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From the page: "Stealthmode Partners is expanding its efforts to help startups and entrepreneurs through a partnership with Microsoft Inc. and its BizSpark program.

Stealthmode, a Phoenix-area company that has sought to give companies out-of-the-gate access to advice and funding, will be part of the global program and will be labeled a network partner, meaning it can mentor and provide resources to startups as part of the BizSpark program."

The idea that you can create a "cool" service, attract massive numbers of subscribers, and then monetize the subscriber base is insane. Always was, always will be. But it is the Google model. They created a web search service (cool) and then once they became a powerful player in web search they became an ad platform (monetization) - right?

The current trend in communications is more (and more) communication technologies, providers, mechanisms and buzz words. Social Media, VoIP, Blogs, Wikis, Unified Communications, TelePresence, WebMeetings, SMS, IM, Chat, Mobile, MicroBlogging, etc.