sure wish the founders of Yahoo! But for years Yahoo! Today’s post courtesy of the Dave McClure school of vocabulary. About a month ago I was meeting with a seasoned entrepreneur. After 10 minutes I felt like we were old buddies because we had both been through the trenches of startup tech land and had had similar experiences. MORE >>

And to keep up with the Jones’s it seems that Yahoo! You have been at Google, Salesforce.com, Yahoo! Does Yahoo! And of course many small acquisitions work for the buyers when there is a clear strategy for owning the asset or a clear alignment with the team you’re acquiring. has now employed the same strategy. MORE >>

Here they surround you with sales professionals, product people and, of course, lots of referenceable customers!  If you were at a ladies online retail store don’t be surprised if you start seeing advertisements for that same store next time you’re reading the Washington Post or on Yahoo! I know I didn’t.  Why Buy Anything? MORE >>

And of course – badges. I hope they are because badges will run their course. Update] : Some people have pointed out that all of today’s “innovations&# are just yesterday’s ideas rehashed such as Salesforce just doing Siebel on the web, Mint doing Quicken on the web, Quora copying Yahoo! Fawking badges. MORE >>

GoTo.com went on to ink huge distribution deals with Microsoft, AOL & Yahoo! Overture was sold to Yahoo! And now, of course, UberSocial, Bill’s latest project. Last night I had the great privilege to interview Bill Gross , one of the Internet’s true pioneers. Summary notes, as always, provide below. Heresy. MORE >>