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Steve Ballmer steps down from Microsoft boardhttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-19/ballmer-steps-down-from-microsoft-s-board-after-buying-clippers.htmlYet largest shareholder 333.3m sharesWhat does this mean for Microsoft?Indicator for the future?innovation vs monetization“success requires moving to monetization through enterprise subscriptions, hardware gross margins, and advertising revenues…” -Steve BBill gates got brought back as technology innovation executive… An attempted counter to Steve Jobs product success at apple in the 2000’sWhat have been Microsoft’s challenges?What are their challenges going forward?Cashing out – Developing an exit strategy (Balmer tie in? Clippers)goals of a new businessget users?monetize?when? how?issues with monetization (backlash, unknown response)“The lean startup”- book recommendation from ToddTaking it to the next levelbeing a successful stand alone company & being able to prove itautomation and expansiongetting bought out?IPO vs Aqui-hire vs angel.co (or the like)TimingToo soon: risk idea theft, failure, or missing “1 time opportunities”Ethics 
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