For Tony Bates, joining Skype was a "no brainer."
By Dan Primack, senior editor
Skype CEO Tony Bates
FORTUNE -- Every year, Tony Bates and his wife make a list of future goals. In 2007, Bates was a 40-year-old Cisco (CSCO) executive who wrote down that he wanted to become a CEO by the age of 45. He then listed four companies -- all consumer-focused, despite his enterprise pedigree -- that he MORE
Dan Primack - Jul 21, 2011 2:03 PM ET
Silicon Valley's banker doesn't think it's a bubble. Yet.
By Dan Primack, senior editor
FORTUNE -- When Frank Quattrone was a student at Stanford Business School, a classroom speech by fellow 25 year-old Steve Jobs sparked an interest in Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Quattrone would go on to virtually underwrite the initial Internet boom, helping bring public companies like Amazon (AMZN) and Netscape. Today he advises tech companies MORE
Dan Primack - Jul 20, 2011 7:23 PM ET
There is more to LivingSocial than meets the eye, according to its CEO.
By Dan Primack, senior editor
To many consumers, LivingSocial is Groupon with better writing. Interchangeable, and possibly disposable if someone begins offering deeper discounts for more attractive merchants.
To LivingSocial, however, a lot of people are missing the deeper point.
"If you view this as a daily deals business, you've probably lost already," said company CEO Tim O'Shaughnessy, during a panel discussions MORE
Dan Primack - Jul 20, 2011 2:53 PM ET
Dan Primack joined Fortune.com in September 2010 to cover deals and dealmakers, from Wall Street to Sand Hill Road. Previously, Dan was an editor-at-large with Thomson Reuters, where he launched both peHUB.com and the peHUB Wire email service. In a past journalistic life, Dan ran a community paper in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He currently lives just outside of Boston. Email a Tip | @danprimack
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