Innovation
Startup Ideas
Sunday, July 20th, 2008Trying to think of a business idea for your start up? If the answer is yes, but you’re drawing a blank on the actual idea — you’re in luck. Paul Graham from Y Combinator has put together a great list.
Why NOT to Do a Startup
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007Like many others, I have an entrepreneurial mind and am planning to start a company at some point down the line. However, there are certainly reasons NOT to. Marc Andreessen has an very interesting post titled “The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 1: Why not to do a startup.” Though I’ve never hired anyone, I […]
“Search Is History” - says Yahoo!
Monday, June 4th, 2007Man, I must say it’s kinda cool when Yahoo! says almost exactly what I wrote last week on my blog — search is becoming LESS relevant (Yahoo says it’s history). I agree that the web is going to be almost completely personalized for the end user. Even Google agrees. Users are already determining their own […]
John Battelle Keynote
Friday, October 27th, 2006John Battelle, who runs Federated Media Publishing and is enamored with blogs (he runs SearchBlog), search, and media, gave a Superb keynote presentation. My notes are below-
I thought it was interesting that Battelle mentioned that Web 2.0 was partly due to the notion that people started creating companies based on passion rather than commerce (amazing what happens […]
Six Degrees of Separation, Networking, and Getting Funded
Monday, October 16th, 2006So, how do you get on the radar of VC’s (and get funded)?? That’s the question many entrepreneurs are dying to find out…and, in my opinion, it all comes down to networking. The best and most proven way is to get introduced to a venture capitalist. Knowing connected people can open doors you never thought possible. All […]
All About the Money??
Saturday, October 14th, 2006It’s a mistake too many people make (IMO)- the assumption that people do everything for the money. On TechCrunch’s post about the Venice Project, there was a comment that irked me a bit-
Yeah, sure… Friis and Zennstrom just want to do anything that makes as much money as physically possible.
I don’t really understand why people […]
The Long Tail
Saturday, October 14th, 2006Wow- what a great presentation (podcast) by Chris Anderson, author of the Long Tail. So many fascinating points- such as Google’s ability to capture all the small advertisers that will never get called by ad salesmen, but the aggregate of their spend is a very large figure. It’s about an hour long, but well worth it […]
Joe Kraus of JotSpot
Sunday, October 8th, 2006Here’s a great interview with Joe Kraus, the CEO of JotSpot, Joe really seems to be a very bright character. What is the next internet revolution? Do-it-yourself applications are Joe’s prediction- which is a very interesting concept. I have to admit, I am a huge fan of the Scoble Show- insights from top-flight business leaders in […]
ScobleShow: Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz
Sunday, October 1st, 2006I just watched Robert Scoble’s interview with Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz, who was the 1st CEO from a Fortune 500 company to have a blog, and it was very insightful. I’ll definitely be tuning into future interviews on the Scoble Show (this was the 1st one). Sun’s biggest challenge according to Jonathan? Getting the word out to […]
Single Sign-On - Will Yahoo’s Attempt Succeed?
Saturday, September 30th, 2006I sure the heck hope so! My colleague just sent me this link, which references Yahoo’s announcement post, and I’ll be watching adoption closely. What does Yahoo’s Browser Based Authentication (BBAuth) do?
BBAuth also makes it possible to use Yahoo! as a single sign-on for your site, thus removing a barrier to entry for a whole lot […]
“All About Blogs & New Media” Networking Event October 5th
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
If you’re interested in business, technology, blogging, Web 2.0, or just want to drink and network, there’s a cool networking event scheduled for next week in Fremont. The topic is blogs and other new media. I’ve agreed to speak a little on the subject of personal blogging, though I don’t consider myself any sort of personal blogging expert […]
Facebook Opens Its Doors to the World
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006Wow- Facebook’s doors are open to the public now. No longer are they a totally exclusive college social networking site! Granted, this isn’t unexpected. This puts them in a position to take a run at Myspace. They announced it on their blog this morning and also explain how this expansion affects existing users here. Read more about […]
Weblo - A Virtual World Duplicating the Real World
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006
This concept just grabbed me when I stumbled on this post last night after work. I did some more research and found Techweb’s article “The Virtual World Goes on Sale Tuesday.” It sure seems a bit risky, but the potential for a large pay-off is there in my opinion. Basically, Weblo is SecondLife- but with real property. In […]