November 2009
23 posts
“In the past resource-rich companies competed with other companies about getting...”
– Thought after designing my upcoming webinar “Turn Noise Into Music”
Nov 30th
“75 percent of the country’s $2.5 trillion in health care spending has to do with...”
– Health Care Savings Could Start in the Cafeteria If you are an entrepreneur with a family in today’s America your only option is to stay long-term healthy.
Nov 29th
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This is a very interesting discussion which  - despite all new social media tools - doesn’t seem to bubble up anymore like in 1997-1999.
Nov 26th
Game-changing killer apps 1994-2009
Every year there is a new killer app that is redefining the web. The companies below represents the innovators within each game-changing category, from portals, auctions and classified to social networks, streaming music, movies and mobile location-based applications. Here is a list (somewhat US centric) gathered with help from friends: 1994: Yahoo! 1995: Amazon.com / eBay / Craigslist 1996:...
Nov 26th
“Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the...”
–  Edwin Way Teale
Nov 25th
WatchWatch
We are “not even close” to a bottom in housing, says Ritholtz, who estimates national house prices remain 15-20% overvalued, based on the traditional metrics of: median income-to-median sales price, the cost of owning vs. renting, and housing stock as a percent of GDP.
Nov 25th
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What if a retail company could connect with anyone...
I just checked into Sports Basement in the Presidio via foursquare. I shortly thereafter got a Twitter notification that they are now following my tweets. Pretty cool! But imagine if I could be rewarded with a discount or specials when I visited them next time. Or if they could better understand what I’m looking for.
Nov 24th
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Nov 23rd
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap...”
– Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Speech 2005 (via tmblg)
Nov 23rd
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“You duke the stats and a mayor becomes a colonel.”
– I love this quote; it reminds me of how we daily chase our targets and in some cases will do anything to meet them. And as long as they are meet we believe that we are on a path towards progress and prosperity.
Nov 17th
WatchWatch
We are in a crazy world, in crazy times. Most money are made (transferred) while there is still fog in the battle field.
Nov 17th
I Heart Four Square
Back in the day, we discussed buying a company called Whereonearth.com - a location-based Internet startup. We had great sessions with the founders, discussing how cool it would be to create a location-based service for the cellphone where one could let people know where one was and find friends for meetups… We though it had the huge potential for local search advertising… About 8-9...
Nov 16th
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Nov 13th
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Friends, Freedom & Thought
We’ve had the pleasure of having dinner with a couple of really awesome friends during the past week (you guys know who you are). The dinner discussions ranged from classics such as the insane (lobbyist-driven) rules around child car seats to what to not eat in China and the only thing that has happened since Seneca is accelerated technology innovation. Our human struggles are the same;...
Nov 13th
Why Do Congress Keep Pumping Money Into Real...
One would think that Congress - and the Fed for that matter - have done enough to screw up residential real estate for years to come. The lack of regulations and the extremely low interest rates for prolonged period of times created the current bubble. But nooo - Congress is now extending the tax rebate for another 6 months, now even including non-first home buyers. Why might one ask? I see only...
Nov 6th
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“Everybody who’s saying ‘buy stocks’ today or ‘buy real estate’ is, I think, setting up people to get really hurt,” says Prechter, who believes the bear market rally is reaching a major top.
Nov 6th
Nov 5th
“We always talk about homeownership as being the American dream, but during the...”
– Nicolas Retsinas, director of Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Nov 3rd
Two More 4+ Miles Walks
Yesterday to Crissy Fields and today back to Hog Island for the Clam Chowder. Helps to have a clear target!
Nov 3rd
“But we say investing is like love and tennis — you choose your partner right and...”
– Andrew K. Golden, president of the Princeton University Investment Company
Nov 3rd
Nov 2nd
Watch "The Ascent of Money" →
An absolutely brilliant documentary about the source of the great recession.
Nov 1st