Comments on: Farewell to Mike Homer

By: Bill Campbell's Take on Key Entrepeneurs & Innovators : We Blog The World

Bill Campbell's Take on Key Entrepeneurs & Innovators : We Blog The World — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:26:37 +0000

[...] He's a step ahead of everyone. He is really good with entrepreneurs – pays attention to them. Mike Homer: Campbell pauses. "Best friend," he says. Then another pause. He wants to get emotional because [...]

By: loverevolver4

loverevolver4 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:55:44 +0000

I think Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a disease that needs more awareness. At least Mike has now found peace in the kingdom of heaven. I shall pray tonight that his family are surviving without him.

By: Meet Peter Currie, Facebook’s New Money Man (For Now) | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:52:23 +0000

[...] interview I did with Currie and others at an event to support his friend and former Netscape exec Mike Homer, who recently died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (Currie is at the 2:16-minute [...]

By: Silicon Valley Exec Mike Homer Died Sunday - The Lost Conversation « SiliconAngle

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:29:16 +0000

[...] Kara Swisher has a classy post that pays tribute to Mike Homer. Mike died in his home on Sunday of a rare, neurodegenerative “prion” disease, which in Homer’s case has occurred sporadically rather than via infection (the well-known variant that occurs in animals is called mad cow disease), CJD’s incidence is one case in a million annually, and few survive beyond a year after exhibiting symptoms. [...]

By: Brooke Cohan

Brooke Cohan — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:50:46 +0000

Mike was one-of-a-kind! He was was truly one of the best people I ever worked for and I will always remember him fondly. He was tough but always loyal – and he brought out the best in people. It was always wild and tremendously fun to be in the game with him. Thanks for everything Mike – we will miss you!

By: Mike Homer Laid to Rest Today | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:00:11 +0000

[...] Many BoomTown readers have asked for more information and also about the funeral for well-known Silicon Valley exec Mike Homer, who died earlier this week after an severe and unusual illness. [...]

By: Alain Rossmann

Alain Rossmann — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:24:20 +0000

Brilliant and irreverent, we will never forget Mike.

By: Bye to Mike Homer - a victim of CJD | GIDEON blog

Bye to Mike Homer - a victim of CJD | GIDEON blog — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:53:27 +0000

[...] Homer passed away yesterday from CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease). CJD is a rare neurological disease, which can be infectious, [...]

By: jim barksdale

jim barksdale — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:04:52 +0000

He was one of the early great marketing geniuses of the internet. We will always miss him. He was a great friend. No one who heard his laugh will ever forget it.

Jim Barksdale

By: Vid-Biz: Doritos, TVtrip, Mochila « NewTeeVee

Vid-Biz: Doritos, TVtrip, Mochila « NewTeeVee — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:22:43 +0000

[...] Kontiki Founder Dies; Silicon Valley entrepreneur Mike Homer suffered from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. (AllThingsD) [...]

By: Silicon Valley Exec Mike Homer Died Sunday - The Lost Conversation « Furrier.org - Business & Technology Blog

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:40:11 +0000

[...] February 2, 2009 Posted by John Furrier in Technology. Tags: Mike Homer, silicon valley trackback Kara Swisher has a classy post that pays tribute to Mike Homer. Mike died in his home on Sunday of a rare, neurodegenerative “prion” disease, which in [...]

By: » Silicon Valley fixture Mike Homer dies at 50

» Silicon Valley fixture Mike Homer dies at 50 — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:19:46 +0000

[...] at 50 Former Netscape executive Mike Homer lost his battle with a rare brain disease on Sunday, reported Kara Swisher of All Things D. He was 50. ____________ Source: Business [...]

By: Dan Brekke

Dan Brekke — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:35:10 +0000

Nicely done remembrance, Ms. Swisher.

Never met Mr. Homer, but I remember him from this 1998 Wired profile: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/6.11/homer.html. He came through as a

By: Margaret Hursh

Margaret Hursh — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:30:28 +0000

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By: Bill Rubacky

Bill Rubacky — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:06:33 +0000

ALWAYS THE HOMERIC BATTLE

I’ll never forget my first meeting with Homer (a.k.a. Mike Homer). I was summoned to pitch an idea for the Netscape “Net Economy” seminar series and, since my boss Susan Dwyer had warned me about Homer’s willingness to speak his mind — sans sugar coating — I was a tad nervous. Waiting outside his “office” (a double cubical with paper-thin walls) I couldn’t help but overhear. Homer was yelling at some poor distribution partner with the same intensity and colorful language that you’d expect from a baseball manager howling at an umpire over a bad call at home plate. This didn’t exactly calm my nerves.

Right after his call abruptly ended, Mike brought me in. What was perplexing to me was that he seemed perfectly calm. If I had been as worked up as he had seemed, I would have needed time to collect myself, perhaps even take a Valium or two…or three. But oddly, we were off to a calm start, social pleasantries included. I even recall thinking, maybe my timing was perfect. Maybe after that highly manic outburst on the phone, he’d welcome a breather.

Nope. Definitely not. Two or maybe three sentences into my pitch, he started hammering me about the shortcomings of the plan. And, once again, Homer wasn’t whispering. Before I’d finish answering his previous question, he’d hit me with another. Long story short, he gave in on a few points and eventually agreed to think it over. Somewhat dejected, I left for other meetings around the Netscape campus and for several hours avoided the call to Susan to tell her that our Net Economy seminar series probably wouldn’t happen.

Here’s the cool part. When I finally checked in, Susan was in a great mood. She informed me that Homer had already given us the go-ahead and said that he only had good thing to say about our meeting. This news didn’t match my assessment of our meeting. As I attempted to describe how Homer had pretty much pounded me on every detail, Susan interrupted. She explained that Mike wasn’t one to EVER give up ground easily, and that as long as I worked on his team, I should expect to fight him for every single dime of marketing budget. Susan then also told me what I later learned for myself to be quite true, that Mike Homer was a very smart and a very good guy, AND that I should never take “the fight” with Mike Homer personally …for two really good reasons: 1.) He didn’t; and 2.) He loved it.

Now, while I’m certain Mike didn’t love this particular battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, it sounds by all accounts like he did put up the type of fight you’d expect only from him. Homeric.

R.I.P Homer!