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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Attracting Investors “like moths to a flame”
Below is the presentation given during my talk at Web 2.0 in New York. The talk focuses on helping companies find the “right” investor, versus just any interested party. Finding any investor is tough, but finding the right investor is … Continue reading
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Banks Fall, Start-ups Rise
There is a bubble in the start-up world today because new companies are creating real economic value. This differs sharply from the 2000-era hype machine, though there is definitely some hype today as well. Just look at my speaking schedule. … Continue reading
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SPORE
Downloaded and installed SPORE on a Vista macine earlier today. The whole process took about 90 minutes. To be clear, SPORE is by far the best game that I have played in years. The leveling, or “stages,” are incredibly well thought out. … Continue reading
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Angel Investing
A rumor is circulating that I have invested in Rocket Racing League (as well as some other companies), and these rumors are false. My goal is to help as many start-ups as possible. Being The Founding Member of TheFunded.com places … Continue reading
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Freestyle Scheduling
All of the time that it takes to schedule things end up being a significant amount of the time that you end up doing things. Here are my new “freestyle scheduling” rules: Calling 1: No scheduling of one-to-one calls. Feel … Continue reading
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EDF Ventures vs John Doe Case Status
Below is an embedded page from the Superior Court of California that shows the real-time status of the “EDF Ventures (EDM, Inc.) versus John Doe” court case. As of September 3, 2008, the status of the case still appears “Open.”
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Integrated Monitoring
A friend of mine sent me the following quote: Most existing monitoring tools are ugly plugs with lame LCD screens and while some companies, namely Tendril (http://www.tendrilinc.com/) and Greenbox (http://www.getgreenbox.com/) are taking a more integrated and systematic approach. This is … Continue reading
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Lenovo, You Build Crap.
You know that it is bad when your bug-laden iPhone 3G provides a far superior computing experience than your $3,000 top-of-the-line Lenovo X61 Tablet with touch screen functionality. Initially, the X61 struck me as a giant iPhone. Now, it appears … Continue reading
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Hydraulic Mining – Massive Environmental Destruction
While camping deep in “gold” country this weekend, we learned about the practice of hydraulic mining in the mid 1800′s. Large water pathways were carved through the land, and water was funneled into smaller and smaller tubes until the stream … Continue reading