Starting is the hardest part. I have this idea in my head that I have been rolling around for a while. The idea has to do with a fairly simple business that requires very little capitol to begin and a straight-forward, easy to understand product. I’m no rocket scientist, so the type of product I [...]
Let’s face it, when it comes to economics I am not that savvy. I am however fairly adept to managing my household finances and in a former life, small business finances. So with that preface I’ll leave you to judge this post on it’s own merits, but filter it for BS.
I’m concerned. The Fed’s plan [...]
There are few companies that can scare Apple. And while they might not admit it, Netflix is one player that matters. Netflix has announced a partnership with LG to make a set-top box for streaming movies to your TV, competing directly with Apple.
Downloading movies over the Internet is still considered to [...]
When a customer buys a product they own the product. When they lease it they must give it back and care for it as if they are borrowing it.
I learned this logic somewhere between diapers and kindergarten. Steve Jobs, whether forced by AT&T or due to simply a bad idea, has become confused on this [...]
Shares in Google hit a new benchmark of $600, fueled by investor confidence that the Web search leader’s advertising technology will capitalize on new areas of the media industry.
…. From its place as the leading site for conducting Internet searches, Google has branched into Web video with its purchase of YouTube, trod on Microsoft’s turf [...]
(This essay is derived from a keynote at FOWA in October 2007 by Paul Graham.)
There’s something interesting happening right now. Startups are undergoing the same transformation that technology does when it becomes cheaper.
There’s a pattern that we see over and over in technology. Initially there’s some kind of device that’s very [...]
