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Bill Gates Has Started a New Company, bgC3
readwriteweb.com - 10/22/2008
Bill Gates Has Started a New Company, bgC3
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Bill Gates has started a mysterious new company, called bgC3, possibly to be focused on creating catalyst business ideas to spin off to Microsoft, the Gates Foundation or elsewhere. Little is known about the company, which doesn't appear to have a public web page, but a fair number of details ...
Bill Gates' mysterious new company - TechFlash: Seattle's Technology News Source
techflash.com - 10/22/2008
Bill Gates' mysterious new company - TechFlash: Seattle's Technology News Source
— techflash.com — Just months after his Microsoft farewell, Bill Gates is quietly creating a new company -- complete with high-tech office space, a cryptic name and even its own trademark. Public documents describe the new Gates entity -- bgC3 LLC -- as a think tank. ... (more) Bill Gates' mysterious new company - TechFlash: ...

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TechFlash: Seattle's Technology News Source
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TechFlash: Seattle's Technology News Source
— techflash.com — TECHFLASH EXCLUSIVE Bill Gates' mysterious new company Just months after his Microsoft farewell, Bill Gates is quietly creating a new company -- complete with high-tech office space, a cryptic name and even its own trademark. Public documents ... (more) TechFlash: Seattle's Technology News Source

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bgC3 - Homepage
bgc3.com - 10/23/2008
bgC3 - Homepage
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Gizmodo:  Bill Gates Creates Mysterious Company, Everyone Looks Around Nervously [Bill Returns]

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Bill Gates Creates Mysterious Company, Everyone Looks Around Nervously [Bill Returns]
Gizmodo — ... a very pretty logo. Bill Gates' new venture has a federal trademark as a think-tank, covering: • Scientific and technological services. • Industrial analysis and research. • Design and development of computer hardware and software. The company is not being created in his garage, though: He has opened a small office near his home, apparently full of high tech toys including a Microsoft Surface used as a guest book. [TechFlash via Read Write Web via Valleywag] ...

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