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Microsoft Acquires Skype – An Investor’s Perspective

By on May 12, 2011

Following up on Tuesday’s announcement, where many questioned the valuation placed on Skype by Microsoft, Ben Horowitz of Andreeson Horowitz, one of Skype’s investors in the “Silver Lake round” a year ago November, provides some interesting insight into what Andreeson Horotwitz had seen when they made that initial investment 18 months ago. And these insights [...]

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17 Million Canadians Will Have an Interest in Skype’s Success

By on September 2, 2009

OK, now I have your attention with a headline different from the “Skype sold for $2.75 billion” headlines so rampant in the blogosphere yesterday…. By now the web has been saturated with stories about yesterday’s announcement of the forthcoming acquisition of a 65% controlling interest in Skype by a consortium of investors, led by SilverLake [...]

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Skype at CES 2009, Part II: An Overview and Observations

Skype at CES 2009, Part II: An Overview and Observations

By on January 13, 2009

There’s a “new sheriff in town” when it come to running Skype; CES 2009 was a “coming out” event for the new executive team. CES 2009 provided an opportunity to catch up personally with many of the vendors we have covered in Skype Journal including Skype, Truphone, SlingMedia, Philips and Research in Motion (BlackBerry). I [...]

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Skype Journal Interviews Josh Silverman: The Way Ahead – Righting the Ship

Skype Journal Interviews Josh Silverman: The Way Ahead – Righting the Ship

By on September 17, 2008

This is the second in a series of posts resulting from in interview last Friday with Josh Silverman, Skype’s recently appointed President. In this post we talk about the key issues Josh found necessary to address and establishing a framework for employee motivation and empowerment. Over the past couple of years I have written many [...]

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Skype Journal Interviews Josh Silverman: The Way Ahead – An Introduction

Skype Journal Interviews Josh Silverman: The Way Ahead – An Introduction

By on September 14, 2008

This is the first in a series of posts resulting from in interview last Friday with Josh Silverman, Skype’s recently appointed President. In this post we provide an overview of the range of topics discussed and some background to the interview. On Friday Phil and I participated in a one hour wide ranging interview with [...]

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