InfoChachkie
APRIL 1, 2013
How did a small, open source software company from Finland capture billions in market share from Oracle? Marten Mickos, CEO of Eucalyptus Systems , knows the answer and he delights in telling the story of how MySQL ate Oracle's lunch and dinner. A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. And Give Them A Prize.
InfoChachkie
JUNE 24, 2013
We decided to shake things up and take a risk at the biggest data management summit, attended by multi-billion dollar corporations, including IBM, Oracle and Informatica. Our goal was to have the conference participants wake up in their suites to a flyer stealthily placed under their doors in the middle of the night. Share and Enjoy.
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Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 14, 2009
The moderator asked the question, “if an entrepreneur writes an email to a VC and doesn’t hear back what should they do?&# This VC responded, “Move on. If you fold at the first un-returned email what hope to you have as an entrepreneur? I emailed him back with my bona fides and made the case again.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 5, 2011
He’s been steadily emailing me for the past 18 months with ideas for local entrepreneurs I “have to meet&# and has been egging me on to spend more time in Seattle. because every community needs its local tech press to report on companies and run conference. He’s why I came this week. Marketing Muscle.
SoCal Delicious
OCTOBER 8, 2012
Another client, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, just closed on a deal to buy ex- Yahoo. Most Emailed Feed. Email Newsletters and Alerts. WSJ.com Email Features. The email address null is already associated with another account. Please enter a different email address: Enter Your Email. Most Popular.
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