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06/09/2011 Posted in Business Leave a comment

On Journalistic Process, Conflicts of Interest, Embargoes and… Arrington

By Ben Kepes

Over the weekend a veritable firestorm erupted when it was announced that Michael Arrington, founder and editor ofTechCrunch was forming a venture fund, backed by none other than the owners of TechCrunch, AOL. The firestorm centered mainly on the questions around conflicts of interest related to Arrington’s editorship of TechCrunch

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24/09/2008 Posted in Business, Efficiency, IT, New business, Strategy 5 Comments

On start-ups and paying CEOs

By Ben Kepes

At the TechCrunch 50 conference Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley uber investor was quoted as saying that there is a ceiling in terms of CEO salary for a startup, beyond which you begin to “have issues”. For a more general take on CEO salaries (not tech specific) check out this article.

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21/09/2008 Posted in Design, Efficiency, IT, Strategy 1 Comment

I’m all for disruption but….

By Ben Kepes

TechCrunch waxes poetical on the threat to Microsoft, and in particular the exalted position of Outlook, that Facebook poses. TechCrunch says that; Facebook succeeds because it is the killer web application for communications and personal information management. Facebook Mail is not without its problems, but the combination of Facebook Mail,

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15/09/2008 Posted in Business, Design, IT, Society 2 Comments

Ouch – be nice guys!

By Ben Kepes

I posted a few weeks ago about the battle of words between the organisers of the TechCrunch50 and Demo conference organisers. You’ll recall that there was much bitching between the respective organisers over who stole whose ideas, whose thunder ad whose business advice posts. The latest development in the battle

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Ben Kepes is an analyst, an entrepreneur, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergance of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users. More on Ben

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