Altimeter Group

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- Jeremiah Owyang

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Charlene Li, Founder
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Lora Cecere, Partner
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Marcia Conner, Partner
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Michael Gartenberg, Partner
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Jeremiah Owyang, Partner
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Deborah Schultz, Partner
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R “Ray” Wang, Partner
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Alan Webber, Partner
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The Altimeter

May 29th, 2009

Microsoft Bing’s focus on decisions is smart — but not a Google killer

Apologies for the long title, but I wanted to get one thing across before diving into my review of Microsoft’s new search engine Bing. (The site was announced on Thursday at the All Things Digital conference and will be available…

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May 11th, 2009

Where I’ll be in May and June

I'll be speaking/traveling to the following events and cities in the next few months. Hope to catch some of you in person. You can find a full list of my future engagements on my Calendar page.
May 12, 2009: Women…

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April 8th, 2009

MLB.TV Blog - MIA

I was tipped off by IDG report Juan Carlos Perez that Major League Baseball had pulled their MLB.TV blog earlier today, after opening day problems for the paid service that broadcasts games in real time. (The service starts at $14.95/month…

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April 2nd, 2009

Why Social Media Marketing Fails - Notes From Web 2.0 Expo panel

I had the honor and pleasure of being on a panel with my two former Forrester colleagues, Peter Kim (now at Dachis Corporation) and Jeremiah Owyang (still at Forrester). Our topic: “Why Social Media Marketing Fails — and What To…

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March 26th, 2009

Bloggers On the USS Nimitz

I was recently invited to participate in a Blogger Embark to visit and spend the night on the USS Nimitz off the California coast along with a dozen or so other bloggers at the end of May. When I got…

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March 25th, 2009

International Editions of Groundswell Book

Every few weeks I get a package from the Harvard Business Press, the publishers of “Groundswell”. Inside are usually two Groundswell books, translated and printed in another language. I thought I’d share some of the cover images with you, where…

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March 17th, 2009

Future Of Social Networks presentation from SXSW

I had the honor of presenting at the SXSW conference last Saturday, on the topic “The Future Of Social Networks”. I’ve embedded the slides below, and you can also access them on SlideShare.
Below the slides I’ve included a quick…

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March 14th, 2009

Presentation at SXSW - Future of Social Networks

I’m going to be speaking later today at SXSW and am setting up the backchannels. Embedded below is the Meebo chat room, but you can also track the action via Twitter using the hashtag #sxswfsn (to do this, go to…

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March 4th, 2009

Skittles bravely lets social media take over the homepage, redefines branding

On Monday, Skittles changed it’s home page over to emphasis social media, specifically a Twitter search for “skittles”. I’ve included a screenshot of it (click on it to see it full size). The result: “#skittles” was the top trending topic…

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February 25th, 2009

Celebrating birthdays in a networked world

This past Sunday was my birthday and I experienced part of it with my extended networks on places ranging from Facebook and Plaxo to Twitter (and now, my blog). I have to say, it was wonderful to get all of…

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