CONTACT DONNA BOGATIN
UPDATE 3/7/08:
DONNA BOGATIN ANNOUNCES STARTUPALPHA.COM TO FOSTER THE TECHNOLOGY STARTUP CULTURE IN SILICON ALLEY AND BEYOND.
NOTE to Insider Chatter fans: Please read Donna Bogatin going forward at STARTUP CHATTER.
6/6/07: Donna Bogatin has been probing the business heart of the Internet for ten years and is known in the blogosphere for her widely read Digital Markets Blog, which she penned at ZDNet for more than a year.
After 1500 Digital Markets insider reports and analysis about Google, Microsoft, Social Media and more, Donna ventured out to present her very own blog at InsiderChatter.com
Donna continues her Digital Markets tradition of showcasing the “Real Deal” and talking to the key players.
In addition to her blogging, Donna advises Internet companies on business planning and development. Donna also is the founder of her own Web venture, directional media property UrbanSavings.com.
As Adjunct Professor of Information Systems, Donna has instructed at the New York University Stern Graduate School of Business Administration on how companies of all sizes can best use the Internet to gain strategic advantage.
Prior to becoming an Internet entrepreneur, Donna was an international investment banker and served as Director of M & A for Societe Generale Securities Corp.
Donna holds and M.B.A., an M.A. and B.A. from New York University and is fluent in the French language.
Congratulations ! Best of luck ! I’ll keep on reading your clever postings ! R.Conte
Comment by R. Conte — June 7, 2007 @ 11:02 am
Searched for your blog today — and am delighted to find you have gone out on your own! I will continue enjoying your Google-watch! R. McGriff
Comment by Renata McGriff — June 9, 2007 @ 1:23 am
Hi Donna,
What a great blog. I’d wish you good luck as you move on from ZDnet, but its clear that with your chops you won’t need it.
Question though — when are you moving on from this dreary default wordpress theme? If you need a hand with that I could recommend a good theme designer or two.
Cheers
tony @ deepjiveinterests -
Comment by Tony Hung — June 10, 2007 @ 11:43 pm
I just left this comment on Matt Cutts’ blog, and thought that the link I included is something you and your readers might like to check out:
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Brett is correct — where there is smoke, there is fire. Matt should take a look at the supplement to their original complaint to the FTC that was filed on June 6 by the Electronic Privacy and Information Center. He can find it at http://www.epic.org/privacy/ftc/google/supp_060607.pdf
EPIC is one of numerous privacy groups behind this and similar complaints. There are links between most of these groups, and these groups have years of experience with government regulatory agencies. The privacy regulators associated with the European Union will also be dealing with these issues, and sooner rather than later.
Matt cannot pretend that PI is a rogue group that has gone off the rails on this issue. Instead, it’s time for Google to start addressing these issues seriously, rather than relying on media spin from Google fan boys.
How about drastically trimming back on that cookie that expires in 2038? That would impress me as a symbolic gesture of good will. It was that cookie that first alerted me to the fact, way back in year 2000, that Google was going to be a problem when it came to privacy. I was right.
Comment by Daniel Brandt — June 11, 2007 @ 12:48 pm
Donna
Your unvarnished, canny comments are going to continue to attract a wide variety of readeers beyond the geek & VC realm. I recall the first weeks I left the fold of the WSJ for speaking and writing. I was/am so grateful for my journalist friends and for so many others from disparate worlds up stepped forward with their insights and support.. Helped me to see and create my path forward.
I am happy to see that you have attracted a diverse set of fans, friends and allies. I look forward to seeing the ways you branch out now that you are an independent agent.
Comment by KareAnderson — June 17, 2007 @ 5:50 pm
Love your hair, smile etc
You’ve got yourself a new fan
Alex
Comment by Alex — June 23, 2007 @ 3:40 pm
You are like my favorite blogger of all time.
Thank you for your unflinching vision and fight the good fight.
Comment by Srini Kumar — July 6, 2007 @ 7:36 pm
Enjoy your essay’s on the net ! ” Tasty!” Well written lines ragged correctly !
Marshal ” Ok With Correction!” Sandler
Comment by marshal sandler — July 7, 2007 @ 2:51 pm
Hi! a find you site in google, it’s nice! I have no own homepage… somestrangetextvista omegax
Comment by omegax — July 13, 2007 @ 8:39 am
I read your blog on Sony’s new we media group. I find myself in a funny position as a content creator not sure which way to go with my product. So many contracts and TOS scare me away to the point of not wanting to join any site for fear of giving away anything I’ve worked so hard for. But I believe I have something that people would really enjoy - any thoughts are appreciated.
Lost content guy,
Jes
Comment by Jesse C — July 16, 2007 @ 2:36 pm