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Guidewire Group is hosting Innovate!2010- a global competition to discover the most promising startups. Apply today!

Joined October 2009
Women biz builders: be counted. @SharpSkirts amassing "definitive database of women entrepreneurs." bit.ly/bMwoSN
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It's official, Autodesk acquired Studio G/Europe and Innovate 100 company Numenus bit.ly/nF53VD. Congratulations Oliver and Maike
Friends of Guidewire Group, reg for SV Human Rights Conference w/ code GWVIP for 20% off. bit.ly/nEOJYq
What if, instead of hiring "managers," corporations hired "enablers" to facilitate teams and projects.
Founders: You are the engines of job creation; stand up and be counted. startupjobscount.org #StartupJobsCount
We're back up and invite Job Creating entrepreneurs to be counted. StartupJobsCount.org
Entrepreneurs create jobs. Let's stand up and be counted: startupjobscount.org
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@dskaletsky Thanks for adding your startup to the count StartupJobsCount.org
Congratulations @ontheroadwithiv on her selection as Dell's first EIR and thanks @DELL for the vision to create this program. #DWEN
Looking forward to conversation w/ Visual Basic creator Alan Cooper, next Tues at the Commonwealth Club bit.ly/rkxfUL
Welcome Deirdre Gibson to the @GuidewireGroup team. Awesome developer, super person. Very glad to have her on board!
What do changes at HP mean for SV startups? bit.ly/rn6wOC
What's next for HP and webOS. Find out next Tuesday 9/6, 5pm, when Stephen DeWitt comes to @GuidewireGroup bit.ly/rn6wOC
Founders: besides fundraising (we know that's a fulltime job), what's the biggest time sink you face managing your startup? #startup
Curious: if you could have anything - other than capital - to help you build your business, what would it be? #startup #entrepreneur
Fascinating discussion w/ VMWare founder Diane Green, testing for entrepreneurial affinity, aptitude. What say you? Can we test for it?
Use internal sabbaticals to reward high-performers. Access to corp resources; time and free reign to invent, innovate. -J.Thomas #StudioG
Advice for non-technical founders: use inspiring vision to get 1st A player in door to attract other great engineers. -J.Thomas #StudioG
Integrating engineering talent from M&A "is the very reason we acquired the company and the hardest thing to do." -J.Thompson #StudioG