How to work with Microsoft...

How to drink the Kool-aid...and survive

Jim Lejeal has posted a particularly interesting blog entry that includes great tips for any emerging company interested in partnering with Microsoft...and in our business, that means a preponderance of our clients and prospects. Jim's a serial entrepreneur (his latest venture is Oxlo Systems) and speaks from personal experience gained in successfully working with Microsoft. For those with companies outside of the Seattle area, he points out the need to "get on a plane to Redmond" regularly, and he's not joking. It's all about relationships at Microsoft. For that matter, isn't it all about relationships in every endeavor?

-posted by Rachel