Comments on: A Microsoft venture fund http://davidcrow.ca/article/6812/a-microsoft-venture-fund Helping companies with marketing, product strategy, user experience design, and technology development. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:01:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mark MacLeod http://davidcrow.ca/article/6812/a-microsoft-venture-fund/comment-page-1#comment-3863 Mark MacLeod Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:21:20 +0000 http://davidcrow.ca/innovation/6812/a-microsoft-venture-fund#comment-3863 I see the benefit for Microsoft but see a few issues: 1.) Would a startup want money from them? 2.) Would a startup trust them to not take the idea sooner or later? 3.) Would MS invest in a startup that's developing in a LAMP environment (I don't know of one startup using .net as an example)? 4.) What changes in process, culture, etc would need to be made throughout MS for this to be successful? Mark I see the benefit for Microsoft but see a few issues:

1.) Would a startup want money from them?
2.) Would a startup trust them to not take the idea sooner or later?
3.) Would MS invest in a startup that’s developing in a LAMP environment (I don’t know of one startup using .net as an example)?
4.) What changes in process, culture, etc would need to be made throughout MS for this to be successful?

Mark

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