“There are many things I’ve been delighted and impressed by during the nearly five months I’ve now spent at Microsoft. However, there have also been a few things that i’ve found extraordinarily disheartening. One of the latter has been the organizatational dependence on ‘the deck’ (that is, Powerpoint files) as the standard mechanism for conveying nearly all information.”

“A question for the Radar readers: Does anyone know of a case where a company, let’s say a software or Internet company, took no institutional investment (VC or other significant investment) up until the point of a successful IPO? Let’s say that mezzanine rounds don’t count against a candidate.”

“The following is a letter I submitted this morning to USA Today in response to [an article] they ran a few days ago.” (Thanks kotttke,org!)