PowerSet Goes Beta

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in startups |

I've talked about PowerSet before. Yesterday it went into public beta. Currently, it only crawls Wikipedia and performance isn't that great (compared to Google), but surely it will improve over time. BusinessWeek also has a nice summary of PowerSet if ...

CrowdSourcing… An Internet Labor Model

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in business models |

ReadWriteWeb has a fantastic overview of CrowdSourcing. In my view, these CrowdSource sites try to benefit from the best of Open Source, by merely stuffing some of the concepts into a walled garden. Open Source is so ...

What Makes a Killer Workspace?

Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in random |

Okay, I would love to hear from you: What makes a killer workspace? What do you have that rocks? What do you wish you had? Respond in the comments or drop me a line.

The Startup Process - Two Rabbits & Wa-Wa

Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in entrepreneurship |

"If you chase two rabbits, both will escape" -Unknown I always hear people talk about how ideas are a dime a dozen. Execution is king. While I don't disagree, few people go so far to describe what good startup execution ...

Clear Markerboards

Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in random |

If anyone out there has experience using Clear Markerboards, please let me know your opinion compared to traditional whiteboards. They seem cool, albeit pricey!

Venture Capital and CleanTech

Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in venture capital |

A good read about the risks associated with the rapid influx of VC into CleanTech... I am interested to see what ecosystem of software and services eventually build around CleanTech once the manufacturing costs allow for widespread adoption.

Why Most Internet Startups Suck

Thursday, May 8th, 2008 Posted in entrepreneurship |

A few good points from Paras Chopra on why most internet startups suck. One great point Paras makes is: "[k]now when an idea is a project and when it is a startup. Mostly, what you call a startup is ...

Open Source and the Soul of a Startup

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in entrepreneurship |

I have read a few blog entries lately questioning the value of open source. The most over-the-top comes from Andy Patrizio. In his posting, titled "Big Money and Open Source May Not Compute", Andy sounds like a school ...

Brainpark To Solve Information Loss in the Workplace

Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in startups |

Today, I discovered a startup out of Canada that seeks to cope with the information heavy world we live in. Brainpark is a "peer-to-peer resource recommendation system" that seeks to "reduce the need to search for information by acting ...