Don Dodge is a veteran of five start-ups including Forte Software, AltaVista, Napster, Bowstreet, and Groove Networks. Don was recently Director of Business Development for Microsoft’s Emerging Business Team. The goal was to help VC’s and start-ups be successful with Microsoft, and together, provide great products for their customers.

Don has been in the software business for more than 25 years. He started his software career with Digital Equipment, aka DEC, in the database group. He was part of the leadership team of five software start-ups. Forte Software was the first multiplatform object oriented development environment. AltaVista was the first search engine on the web. Napster was the first P2P file sharing network. Bowstreet was the first web services development environment. Groove Networks was the first secure P2P collaboration platform. Now he is at Microsoft… “the biggest start-up in the world”… working with VC’s and start-ups in the greater Boston area.

He writes a daily blog, Don Dodge on the Next Big Thing.

Don, a native New-Englander, holds an MBA from New Hampshire College and a BS in accounting from the University of Southern Maine.

Milestones
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Don Dodge added a position as Developer Evangelist at Google. (11/09)

Posted 11/15/09 at 8:05pm
Don Dodge added a position as Director of Business Development at Microsoft. (2005)

Posted 5/7/08 at 10:30pm
Don Dodge added a position as VP Product Management at Groove Networks.

Posted 6/7/08 at 6:06am
Don Dodge added a position as VP Product Development at Napster.

Posted 5/7/08 at 10:31pm
Don Dodge added a position as Director Engineering at AltaVista.

Posted 5/7/08 at 10:31pm
Don Dodge added a position as VP Product Marketing at Bowstreet.

Posted 6/7/08 at 6:06am