November 2008
26 posts
PhoneTag in Inc. Magazine
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PhoneTag is in a really cool article written by Ryan McCarthy in December’s edition of Inc. Magazine. The article is about PhoneTag’s re-branding from SimulScribe.
Re-branding the company was definitely not an easy decision. The experience did teach me how important a strong brand name is. I will never launch another business with a mediocre or in the case...
Back from Mexico
I just got back from 4 days in Cancun at the Summit Series. The event was incredible and the entrepreneurs/CEO’s that attended were truly an impressive group.
I was most impressed by Scott Harrison who is the founder and president of charity: water (www.charitywater.org) He gave a presentation that had the entire audience speechless and moved. Scott is redefining what I (and I think the...
Entrepreneur Retreat
Tomorrow morning I leave for a 4 day trip to Mexico with 65 other CEO’s and Entrepreneurs. The event is put on by Eliot Bisnow and is called the Summit Series.
The event is all expense paid which is awesome. I say that for 2 reasons, the first is the obvious, I am cheap. The second is that in order to have retreat like this be valuable, it is almost impossible to do if you do it for...
“The US government should order a complete replacement for its vehicle fleet to...”
– This is the type of thinking that we need. Create a place/market where entrepreneurs will have the incentive to innovate instead of just bailing out old dumb companies.
Fractals of Change: Saving US Auto Manufacturing (thanks, John) (via marco)
Henry Blodget Article →
This is a great post to read that starts to look at the effect of the economy on VC’s. I think that there will be a lot of funds out there that will have a tough time collecting from their LP’s for future investments.
For more info click on the above.
WatchI saw this when Jason Calacanis twittered it. I have had a long time interest in crowd sourcing payments of content. Seems that the guys at Mobuzz are trying to turn to their community to continue operations.
I appreciate their efforts as they seem genuine but I believe they have made a critical mistake in execution, especially in a down economy. If you want something from someone you need to...
I Didn't Vote For Obama Today →
There is so much election rhetoric out today that it has made me numb to the news. However this post was just touching, regardless of who you support.
Oliver (my son) will be close in age to the boy in the story at the next election. I look forward to letting Oliver vote for the next president.
(via azspot)
WatchFell asleep too early last night to catch SNL, but saw this clip on Fred Wilson’s twitter. John McCain should have been doing stuff like this from the start…