May 14, 2012
I’ve had the good fortune to spend a lot of time around many different types of companies, in a bunch of different industries. Â And I’ve learned something about corporate values. Some companies like to make money by creating products and services that...
Nov 3, 2011
Whenever I start a new business, one of the first things I need to do is get a corporate logo; most people don’t think a business is real until it has a logo. It’s a pain in the neck, and pretty expensive–both in time and money. First, I have to...
Jul 6, 2011
I’ve been using Flipboard on my iPad since it was first released. It’s a fantastic application, and has won a ton of awards as a result. Apple named it the 2010 App of the Year, Oprah raved about it with MC Hammer, and Time Magazine called it one of the...
Jun 7, 2011
A few weeks ago I was meeting with a woman at Stanford. Â She is a Visiting Scholar, from Kyushu University where she studies innovation in the Japanese automotive and semiconductor industries. Over coffee at Bytes, she shared with me her model of innovation. Â In it,...