Archive for the 'startup' Category

TechCrunch August Capital 2008 — serious fun

July 27th, 2008

Kick-ass roof deck? Check. Blazing Valley sun? Check. Add 1100 attendees from the tech startup world ranging from entrepreneurs, bloggers, vloggers, venture capitalists, strong mojitos and a couple of rappers (MC Hammer and Chamillionaire), and you have a must-attend Silicon Valley event.
Thingfo’s partner Mobissimo sponsored a table to demo our new […]

MobiFriends in 256 cities, and a new post on social apps

July 21st, 2008

In case I hadn’t mentioned it, MobiFriends, the new travel community from Mobissimo and powered by Thingfo, launched last week. The community is growing already, with people from 256 cities and 50 countries already signed up! Amazing how quickly this spreads and I’m also impressed with Mobissimo’s international reach.

To learn more about Thingfo, […]

It could be kids, not age, that make a startup less likely

July 10th, 2007

Someone was telling me that there is an age cutoff for founding a startup. According to an article from Psychology Today forwarded to me by another friend, it’s not the age that matters, it’s having kids.. and therefore needing to focus on their upbringing, which pulls an entrepreneur away from his or her startup […]

making your own reality

June 29th, 2007

At a big company, an idea “isn’t real until it’s in PowerPoint”.
Sadly, you can’t exactly launch a PowerPoint.
That’d make a good presentation, though. Only one slide needed.