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

AZ Governor innovation finalists announced

Congratulations to the winners listed below. I’m glad to see the state government recognizing innovation in Arizona. Now we just need to convince our legislators to get serious about passing the legislation needed to attract capital investment in Arizona startups. Winners in categories including Community Service Leader of the Year, Young Innovator of the Year… Continue reading AZ Governor innovation finalists announced

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

OS X-installing EFi-X now shipping for $155

Fascinating… but not sure I’d be an early adopter on this. What is really interesting is how many companies are taking a run a Apple’s refusal to let OSX load on non-apple hardware. It appears there are several lawyers that believe there is a valid defense available. We will just have to wait and see.… Continue reading OS X-installing EFi-X now shipping for $155

Quotes from Bret Taylor – FriendFeed

Louis Gray was kind enough to share what he heard at a MIT/Standford Venture lab panel on lifestreaming. You can find Louis’ full entry here. Here are the parts I found the most interesting… both in terms of FriendFeed’s strategy and the lessons they teach us about creating a startup. Bret’s presentation stated that FriendFeed,… Continue reading Quotes from Bret Taylor – FriendFeed

Vision, Innovation and what you think you are doing…

The single biggest barrier to innovation is a lack of imagination. The second biggest barrier is the failure to commit to your imagined future state when everyone else tells you that you’ve got it wrong; that you are not making sense; that investors “won’t get it” or some other variation on the theme. As Seth… Continue reading Vision, Innovation and what you think you are doing…

Want to get more done… JQuery

I use JQuery… it is the JavaScript framework at work at cosinity. I can categorically state that – while not perfect – JQuery lives up to it’s tag line – “write less, do more”. There is a wonderful tutorial over at WebMonkey entitled Get Started with JQuery that can help you get started. What I’m… Continue reading Want to get more done… JQuery

Sometimes technology is useful – Hurricane Tracking

A friend on facebook turned me on to MSNBC’s Hurricane Tracker. I’ve been visiting the National Hurricane Center and various other sites to get a view of what storms were in the Atlantic and where they were projected to go. I can say categorically that the MSNBC site is the most useful. That is due… Continue reading Sometimes technology is useful – Hurricane Tracking

and… Speaking of the Innovation Gap…

From Techdirt… this image was captured at the Republican National Convention. At the Republican Convention, Matt Yglesias catches a funny picture of an AT&T poster touting the company’s enthusiasm for the patent system. It reads: “life, liberty, and the pursuit of more patents. AT&T: Averaging 2 patent applications per day. Proudly connecting political supporters in… Continue reading and… Speaking of the Innovation Gap…