Archive for the ‘technology’ Category
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
In a great interview with Scott Berkum, Guy Kawasaki discusses several prevalent misconceptions about innovation.
Innovation is not much different from entrepreneurship. Successful innovation and entrepreneurship require a combination of creativity, execution and timing. Innovation is complex and it's about more than just new epiphanies and inventions. Think instead about the ...
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Friday, June 29th, 2007
I never really got into twitter. And still don't understand the mania behind it. I suspect twitter wasn't interesting for me because the people I want to keep in touch with most use services like Facebook (which has similar functionality built-in). Maybe I just needed more twitter'ing friends.
This is not ...
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Saturday, June 2nd, 2007
Yes, I hate "Web X.X" terminology just as much as you do. In this case it was too hard to resist in order to make this point clear: the announcement of the Facebook Platform and web application framework will significantly change the online community world.
Over the last few months, 4 ...
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Saturday, May 19th, 2007
Google usability is world-renowned. A balance of form, function and simplicity.
But innovation and, usability design in particular, is much easier when you have the world's behavioral data at your fingertips. Google has the luxury to start simple and use what it knows about you to design how to make ...
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
"There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth -- not going all the way, and not starting."
Buddha
Most would agree, Richard Branson's Virgin Group is an extraordinarily innovative company. In the May 14th issue of The New Yorker ("The Innovators Issue") there is an excellent piece ...
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Sunday, April 15th, 2007
It appears as though I have a lot more in common with Pierre Omidyar, the original founder of EBay, than I thought! Perhaps there is a bit of wishful thinking here but we were both born abroad to Iranian parents, we both have a passion for Internet technologies, maintain personal ...
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Monday, March 26th, 2007
Last April we fantasized about a new business landscape that was driven primarily with people's interests (read "your interests") in mind. In this world, companies would be transparent and worked to meet your expectations first as opposed to focusing entirely on financial projections. These companies would actively work alongside you ...
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Saturday, March 17th, 2007
In an effort to keeping things fresh and interesting, I have done a complete overhaul of the blog and moved everything to a new location.
Some things worth mentioning:
please point your RSS readers to the new feed
the blog has been renamed to "innovate big" (from "Everything on a Shoestring", what was ...
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Monday, February 26th, 2007
Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of GoDaddy.com, will be discussing dotherightthing.com with my friend and co-founder Ryan Mickle this Wednesday February 27 @ 7PM (PST). The broadcast will be available via XM/Sirius Satellite Radio and an online stream via Life Online with Bob Parsons. Although, the title of the show ...
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Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Of the many challenges a new web startup may encounter, crashing servers and maxed out infrastructure can be the most ideal and easy to overcome. Getting your site in front of the right people, on the other hand, is another challenge altogether.
Growing a new web startup is easy if your ...
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