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5th March 2004

Document shows SCO prepped lawsuit against BofA

“A Microsoft Word document of SCO’s suit against DaimlerChrysler, seen by CNET News.com, originally identified Bank of America as the defendant instead of the automaker. This revision and others in the document can be seen through powerful but often forgotten features in Microsoft Word known as invisible electronic ink.”

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5th March 2004

Strategic Planning Redux

“Strategic planning at many large companies is a sterile annual exercise that managers endure. Theyíre often asked to produce either a shining vision or financial certainty or both. But with growth back on the agenda, a few leading companies are creating value through strategic managing, which connects strategy to the front lines and to market opportunities as they unfold.” (The report is a PDF.)

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5th March 2004

How to Memorise

“Using Locations, Using Pictures to Represent Numbers, List of Words, 60-digit Number, Names and Faces, 60-digit Spoken Number, Deck of Cards in One Minute, 20 or 30 Decks of Cards in an Hour, 2000 or 3000 Digits in an Hour, 400 Digits in 5 Minutes, 150 Words in 15 Minutes, Binary Numbers.”

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5th March 2004

The Accidental Entrepreneur

“Like many other scientists and engineers who have ended up founding companies, I didn’t leave Caltech as an entrepreneur. I had no training in business; after my sophomore year of college I didn’t take any courses outside of chemistry, math, and physics. My career as an entrepreneur happened quite by accident.”

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5th March 2004

StartupSkills.com

“Marketing advice, articles, resources and HOW-TOs for the technology entrepreneur.”

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