Articles by Don Dodge
Don Dodge is a Developer Advocate at Google helping developers build new applications on Google platforms and technologies. Prior to joining Google Don was a startup evangelist at Microsoft. Don is also a veteran of five start-ups including Forte Software, AltaVista, Napster, Bowstreet, and Groove Networks. Don has been in the software business for more than 25 years. He started his software career with Digital Equipment, aka DEC, in the database group. He was part of the leadership team of five software start-ups. Forte Software was the first multiplatform object oriented development environment. AltaVista was the first search engine on the web. Napster was the first P2P file sharing network. Bowstreet was the first web services development environment. Groove Networks was the first secure P2P collaboration platform.
By Donald Dodge
Microsoft reported record revenues and profits for the quarter and fiscal year. Yet, the stock (MSFT) is down again. What does Wall Street want from Microsoft? I think the problem is that Microsoft …
By Donald Dodge
June is Innovation Month in Boston. There are over 20 great events for start-ups and companies looking to innovate. I will be participating in several events including Angel BootCamp on June 1st, organized …
By Donald Dodge
Successful startups are founded by product people, preferably engineers. Once the product is done the Sales and Marketing guys take over the company to push market adoption and revenue. Then the Finance guys …
By Donald Dodge
Apple is 34 years old, Microsoft is 35. Apple today feels like an innovative startup, Microsoft a corporate behemoth. MSNBC says “Apple, Microsoft hit midlife as fresh, frumpy…
By Donald Dodge
Universities produce lots of research, patents, and base technologies. Few of them ever make it to the commercial market. Yet, lots of recent college grads start companies that bring amazing innovations to market. …
Google is serious about enterprise software. Today Google announced Google Apps Migration for Microsoft® Exchange which allows easy migration of your company’s email, calendar and contact data to Google Apps. Last week Google announced the …
