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Its a sad note….he was one of the Silicon valley icons…. it would have been better if you could leave on a high note, but well, these are not the best of times.

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I used to ( and still do) try to steal an hour of sleep every night… maybe that is not such a good idea.

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Just really plain optimism - everybody thinks he can do it better than the others.

What is in future for Web 2.0? Are too many duplicating applications sucking the life out of it? According to Creative Weblogging’s Web 2.0 blog editor, no:

As I have said many times, there are way too many applications on the internet these days that offer the same thing as many others. Only one thing can come from that : death. I have never understood why people keep on launching applications online that already exist in many forms, but I think it’s just an attempt to get even the tiniest slice of the market.
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The most important - what is the quality of your execution team, and what is the quality of your plan.

Eric Kurjan, President of Six Disciplines - The Ohio Group, offers this article in the Toledo Free Press, entitled “Myths of Strategic Business Planning“.

Myth No. 1: “We’re too small of an organization to need strategic planning.”
Myth No. 2: “Strategic planning should only be done once a year.”
Myth No. 3: “We don’t need a strategic plan! Plans are too restrictive; we are entrepreneurial!” Myth No. 4: “We can do it ourselves — without any help.”
Myth No. 5: “Strategic planning interferes with our real jobs; we don’t have time.”
Myth No. 6: “Strategic planning is done when the retreat is over.”

Read the entire article here.
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