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“You’re a great guy with a great view of the industry.” – Mark Hurd, co-president of Oracle, to Mark Anderson, this week.

 

“Mark Anderson has a great talent to see and link what is happening in the economy, tech, and science.” – Alf Blitzer, VP, Artech Information Systems, NYC.

 

 

New Heads and Hands: I am looking for a person or company to sell SNS site licenses to global corporations; details are in the “In Other House News” section of this letter. – mra.

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Save the Date – the Second Annual FiReGlobal : West Coast conference will be held on November 11th at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, in Seattle.

 

We are about to announce a very special Centerpiece Conversation guest, and the room is already filling up. I don’t think you will want to miss this one ---

 

Register now to save your place, and your price, at

 

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[We are currently seeking four more FiReStar companies for FiReGlobal : West Coast – companies that are making a positive impact on the world, and which need and deserve notice. Please contact Sharon Anderson-Morris at sam@stratnews.com if you wish to nominate your, or another, company.]

 

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» Dangerous Pyramids: Business Without Profit

 

I was in Stockholm about 10 years ago, as a guest of the Swedish government, speaking at an Entrepreneurship conference. During the break, a young man came up and described his business concept: making a kind of online yearbook for college students. Did I think it was a good idea?

 

You bet, I told him. He seemed a little self-doubtful about it, but I encouraged him. I had had the same idea for our local community for some years, without doing anything about it, and I thought it would catch on like wildfire. This was long before Facebook at Harvard, but I don’t know if he pursued it. I certainly never did.