Its not what you think. The research is suggesting that our brains are highly influenced by our hormone levels (testorone or estrogen). Its a very interesting test that avoids the stereotypical questions that anyone can game if they have half a brain. This quiz focuses on activities that you have to perform on the test. […]
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Angel vs VC
The line between these two is blurring very fast. VC’s are realizing that if they are not in early or late, they will not do well. Call it the barbell strategy. Given how successful many angel-backed companies have become, VC’s are agreeing to look much earlier than the traditional Series A round to engage. This […]
Continue Reading...Video as User Documentation
I can’t wait until user documentation is replaced by user video. Examples make it so much easier for users to understand what they should do to fix a problem. The more we write, the more we must rely on language that often defies human logic (e.g. like clicking on the Start menu in order to […]
Continue Reading...Itunes Piracy Issue & Authorizing Computers
Apple is having lapses in their security. The account of my teenage son suddenly showed approximately $600 in Itunes purchases that he did not make because of email alerts that he received from his account profile. Calling Bank of America, we learn that they are having a significant problem with Itunes theft. The theft is […]
Continue Reading...Millard Fuller – Former Habitat for Humanity CEO
I had the chance to hear Millard speak here in Boston to a small group of CEO entrepreneurs and it was riveting. I had last heard Millard 7 years ago at a conference tell his story about the founding and building of Habitat. Today, I heard him tell the story of the re-birth of the […]
Continue Reading...A Web 2.0 product with the right demo
There is some buzz around a new personal producitivity app called iscrybe for its Web 2.0 look and feel and its ability to work offline. But when I look at the blog postings on the product, I am most struck by the comments on the video. First, they did a Youtube video which enables rapid […]
Continue Reading...Seed Investing from VC’s
The announcement by Charles River Ventures will no doubt spur other VC’s to recognize a critical gap and trend in the financing of startups. VC’s have gone to much later stage investing as a whole Startups need less capital to get to product stage Angels were wiped out in the post-bubble market and but have […]
Continue Reading...Vertical is Back?
There is a great piece in the Guardian today on the new vertical rage. The editor and analysts point to the IPOD’s success as a key indicator that a vertical model will wipe out horizontal plays. They compare this stream to the old IBM approach back in the 70’s and early 80’s to make everything […]
Continue Reading...Improving the predictive accuracy of commercial testing
There is an interesting blog written yesterday http://business2.blogs.com/business2blog/ regarding possible subtexts to the Google purchase of YouTube. They suggest that Google is coming out with ways to help advertisers determine in which commercials will succeed and fail through online testing via something like YouTube. There is no question that the advertising needs to improve its […]
Continue Reading...Board Meeting Preparation
One of the cardinal tenets of running a good board meeting is to pre-meet with the board members on all basic facts and figures and avoid any surprises in the board meeting (unless they are very good, positive ones). If you provide the financials with enough advance notice before the board meeting and meet with […]
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