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All rights reserved.</div></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="beta"> <div id="beta-inner" class="pkg">  <p class="content-nav"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090318081335/http://www.altimetergroup.com/">Main</a> </p>  <h2 class="date-header">September 15, 2008</h2> <div class="entry" id="entry-55656204"> <h3 class="entry-header">Welcome to Altimeter Group</h3> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p>Welcome to my site -- I'm an independent thought leader on social and emerging technologies. I'll be blogging here at <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090318081335/http://blog.altimetergroup.com/">blog.altimetergroup.com</a> on a <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090318081335/http://www.altimetergroup.com/topics.html">variety of topics</a>, doing <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090318081335/http://www.altimetergroup.com/calendar.html">some speeches</a>, and taking on a <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090318081335/http://www.altimetergroup.com/services.html">small number of clients</a>. </p> <p><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><strong></strong></span></p> <p>I also write on my personal blog, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090318081335/http://www.charleneli.com/midnightmusings/">Midnight Musings</a>, as well as for <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090318081335/http://www.svmoms.com/">Silicon Valley Moms Blog</a>.<strong><span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><br/></span></strong></p> <hr/><p><strong><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Recent Blog Posts</span></strong></p> <p></p><script src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090318081335js_/http://app.feed.informer.com/digest3/90EZD7NFJV.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <p></p><script src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090318081335js_/http://pipes.yahoo.com/js/listbadge.js"></script> </div> </div> <div class="entry-footer"> <p class="entry-footer-info"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by Charlene Li at 10:42 AM </span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090318081335/http://www.altimetergroup.com/2008/09/welcome-to-alti.html">Permalink</a> </p>   </div> </div> <div class="trackbacks"> <a id="trackback"></a> <h3 class="trackbacks-header">TrackBack</h3> <div class="trackbacks-info"> <p>TrackBack URL for this entry:<br/><span class="trackbacks-link">http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00e3981c8cdb8833010534a4be76970b</span></p> <p>Listed below are links to weblogs that reference <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090318081335/http://www.altimetergroup.com/2008/09/welcome-to-alti.html">Welcome to Altimeter Group</a>:</p> </div> <div class="trackbacks-content"> </div> </div> <a id="comments"></a> <div class="comments" id="all-comments"> <h3 class="comments-header">Comments</h3> <div class="comments-info"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090318081335/http://www.altimetergroup.com/2008/09/welcome-to-alti/comments/atom.xml"><img src="/web/20090318081335im_/http://altimetergroup.com/.shared-typepad/images/feed.png" alt="Feed" width="10" height="10"/></a> You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090318081335/http://www.altimetergroup.com/2008/09/welcome-to-alti/comments/atom.xml">comment feed</a> for this post.</p> </div> <div class="comments-content" id="comments-content">  </div> </div>   <div id="atp-comments"> <div id="comment-preview" class="hiddenBox"> <h3 id="header-verify-comment" class="comments-header hiddenBox">Verify your Comment</h3> <h3 id="header-preview-comment" class="comments-header hiddenBox">Previewing your Comment</h3> <div class="comments-content"> <div class="comment"> <div id="comment-preview-content" class="comment-content"> </div> <p class="comment-footer"> Posted by: <span id="comment-preview-author"></span> | <span id="comment-preview-datetime"></span> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="comment-preview-confirmation" class="hiddenBox yellowBox"> <p>This is only a preview. 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