Web 2.0 Summit Kick Off: Twitter, Yahoo, eBay, Bluefin, Intel, Salesforce & More

Web 2.0 Summit kicked off yesterday afternoon at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. John Battelle and Tim O’Reilly are master curators of some of the best minds and storytellers in the technology industry, throwing CEOs of major corporations on stage to answer business and technology questions together with start-up entrepreneurs, an Intel anthropologist and a fireside chat between John Heilemann and Oregon Senator Ron Wyden. I spent my time listening, shooting and tweeting more than I did taking comprehensive notes, but here’s a few memorable quotes and takeaways from day one. Sean Parker, former co-founder of Napster, currently Spotify: Sean talked about how much easier it is for the independent artist to…
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