There are two kinds of people in the world

2011-04-26

You’ve either started a company or you haven’t.  ”Started” doesn’t mean joining as an early employee, or investing or advising or helping…

Inferring intent on mobile devices

2011-04-24

[Google CEO Eric] Schmidt said that while the Google Instant predictive search technology helps shave an average of 2 seconds off users…

Financing risk

2011-04-20

Startups that raise seed funding face the risk of not being able to raise additional money. This is what is sometimes known as “financing…

Apple and the TV industry

2011-04-17

The TV industry is a major segment of the consumer electronics industry and Apple is the leading consumer electronics company in the world…

Showing up

2011-04-12

Mark Twain famously quipped that “80 percent of life is showing up.” Running a startup, I’d say it’s more like 90 percent. For example, I…

Google’s social strategy

2011-04-10

It is widely believed that Facebook presents a significant competitive threat to Google. Google itself seems to believe this – Larry Page…