http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/09/07/kai-fu-lee-founder-of-microsoft%e2%80%99s-china-research-lab-quits-google-to-head-115m-startup-incubator-in-china/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:14:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/09/07/kai-fu-lee-founder-of-microsoft%e2%80%99s-china-research-lab-quits-google-to-head-115m-startup-incubator-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-84246 emenot Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:41:43 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=40424#comment-84246 Well Kai-Fu step stoned on Microsoft and got China to back him, luckily as above mentioned people knew better, he is up the creek without the Microsoft paddle..... Well Kai-Fu step stoned on Microsoft and got China to back him, luckily as above mentioned people knew better, he is up the creek without the Microsoft paddle…..

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]]> http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/09/07/kai-fu-lee-founder-of-microsoft%e2%80%99s-china-research-lab-quits-google-to-head-115m-startup-incubator-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-80276 Kai-Fu Skeptic Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:00:37 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=40424#comment-80276 Kai-Fu already tried this actually at Microsoft with a Beijing-based Advanced Technology Group ("Incubator") that was supposed to bridge the gap between Microsoft Research Beijing and the Redmond product units. They were an abject failure and never shipped a product. Redmond teams saw this group as third-class Engineering talent who also were suspect in terms of their intellectual property. As a former Microsoft executive who has worked closely with Kai-Fu's former MSR teams, I can say that while he is a brilliant scientist in his own right, he is unfortunately neither an operator nor someone who has ever built successful businesses even in a consultative/VC capacity. It seems that China is enamored purely with his self-burnished image. Kai-Fu already tried this actually at Microsoft with a Beijing-based Advanced Technology Group (“Incubator”) that was supposed to bridge the gap between Microsoft Research Beijing and the Redmond product units. They were an abject failure and never shipped a product. Redmond teams saw this group as third-class Engineering talent who also were suspect in terms of their intellectual property. As a former Microsoft executive who has worked closely with Kai-Fu’s former MSR teams, I can say that while he is a brilliant scientist in his own right, he is unfortunately neither an operator nor someone who has ever built successful businesses even in a consultative/VC capacity. It seems that China is enamored purely with his self-burnished image.

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