dạ quang: mấy tấm bảng khác thường là trắng, tấm bảng này tối vẫn “hoạt động tốt”
2. Khẩu hiệu “NGON ƠI LÀ NGON”: mấy tấm bảng khác luôn luôn để giá trước
3. Tính đồng bộ: đi đâu cũng thấy y chang rập khuôn như vậy.
4. Bánh bao chỉ là bánh bao của người Hoa