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Samsung has dragged its feet fixing a bug on the Galaxy S III, even though the glitch came to light in June 2012, about nine months ago. Watching this mini-drama play itself out in the tech press and blogosphere, I find myself wishing that somehow we could combine iPhones and Galaxy S phones to get Continue Reading →

In the February 17 issue of the New York Times Magazine Robert Draper wrote an article titled “Can the Republicans Be Saved From Obsolescence?” The graphics are awesome; check them out. Draper reported on a Republican-conducted focus group session in which a researcher asked what younger swing voters associated with the word “Republican.” When the Continue Reading →

The “leap” from dial-up Internet service to broadband in the late 1990s consisted primarily of a 1.5 Megabits per second (Mbps) connection. You could visit a Website or two and even exchange messages to friends on the thin air we called “e-mail.” Fast forward more than a dozen years to last Friday when the Federal Continue Reading →

Anne Wood thinks children’s television has taken a turn for the worse. The co-creator of the popular show “Teletubbies” accused the BBC network of “ghettoising children’s programs” by canceling particular shows for young viewers, according to The Huffington Post. It isn’t just BBC who’s guilty of “dumbing down” children’s programming. Think of popular TV shows Continue Reading →

You can apply the Five Ps of Marketing: Product, Place, Price, Promotion and Persona (which is my personal addition) to your job search since you’re basically marketing yourself when in job search mode. Product: How do you prove that your functional skills match the job specifications? You need to prove that you can do the exact Continue Reading →

“Penny for your thoughts?” asked my mentor. I should have sold them all because I would have ended up with $104.52 in my pocket. As a founder, you don’t have a single thought, or even five or ten. It’s more like 1,435 swirling in your mind at any given moment. Wearing multiple hats means you Continue Reading →

The average consumer making “online videos” today probably has no idea about the total amount of work and time it used to take to make videos: you needed to digitize, edit, render, export and share said videos. I remember the days of online and offline edits and waiting for previews to render, and I’m continuously impressed Continue Reading →

I have found that some of the best advice I have received has not come from investors or mentors, but instead from other founders in my community. Fellow founders’ perspectives are clearer as they are also like you – chipping away at the mountain of work and having bet all-in on the business to succeed. Continue Reading →

For the second year in a row, Google is the best company to work for in America according to the 2013 FORTUNE list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For.” Google also “earned higher marks from marketers and ad agencies than any other media company last year, according to the latest annual Advertiser Perceptions Continue Reading →

“There’s a dialogue out there and you’re either in it or you’re not.” — Herb Schmertz (Mobil circa 1970) Technology advancements, new apps, ubiquitous software and the mobilization of computing have driven the democratization of information beyond boundaries that have existed since Gutenberg cast his first type. Nowhere are the turf battles colliding more quickly, Continue Reading →