Here’s the way I think of “The Cloud” - If I don’t have to worry about my data when I spill coffee on my laptop, then I’m using is The Cloud. In that vein, I’m in general agreement with Urquhart’s definition – “Cloud computing is an application-centric operations model.” (After my visit to the Silicon… [Read more…]
October 1, 2010
Walmart is setting it sights on San Francisco and other urban markets to open smaller stores to service these areas. Walmart has long had a tough battle in the Bay Area. As recently as July 2010, the city of Antioch voted down expansion plans for an existing store. Back in 2006, the city of Hercules… [Read more…]
October 21, 2009
A recent issue of Fortune Magazine included a nice piece about Charlie Rose – “Why business loves Charlie Rose.” I’m thankful for the article because it reminded me how much I enjoy his program so I’ve now set my DVR to record these episodes. Heck, if Warren Buffet watches it, I probably should. Mr. Rose… [Read more…]
August 11, 2009
I wish I was always this good… I guessed somewhere around $50 mln in an earlier post today about Facebook’s acquisition of FriendFeed. Turns out I was pretty close according to this post in the WSJOnline late today. So it didn’t take linear algebra to make the guess, but what the heck…
November 26, 2008
Maybe the message was something like: Twitter: @Facebook “No can do. Thx 4 the offer.” It’s common knowledge now that Twitter declined Facebook’s “$500 million” offer. Running some numbers yields some interesting results on the offer and valuations of both companies. (We’ll come back to the quotes around the $500 million shortly…) Back in April,… [Read more…]
November 18, 2008
Spent the evening in the office getting some odds and ends worked out. I often listen the the podcasts on the Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Lectures to help make the time more productive. This evening, I listened to this podcast from Steve Blank, who fastidiously suggested that company founders that can’t sell their product will never… [Read more…]
October 24, 2008
Just a quick note to let you know that I’m also managing a blog now on ActiveRain specifically focusing on real estate market data and marketing strategy for real estate agents. Check it out here.
July 8, 2008
Back in late 1990s, I travelled frequently to the Bay Area for work, and during that time, was convinced that I belonged in Silicon Valley working with one of the great new start-ups. It took me until 2001 to finally get here, just a bit past the prime years of gluttony for many-a-startups. One of… [Read more…]
June 5, 2008
About a year ago, I explored Google’s investment per employee during their growth phase, noting that the Google’s employee retention might suffer in the long term as a result of simple mathematics. As Google continues to grow its revenue and employee numbers, maintaining the investment rate per employee to pay for its innovation and development… [Read more…]
June 1, 2008
Traditionally, angel capital became known as “angel capital” because they were the first investors – the “pre-seed” funding, but with deals becoming more numerous and requiring more stringent expected ROI requirements, the entrepreneur in need of $50K or $100K in seed capital is left to bootstrap their business. If you are looking for that first… [Read more…]
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