Brian speaks with Shirish Nadkarni. Shirish is a serial entrepreneur creating multiple consumer businesses. He was the co-founder of Livemocha, the world’s largest language learning site, and TeamOn Systems, a mobile wireless email pioneer that was acquired by BlackBerry. Shirish started at Microsoft where he engineered the acquisition of Hotmail and launched MSN.com. He serves on the board of TiE Seattle, where he chairs a number of programs, including the GoVertical Startup Creation Workshop, the TiE Entrepreneur Institute, and the Z5 Catalyst funding initiative. He talks about his book “WINNER TAKES ALL - Case Studies in How Online Marketplaces Are Creating Modern Monopolies”.