Mitch Kapor

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Last Friday, March 28rd, 2008, Robert Bloomfield and Metanomics interviewed Mitch Kapor, outgoing Chairman of the Linden Lab Board. They discussed:

- Kapor's vision for virtual worlds technology and business strategy
- The future of Linden Lab and Second Life

The full transcripts are now available from the interview and backchat. Additionally, the video and audio are available, courtesy of SLCN.tv.

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ROBERT BLOOMFIELD INTERVIEWS MITCH KAPOR
MARCH 28, 2008

ROBERT BLOOMFIELD: Welcome, everybody, to today’s special edition of Metanomics. Normally we air on Mondays at 11:00 A.M., but, with so many things happening at Linden Lab, I was looking for the soonest opportunity to talk with today’s guest, Mitch Kapor, chairman of the board of Linden Lab.

I’d like to thank United Business Media’s Think Services Metaverse Group for letting Metanomics hold this event at the CMP Amphitheater. And, as always, thanks to our sponsors SAP, Cisco Systems, Generali Group, Saxo Bank, Kelly Services, Sun Microsystems. Special thanks to my own institution, Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, for supporting me in this effort and to SLCN for filming and distributing these discussions.

Mitch Kapor will be joining us for a special edition of Metanomics. Note the unusual day (Friday) and time (10:30 am SLT).

Most followers of Metanomics probably know that Philip Rosedale has stepped down from his position as CEO of Linden Lab. .

Mitch Kapor, who is the current Chairman of the Board of Linden Lab, was in Second Life to give a keynote speech as part of UBM Think Service's Life 2.0 conference. That gave me a chance to ask the following during the Q&A session:

Do you have any comments on the change in Philip Rosedale's position, and your stepping down as Chairman of the Board of Directors? Along similar lines, what can you say about Linden Lab's short-term and long-term strategic plans?

Mitch's response was largely what you might expect. Here is my attempt at paraphrasing: