FriendFeed just launched it’s new Real-Time view – check out the details in the FriendFeed blog. UPDATE: To not be a traffic hound I’m posting the direct link to the Debate 2008 Real-Time feed. Watch it there if you prefer. You can check it out right here and follow the debate in real time. http://friendfeed.com/rooms/2008-debates/realtime?embed=1&title=Debate%202008%20LIVE… Continue reading Follow the Presidential Debate right here using FriendFeed’s new Real-Time view
Category: AZ Small Business
Can we please stop talking about monetization?
I can’t take it anymore – I just can’t. NOTE – this post was triggered by a fine post (and subsequent FriendFeed discussion) by Mark Evans – which you can find here. The idea that you can create a “cool” service, attract massive numbers of subscribers, and then monetize the subscriber base is insane. Always… Continue reading Can we please stop talking about monetization?
A Return to Sensibility
In some very important ways the current financial crisis is a good thing. First, it will preemptively pop the Web 2.0 bubble. Why is that important? Well – and this is just my opinion – we’ve returned to the same type of fundamental philosophy we saw in the Dot Com bubble – version 1.0 was… Continue reading A Return to Sensibility
Invest Southwest names presenters
Invest Southwest announced the presenting companies for the 2008 Invest Southwest Conference. Congratulations to these firms. Thirteen firms made the cut for December’s Invest Southwest conference. Organizers for the annual event, which aims to pair promising new technology firms with investors who can help finance future growth, have announced which companies will be presenting. The… Continue reading Invest Southwest names presenters
More bad news for Startups.
Today Stacey Higginbotham of GigaOm wrote an article about the deterioration in VC and Angel funding in 2008. While the picture she paints is far from rosy – I think she understates the issue in some ways. With others calling for a startup depression I think we need to be realistic. That’s not great news,… Continue reading More bad news for Startups.
Phoenix Startup Weekend
UPDATE: 10/17/08 – I’ve set up a FriendFeed room enable everyone to live blog the event – see this post for details. The whole reason I’m going on vacation tomorrow (back next Tuesday) is to rest up for Phoenix Startup Weekend… well not really… If you have not checked it out – you should. If… Continue reading Phoenix Startup Weekend
Club E having Open House Wednesday Night
There is an open house at Club E’s headquarters on Wednesday night. Might be interesting… The leaders of Club E Network, the multichapter chain of entrepreneurs networking groups, are hosting an open house at its new headquarters in northeast Phoenix Wednesday night. The organization, started in 2007 by Peter Burns, Corey Cossack and other small-business… Continue reading Club E having Open House Wednesday Night
Entrepreneurs group, developer to open five incubators
More good news for Phoenix area startups. Founders of the Club E networking group announced this week plans to open four more “business incubators” with commercial real-estate developer Green Street Properties. In late August, Club E co-founder Peter Burns said the organization’s executives had struck a deal with Green Street to open its first such… Continue reading Entrepreneurs group, developer to open five incubators