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		<title>Had to write about this, SAP buying SuccessFactors</title>
		<link>http://www.nowfals.com/2011/12/04/had-to-write-about-this-sap-buying-successfactors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nowfal Ebrahim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t get it. An employee performance software ( in a few words &#8211; SuccessFactors), being bought for 3.4 billion dollars. SAP should get their present act straight. How can the head honchos even come to a decision like this and a company falling for the cloud business game. The icing on this is JP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage rates at its lowest?? what does is show for the future</title>
		<link>http://www.nowfals.com/2011/09/29/mortgage-rates-at-its-lowest-what-does-is-show-for-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nowfal Ebrahim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mortgage rates have been the lowest from the time the first mortgage was recorded in 1971. It is at 4.01 now, this is 30 year fixed. The last up it saw on the curve was somewhere in August 2008 at about 6.33. Lets work the numbers it took 37 years for the rates to go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Double Irish, Dutch Sandwich? cocktail names? no!</title>
		<link>http://www.nowfals.com/2011/09/19/double-irish-dutch-sandwich-cocktail-names-no/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nowfal Ebrahim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Double Irish and Dutch sandwich, seem like very interesting cocktails at your neighborhood bar. I would love that, but surprise it is not. These are names or codes given to a technique for saving tax by moving funds in between higher tax paying countries to lower ones. In this case moving money from US to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s up with all the buying? Do you see what I see? Consolidation or Quick cash!</title>
		<link>http://www.nowfals.com/2011/07/08/whats-up-with-all-the-buying-do-you-see-what-i-see-consolidation-or-quick-cash/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nowfals.com/2011/07/08/whats-up-with-all-the-buying-do-you-see-what-i-see-consolidation-or-quick-cash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nowfal Ebrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneur]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hulu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nortel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skype]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nowfals.com/2011/07/08/whats-up-with-all-the-buying-do-you-see-what-i-see-consolidation-or-quick-cash/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Godaddy sold, Bj&#8217;s sold, Skypel sold, Nortel sold, Hulu looking for buyer. Private equities are trying to cash in during these hard economic times. What happens with these good companies when they get bought for cheap and the revenue stream they have? First these companies survive for a while then they start losing revenue- BECAUSE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nortel up for auction! What does this teach us?</title>
		<link>http://www.nowfals.com/2011/07/01/nortel-up-for-auction-what-does-this-teach-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nowfal Ebrahim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[nortel auction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nortel patents]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nowfals.com/?p=199</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is the one liner &#8211; you are never too big to fail. Nortel the king of communications at one time is the tamed cat or the tail wagging dog looking for attention (literal of money). Nortel was a company which drove competition in communication ground up, holding so many patents to its name that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A complete off the topic write, wireless jammer at home</title>
		<link>http://www.nowfals.com/2011/06/30/a-complete-off-the-topic-write-wireless-jammer-at-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nowfal Ebrahim</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nowfals.com/?p=197</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is the layout of my home network. Level 1 of home has the main cable network coming in, this is where the network is forked into two different wireless routers one open to the public and one private. Here are the entertainment center or the man cove you can call it with a projector [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open source and the million questions with it?</title>
		<link>http://www.nowfals.com/2011/06/24/open-source-and-the-million-questions-with-it-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nowfals.com/2011/06/24/open-source-and-the-million-questions-with-it-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 02:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nowfal Ebrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Part I - I will be addressing some open source questions and issues that I have faced at most of the startups I have delved into. One most pressing question asked is open source free, well it is free and all depends on how you are planning to use it. As a startup you want/need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding information in this digital ocean&#8230;.cloud, sea, air or web!</title>
		<link>http://www.nowfals.com/2011/06/23/finding-information-in-this-digital-ocean-cloud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nowfals.com/2011/06/23/finding-information-in-this-digital-ocean-cloud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 02:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nowfal Ebrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneur]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startups]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nowfals.com/?p=191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Finding relevant information for startups, funding, VC&#8217;s or anything related to these issues is becoming more and more time consuming. Recently helping a friend find some valuable information, I have tripped onto some good resources and people who are very sincere in what they do. AngelList , this is a great place to find startups [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A lead investor, why this is always IMPORTANT</title>
		<link>http://www.nowfals.com/2011/02/02/a-lead-investor-why-this-is-always-important/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nowfals.com/2011/02/02/a-lead-investor-why-this-is-always-important/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 06:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nowfal Ebrahim</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nowfals.com/?p=186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is always a question why do you need a lead investor (LI) when you have so many investors (read followers) who are waiting for a lead investor. Here is the catch, if you do not have a LI and your followers are waiting for a lead, take the cue, they are not fully committed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BATNA, always had this question ?</title>
		<link>http://www.nowfals.com/2011/01/07/batna-always-had-this-question/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nowfals.com/2011/01/07/batna-always-had-this-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 01:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nowfal Ebrahim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BATNA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[term sheet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BATNA stands for Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement. As the words say, these agreements as used as a backdoor or a secondary alternative to an ongoing negotiation. Usually comes into effect when the actual negotiations fall through and a decision cannot be reached. Why I am writing this here is a good point. I [...]]]></description>
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