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February 2008
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02.29.08Come on Hillary…Enough Already
My ExperiencesI like Hilliary, but I like Obama more. Still I can't help but feel sad that Hillary feels forced into such pathetic scare-tactic campaigning:
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02.28.08Techcrunch vs. Loic Le Meur: The Twitter Bout
Pop CultureA nice little cat fight this afternoon between Techcrunch (Michael Arrington), Loic Le Meur (Founder of Seesmic) and Dive Wine...oh Jeff Clavier chimed in too. Making it notable is that Arrington is an investor in Seesmic and this follows on the tail of another recent skermish with A VC. Are these more traffic generators, or simply boys with too much time and not enough women things to do? I have pieced together the conversations in reverse order... Arrington: Loic Lemur: Dave Winer: Jeff Clavier (the only sane one!): Sorry that this post deviates from the norm but interested to see what playing Valleywag feels like ...
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02.27.08Are Entrepreneurs and Investors Really Worth the Same?
Venture CapitalI just came across an event taking place tomorrow called VC Outlook 2008. From the website: "Join leading Corporate VCs, Investment Bankers, Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, and chief executives of emerging companies at New York’s annual VC Outlook ...
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02.27.08The Little Things: Google Vs. Yahoo Maps
My ExperiencesWhy doesn't Yahoo Maps show subway stops by default? I am visiting with an IP lawyer this morning and I need to know how to get there...Yahoo does me no good. Also, why does Yahoo only have a "Send to Email" and not a "Send to Phone" so I could SMS the info? Grrr... Yahoo Maps (at full zoom): Google Maps (note the Metro signs with corresponding train lines):
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02.26.08Mixed Media Matrix
Brands and MarketingI’ve been thinking quite a lot recently about how media is evolving. The demise of the traditional newspaper, the rise of virtual worlds and the ever popular comic-book movie are all really fascinating cultural shifts. I’m also really interested in "what has influenced what." For example, the influence of Beatles is widespread throughout music. Jay-Z and Lebron are teaming up as celebrity influences athlete (or is it vice-versa?). The Newton was a stepping-stone of the iPhone. Rumor had it the recent film Cloverfield might have had a tie-in to the television show Lost. I have assembled a matrix of mixed media influence: ...
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02.25.08Nominations Closing!
EntrepreneurshipIf you want to nominate someone for the startup all-star team you have until Friday.
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02.25.08Hybrid VC Model: The Preemptive Buyout
Venture CapitalA week or so ago on Techcrunch I came across this post: It got me thinking to another variation of a hybrid VC model that could be used. A VC could conceivably invest in “good scouts” who could scour the trenches for really promising upstart technologies. A VC could then get in early enough to buyout the technology at a great price and swap out the team with a pre-assembled all-star team. This all-star team and product would then be owned entirely by the VC firm (or with some equity split) could then see the company through to a major buyout. The ...
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02.24.08How Consulting Paid for 50% of my MBA
Entrepreneurship, My ExperiencesRecently someone wrote me asking for advice on how to break into the world of consulting. I thought the best way to address this was through a post on my personal experience... When I was 24 I lost my job. I won’t get into specifics, but it was a difficult time because everything I had worked so hard for suddenly seemed to have been stripped away from me. At the time I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do, but I knew I did not want to put my trust into another corporate experience for a long, long time. ...
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02.21.08It Could Be Called ‘Enterprising 2.0’
WorkstreamrLast month the Wall Street Journal compiled a list of seven common activities technology is helping to transform. Notably absent was ‘how we work.’ My last post discussed why I feel the phrase Enterprise 2.0 is not the best one to represent the next generation of enterprise software. I arrive at this conclusion based in the fact that work culture is fundamentally changing. As a result of these changes, the next wave of software innovations cannot simply be ‘additions’ to already existing architectures. Maybe this would be fine if we were in a maturing industry; but we are not. Thus, our ...
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02.20.08The Political Metaphor That Is Enterprise Software
WorkstreamrI have been following the progress of FASTforward 2008 with great interest. Our new project - Workstreamr - is to be a new entrant in what most now refer to as the ‘Enterprise 2.0’ space. Very talented folks such as Andrew McAfee of Harvard University have spent vast amounts of time researching, debating and ultimately defining this industry. Now I must humbly disagree with their vernacular. For many younger people (and I assume older ones too!) enterprise software is a big ugly word. For myself and my fellow millenials, enterprise software provokes nightmares of installation CDs, dedicated servers, bloated Microsoft ...
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