Entrepreneurs and Startups Abound in Rio and Sao Paolo

May 3, 2011

Step outside Silicon Valley and the stories are always the same.  “We have talent, we have ideas, but there’s no infrastructure to support entrepreneurship. Sao Paolo, the commerce center of Brazil, is no exception.The last generation of Brazilians grew up being taught that their country was the country of the future because of its natural resources, […]

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The New York Times Paywall Works Backwards! LOL

April 24, 2011

The New York Times has shot itself in the foot with this ridiculous paywall strategy. Until recently, I’d been reading the Times online for over a decade. I was already there to greet it when it came online in 1996, and I celebrated every improvement in its web site and its apps. But like all […]

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New IPad Magazine of Global Culture

April 23, 2011

A long-time friend of mine is starting an iPad magazine of global culture. Since this intersects my interests of globalism, culture, digital media, online discovery, and about a dozen other things, I'm going to try to support him. He's raising money through Kickstarter to get it going. Posted via email from Not Really Stealthmode

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The Downside of the Cloud

April 18, 2011

Dear Google Video User, Later this month, hosted video content on Google Video will no longer be available for playback. Google Video stopped taking uploads in May 2009 and now we’re removing the remaining hosted content. We’ve always maintained that the strength of Google Video is its ability to let people search videos from across […]

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10 Steps to Starting a Successful Company

April 8, 2011

Most of what you do to make your company successful happens at the very beginning, when you aren’t thinking about it. You’re thinking about your product or idea; neither one of those is truly relevant. Very successful companies have been made with mundane ideas like coupons (Groupon) or common products (search) that don’t seem to […]

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Twitter Illuminates the Middle East Struggle

April 5, 2011
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The Fiesta Bowl, BCS, and Sports in General

March 31, 2011

I didn’t even have to read the fine investigative reporting in the Arizona Republic to know that everything in it was true. I remember when the Fiesta Bowl started — as a way to draw attention and tourists to Phoenix in 1971. ASU thought it should have gotten bowl bids that it didn’t get, and […]

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Growing a Non-Toxic Company Culture

March 31, 2011

So you have put your MVP up, and a few users have latched on to it. Enough to know you won’t fail, and you actually have to build a team. Here is perhaps your greatest chance of failure. Two founders working in a bedroom or a garage can usually get along while the business is […]

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Dear Color App Developers

March 27, 2011

I know you got a lot of money and everyone thinks you are cool. But I live in the desert, here in Phoenix Arizona, and I like to try new apps. So I downloaded Color on the day it was released, and here’s what I found: 1) Totally non-intuitive. When I open it, the first […]

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The Real Thank You Economy

March 23, 2011

Every year I hold a fundraiser for the Opportunity Through Entrepreneurship Foundation, which I started to teach entrepreneurship skills to disadvantaged populations. I get the best entrepreneurship speakers I can find, beg them to come to Phoenix without pay, and use their star power as a draw to raise  money. Gary Vaynerchuk did this for […]

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