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Rafat Ali recently sold his blog holding company ContentNext for $30 million.
VentureVoice did an interview with him, which covers some of the following topics:
* Teaching yourself about new topics while starting a company
* Using word of mouth advertising techniques
* Starting a company during a recession
* Financial management for entrepreneurs
* Generating revenue
* Attracting venture financing
* Developing [...]

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, recently gave a presentation on the future of the company and Alley Insider liveblogged the conference:
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/7/live-mark-zuckerberg-at-f8
I’m excerpting some of the major points that relate to setting strategy for an innovative company.
On enforcing standards for third party developers:
* Make decisions based on their track record rather than isolated incidents.
On copycat [...]

Xobni is an email software startup that raised millions of dollars and was rumored to be an acquisition target for Microsoft. Led by former Yahoo VP Jeff Bonforte, it’s one of the hottest companies in the world right now. Gabor Cselle, the VP of engineering recently left. From many accounts, it seems [...]