Startup Signal

Daily Reading from June 20, 2008

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Links to what I’ve been reading recently.

Handoffs Don’t Work — "I recently spoke with a project manager. He was concerned about the product managers handing off the requirements to the development…

Ross Mayfield’s Weblog: CEO 2.0

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As a company founder, as I’ve written before, it is inevitable and necessary that your role evolves for the best interest of the company and what you own of it. Today I’m invoking the most powerful inflection point I…

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Ross Mayfield’s Weblog: Wikinomics: The Wikinomics Workplace

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If you haven't picked up a copy of Don Tapscott's latest best seller, Wikinomics, Chapter 9: The Wiki Workplace is available for download exclusively through Socialtext. Go read it and become a contributor to…

Ross Mayfield’s Weblog: Supernova: The Publius Project, The Internet’s Constitutional Moments

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I’m at my favorite conference today, Supernova.  At the first one we were inspired to found Socialtext.  Instead of going to the VC or consumer web panels, I thought I'd learn a bit about a Berkman project. …

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BarCamp Block Party, mark the date

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We are looking to host the biggest BarCamp ever, on its third anniversary, at the place it started. So far we have a date, August 18th and 19th, and location on the block where Socialtext is. Mark it, because with…

Ross Mayfield’s Weblog: IDC Survey: 1/4 of Enterprises Use Wikis

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Jeff Brainard posted a the results of an IDC survey along with a QA with collaboration analyst Mark Levitt on the Socialtext blog.IDC’s 1Q07 AppStats survey, nearly a quarter of the 258 U.S. respondents reported that…

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