George Lipper of The Lipper Current is issuing a get-well card, of sorts, to VCs. The country needs them to recover, he says:I’ve been a mild critic of the industry in recent years, as investment statistics disclosed that -- while the NVCA keeps tooting its horn about being THE source of money...
Fort Smith, Arkansas. Gateway to the Ol' West. Home of hangin' judges, high-school football titles and......innovative coffee?!
Let's assume that you have your own small company. You (and the other managers) sit around and talk a lot about how you need to "innovate". What's the next step? It might not something you need to do, as much as something you need to avoid.What Might You Be Falsely Assuming? If you o...
Innovation is not a simple process. It's time-consuming and can be costly. That's right, innovation doesn't come cheaply. If you're set to really make a push in that direction (and most of us here are already going there), make sure you consider ALL of the costs.Can You Afford to Innovate? &nb...
A couple of entrepreneurs in Florida have come up with a great idea that allows prospective college students -- and presumably, their parents -- to take a virtual tour of any major college campus in the country. Currently, shoppers can go to YOUniversityTV.com and, besides watching a guy call the Ho...
I guess it's pretty much official. Greentech is a noun. And why not? Google is a verb. "I think I'll google some greentech." When did that become something other than nonsensical gibberish? Today it could be overheard at any corner Starbucks in America. ("The best part of waking up, i...
Thirty years ago, Kermit the frog sang about the trials and tribulations of greendom. These days, it's all green. And, according to Greenwire, it's fixing to get a lot easier to make some green being green.Which, we suppose, is keen....
It's time to round up the troops, and prove that Americans can still be leaders when it comes to innovation.
It's been called Google's death knell. (Heck, we just made 'google' a freakin' verb and now we're talking about its death knell.....)Here are some thoughts from University of Washington computer scientist Dan Weld on Bing and the future of search engines.
Some interesting links on the Lipper Current today. Sarah Lacy at TechCrunch thinks America needs to retake the lead in making things. The four things she wants to see us start making again?1. Better consumer devices.2. Cars.3. Medicine.4. Electric planes that go really fast.
