Cupertino, We Have a Problem

Hmmm…. ONLY the iPhone is affected… very strange indeed. Ruh roh. Reports are literally flooding in that iPhones across the Northeast are experiencing some major network issues. Reports are also coming from areas further south down the Atlantic coast. So what’s the deal? Well in a nutshell, data is kaput. Users are reporting that 2G… Continue reading Cupertino, We Have a Problem

Seth Godin & the Myth of Launch PR

I love reading Seth’s posts. He always manages to shine a light on something that is not only true… but also leads us to think beyond marketing and PR and ask some fundamental questions about why we are entrepreneurs and how we create a business. New startups can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars racing… Continue reading Seth Godin & the Myth of Launch PR

Tech Making Traditional VCs Obsolete

Via Wired. Bob Rice gives us his take on the VC landscape: Well, the classic V.C.’s simply have too much money under management, and too expensive a talent pool, to waste time looking at investing anything less than $10 million in a project. Meantime, no entrepreneur wants to give up equity by taking in more… Continue reading Tech Making Traditional VCs Obsolete

America’s Innovation Deficit

Judy Estrin – former Cisco CTO – has written a book entitled Closing the Innovation Gap. She is Featured today in a article at Wired. America is facing an innovation crisis. To fix it, corporations need to find new ways of funding fundamental research into physics and environmental sciences. There is no question this is… Continue reading America’s Innovation Deficit

You get what you pay for

From Seth Godin this morning… If you don’t want spam in your inbox, never respond, never buy anything. Not even if it’s a good deal. If you don’t like TV commercials featuring loud aggressive announcers, don’t buy what they’re selling. Ever. If you don’t want people ringing your door asking for donations, don’t give, no… Continue reading You get what you pay for

Republican, Democrat… doesn’t matter. This is worth celebrating.

Today, August 27th 2008, Barack Obama was nominated by the Democratic party to be President of the United States. CNN Link It is also worth noting that his chief rival for the nomination was a woman. It shouldn’t matter what your political affiliation is; this is an historic achievement and is worth celebrating. I would… Continue reading Republican, Democrat… doesn’t matter. This is worth celebrating.

ASU CAPSTONE project for cosinity

As you may know (from reading here) I’m involved with ASU Polytechnic’s DEAC industry advisor group. I’m happy to say that cosinity will be sponsoring a Entrepreneurial CAPSTONE project this year with ASU Poly and the Morrison School of Management You can read the cosinity press release here. This will be an excellent opportunity for… Continue reading ASU CAPSTONE project for cosinity

Klausner Continues To Sue Everyone Over Visual Voicemail Patent

From Techdirt today: You may recall stories involving a small patent holding firm called Klausner Technologies, which claims to hold patents on the concept of “visual voicemail.” It seems to have interpreted these patents pretty broadly to the point that it considers anyone who offers any graphical interface to voicemail as infringing. Over the years,… Continue reading Klausner Continues To Sue Everyone Over Visual Voicemail Patent

Voice Is Data – STOP THE PRESSES (Alexander Graham Bell would be so proud)

From Techdirt… With increasing attempts to turn internet access on in the sky, there’s been some concern about people making VoIP calls from airplanes, just as there is a concern over mobile phone use in the sky being too “annoying.” Some of the companies providing internet-in-the-sky have claimed that they would block VoIP calls, but… Continue reading Voice Is Data – STOP THE PRESSES (Alexander Graham Bell would be so proud)