So I was on a panel at the America's Competitiveness Forum last week, and found myself sitting next to Diego Ibanez of Incubadora Octantis, a technology incubator in Santiago, Chile.He did a great job explaining what Octantis is doing... an especially impressive job when you realize that English is not his native language! Even if I weren't the … [Read more...]
Archives for 2007
Spelling Counts
June 8, 2007 by
So I'm reviewing business plans this morning, and I'm struck one more time by the number of typos and inconsistencies that I find.When I teach my classes on entrepreneurship, I always have at least one student protest my statement that "Spelling counts." Especially when they're not native English speakers. "It doesn't affect the meaning! And it … [Read more...]
Painkillers
June 4, 2007 by
Kevin Fong of Mayfield used to sayWe divide business plans into three categories: candy, vitamins, and painkillers. We throw away the candy. We look at vitamins. We really like painkillers. We especially like addictive painkillers!I've been thinking of this lately as I've been reviewing some business plans of companies looking for investment. … [Read more...]
Email Bankruptcy
May 31, 2007 by
I don't want this to become an Instapundit-type blog where you look over my shoulder and see what I'm reading on the Web today. (Hey, I met the Instapundit this weekend! Glenn, thanks for coming to ISDC!)That being said, sometimes I won't be able to resist. Like this link to 43folders on "email bankruptcy"... deleting everything and starting … [Read more...]
Second Life
May 26, 2007 by
Watching Gen. Pete Worden give a presentation via SecondLife. Okay, it's geeky (and it just crashed) but... wow. Who would have imagined this a few years ago?__Please excuse brevity. Sent from handheld. … [Read more...]
I can’t resist a challenge…
May 25, 2007 by
On his blog a couple of weeks ago, Jeff Haynie wrote: … [Read more...]
