Ballmer's Rivalry With VMware
News At a Churchill Club event in Santa Clara, California, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer talks to Ann Winblad, a partner at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, about Microsoft's move into virtualisation with its Hyper-V technology.
[September 30, 2008, 13:29]
Napster To Name New Chief
News Barry joined Napster as "interim" head of the company 13 months ago, when venture capitalist firm Hummer Winblad invested $15m (about £10m) in the burgeoning file-swapping firm. But with a lawsuit threatening to put Napster out of business -- and...
[July 24, 2001, 9:07]
Judge: Napster Efforts 'disgraceful'
News She also declined to approve motions for lawsuits against several individuals associated with Napster and venture capital firm Hummer Winblad, citing lack of evidence. In a separate set of lawsuits, Patel also declined Tuesday to approve claims...
[April 11, 2001, 13:07]
Venture Capitalists Turn Off The Tap On Funding
News Hummer Winblad was likely to buy into that vision and grant the funding, Robel said. There are a lot of entrepreneurs who don't get it yet -- that the bar is now really, really high," said Chuck Robel of San Francisco-based Hummer Winblad Venture...
[February 19, 2001, 14:18]
Ballmer's Quest To Rival Google In Search
News At a Churchill Club event in Santa Clara, California, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer talks to Ann Winblad, a partner at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, about the company's long-term strategy to battle Google in the search market.
[October 1, 2008, 8:56]
Napster Gets Funding, New CEO
News Hummer Winblad partners Hank Barry and John Hummer will join the Napster board of directors, and Barry will become interim CEO of Napster. What do you think? Tell the Mailroom. And read what others have said.
[May 22, 2000, 14:02]
Ballmer: Beating Google On Search Will Take Time
News Venture capitalist Ann Winblad, who was moderating the talk with Ballmer, noted that when Ballmer addressed the club in 2006, he said search was a five-year battle. On the antitrust front, Winblad asked Ballmer if he had any advice for Google's...
[September 26, 2008, 8:23]
Bertelsmann Plans Napster Takeover
News We plan to buy out the former owners, most of all venture-capitalist Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and some private investors like John Fanning, who is the uncle of the founder Shawn Fanning," said Middelhoff.
[April 5, 2002, 17:35]
Microsoft Invests In Online TV Firm Move Networks
News In April, the American Fork, a Utah-based company, raised $46m (£25m) from a stellar lineup of investors, including Benchmark Capital, Cisco Systems, Comcast Interactive Media, Steamboat Ventures and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.
[August 26, 2008, 8:14]
Start-up Simplifies Email Encryption
News The company, which now has 20 employees, secured venture funding from Morgenthaler and Hummer Winblad. A Palo Alto start-up has its sights set on making sure that more people encrypt their email. Voltage Security's email encryption system is a...
[July 8, 2003, 13:42]
Microsoft Co-founder Hits Investment Slump
News Granted, Vulcan Ventures' ability to fund sustainable businesses isn't necessarily any worse than those of many Silicon Valley venture firms, whose dot-com disasters range from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers-backed Excite@Home to Hummer Winblad...
[May 13, 2002, 15:48]
Founders At Work review
Reviews Other company founders that Livingston interviewed for this book include Chuck Geschke (Adobe), Steve Wozniak (Apple), Mitch Kapor (Lotus), Ray Ozzie (Iris, Groove), Craig Newmark (Craigslist), Ann Winblad (Open Systems, Hummer Winblad), and less...
[June 19, 2008, 14:59]
Napster Chief Executive Quits
News The last several months have been marked by internal struggles, as original investor John Fanning has fought board members Hank Barry and John Hummer, both representing venture capital firm Hummer Winblad, for control of the company.
[May 15, 2002, 8:52]
