“There’s no way that company exists in a year.” – Tom Siebel, founder of software firm Siebel Systems. This was Tom Siebel talking about Salesforce.com, easily one of the hottest companies in the cloud computing space, and the reason behind founder Marc Benioff’s billionaire status. Siebel Systems, on the other hand no longer exists today, [...]
October 2, 2012 By 7 Comments
Read My Email, Please!
Chris and I are both road warriors. We spend all of our time working mostly in remote offices, hotel rooms, spare bedrooms, kitchen nooks and sometimes the couch. We are rarely in the same place together. As such, we rely almost 100% on email as our main medium of communication. I often get asked which [...]
June 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Kickstarting a Disruptive Technology
Yesterday I introduced you to Michael Joyce, and the concept of 3D printing and why I thought it would change global manufacturing forever. If there was ever a disruptive technology, I believe 3D printing is it! Michael is an inventor. He designed his own 3D printer and funded the development using Kickstarter. The first units [...]
June 5, 2012 By 1 Comment
How to “Print” a Kidney… or a Steak Diane
Michael Joyce, in his own words, “LOVES to make things!” After graduating from the University of Illinois in 1984 with a degree in mathematics, Michael joined the U.S. Air Force and served as a pilot flying the B-52G, the B-1B Lancer and instructing in the supersonic T-38 Talon. After leaving the Air Force in 1996 [...]
May 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Resiliency for the Rest of Us
A couple weeks back we spoke to John Robb about technology, the role of crowdfunding, the governments increasing intrusion into our online (and otherwise) privacy, and a few other interesting nuggets. Today we’re focusing on John’s other passion – resilient communities – why their they’re so important now, and likely to become much, much more [...]
May 22, 2012 By 2 Comments
A Trillion Dollars in Purchasing Power
That’s the estimated amount of purchasing power hispanics in North America have at their disposal. Impressive, and too big to be ignored! A reader of ours recently attended the Geeks on a Plane (GOAP) event in South America. I asked him to come back to me with some thoughts on the event, and any opportunities [...]
