"4 Things The U.S. Can Learn From Innovative Foreign Countries" Fast Company
"10 fascinating Facebook facts -- and what they say about us" CNNTech
"How LinkedIn first raised money (and endured rejection)" Fortune
"Absolute Must Watch: Office Hours With Paul Graham At TC Disrupt" TechCrunch
"David Lee and Ron Conway Bust Entrepreneur Myths on Stage at Disrupt" TechCrunch
SV Angel TC Disrupt Slides v6
"Internet Guru: Google Evangelist Vint Cerf" Forbes, Rich Karlgaard
"Wireless startups: FierceWireless' Fierce 15 - 2011" FierceWireless
"Android grabs 53% of global smartphone market share; iOS 50% of application revenues" Boy Genius Review
"Coming soon: make your phone your wallet" Official Google Blog
"Google Wants to Become Your Personal Finance Advisor" Mashable
"Seven Reasons Facebook Should Stay Home" Silicon Hutong
"Fast Cities 2011" Fast Company
"The Age of the Entrepreneur" London Business School
"EXPOSED: The Sleazy Tactics Brokerage Firms Are Using To Make Silicon Valley Employees Rich" Business Insider
"Gladwell on Innovation: Truths & Confusions: Part 2" Forbes
"50 reasons why Seoul is the world's greatest city
There's a reason Asian tourists have ranked Seoul as their favorite world city three years in a row. Actually, there are 50 of them" CNNGO
"Fairfax teacher Sean Lanigan still suffering from false molestation allegations" The Washington Post
"Ex-teammate: I saw Lance Armstrong inject EPO" 60 Minutes
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Korean Seaweed at Google HQ
One of the common snacks at Google HQ... Korean seaweed. I can't remember when they started having it there, but it's been at least a year. Reverse cultural imperialism at its best: micropayments in online gaming, bottle service at clubs, and dried, salty seaweed.
Friday, May 20, 2011
What is the Math Gender Stereotype Doing to Silicon Valley Innovation?
My article over at ReadWriteWeb is up. I think I've owed a piece to Marshall Kirkpatrick for over a year now. Of course my excuse is having two year old twin girls. My extra time originally allocated to my other passions, such as writing, have fallen to the backseat. Anyway, check it out... share it, tweet it, and Facebook it!
What is the Math Gender Stereotype Doing to Silicon Valley Innovation?
I recently came across University of Wisconsin professor Janet Hyde's research into the gender differences in math performance, which I found fascinating especially since my wife's desire is for our two-year-old twin girls to become software engineers. I decided to contact Hyde and follow up with questions that I thought were relevant to the greater community of startup entrepreneurs and engineers. I appreciated her efforts and insights into a quiet issue that I believe has a huge effect on our nation's innovation engine and economic growth.
Moon: How did you first become interested in exploring the stereotype that girls had less mathematical abilities than boys?
Hyde: Back in the 1980s, I was having lunch at a convention with a woman who is a faculty member at UC Berkeley. We started talking about the stereotype and then we confessed our SAT-Math scores to each other. One of us had an 800 and the other a 780! We instantly began to question the stereotype and think that we should collect good data to test it... (full article)
What is the Math Gender Stereotype Doing to Silicon Valley Innovation?
I recently came across University of Wisconsin professor Janet Hyde's research into the gender differences in math performance, which I found fascinating especially since my wife's desire is for our two-year-old twin girls to become software engineers. I decided to contact Hyde and follow up with questions that I thought were relevant to the greater community of startup entrepreneurs and engineers. I appreciated her efforts and insights into a quiet issue that I believe has a huge effect on our nation's innovation engine and economic growth.
Moon: How did you first become interested in exploring the stereotype that girls had less mathematical abilities than boys?
Hyde: Back in the 1980s, I was having lunch at a convention with a woman who is a faculty member at UC Berkeley. We started talking about the stereotype and then we confessed our SAT-Math scores to each other. One of us had an 800 and the other a 780! We instantly began to question the stereotype and think that we should collect good data to test it... (full article)
Thursday, May 19, 2011
News & Links List
"Attn Entrepreneurs: Mark Zuckerberg Isn’t the Role Model. Reid Hoffman Is." TechCrunch
"LinkedIn's Big Ripoff" The Daily Beast
"Octopart, The Little Startup That Hung In There" TechCrunch
"It is alive! The Death of Email Has Been Severely Exaggerated" Summation
"Ten Questions for Gilt Groupe’s CEO Kevin Ryan After His Big Funding Round" All Things Digital's eMoney
"Why Microsoft Is Buying Skype for $8.5 Billion" GigaOm
"Why the Skype investment worked" Fortune, Ben Horowitz
"Facebook Busted in Clumsy Smear on Google" The Daily Beast
"Google deflects PR firm's attack of Gmail privacy" USAToday
"Google reaches 100 millionth Android activation, 400,000 Android devices activated daily" Engadget
"Google's Chrome browser hits 160m users - but what does it mean for the web?" Guardian
"Google to Rent $20/Month Laptops" ReadWriteWeb
"Editorial: Google clarifies Chromebook subscriptions, might have just changed the industry" Engadget
"Andy Rubin gets Danger back together at Google to work on Android hardware" Fortune
"Dropbox Lied to Users About Data Security, Complaint to FTC Alleges" WIRED
"Obama's Silence on Boeing Is Unacceptable
The president's appointees have moved to block the company from building planes in my state. He owes us an explanation." WSJ, Nikki Haley
"From Guantanamo to Abbottabad
The bin Laden mission benefited greatly from Bush administration interrogation policies, but President Obama still prefers to kill, rather than capture, terrorists. This costs valuable intelligence." WSJ, John Yoo
"Police: IMF head picked out of lineup in sex case" AP
"The Higher They are The Harder They Fall" Center for Bioethics & Culture, Jennifer Lahl
"What’s cooler than a million dollars? Changing a million lives" Reuters
"LinkedIn's Big Ripoff" The Daily Beast
"Octopart, The Little Startup That Hung In There" TechCrunch
"It is alive! The Death of Email Has Been Severely Exaggerated" Summation
"Ten Questions for Gilt Groupe’s CEO Kevin Ryan After His Big Funding Round" All Things Digital's eMoney
"Why Microsoft Is Buying Skype for $8.5 Billion" GigaOm
"Why the Skype investment worked" Fortune, Ben Horowitz
"Facebook Busted in Clumsy Smear on Google" The Daily Beast
"Google deflects PR firm's attack of Gmail privacy" USAToday
"Google reaches 100 millionth Android activation, 400,000 Android devices activated daily" Engadget
"Google's Chrome browser hits 160m users - but what does it mean for the web?" Guardian
"Google to Rent $20/Month Laptops" ReadWriteWeb
"Editorial: Google clarifies Chromebook subscriptions, might have just changed the industry" Engadget
"Andy Rubin gets Danger back together at Google to work on Android hardware" Fortune
"Dropbox Lied to Users About Data Security, Complaint to FTC Alleges" WIRED
"Obama's Silence on Boeing Is Unacceptable
The president's appointees have moved to block the company from building planes in my state. He owes us an explanation." WSJ, Nikki Haley
"From Guantanamo to Abbottabad
The bin Laden mission benefited greatly from Bush administration interrogation policies, but President Obama still prefers to kill, rather than capture, terrorists. This costs valuable intelligence." WSJ, John Yoo
"Police: IMF head picked out of lineup in sex case" AP
"The Higher They are The Harder They Fall" Center for Bioethics & Culture, Jennifer Lahl
"What’s cooler than a million dollars? Changing a million lives" Reuters
Google Advisor
"Google Advisor helps you make financial decisions. Now it's easy to find financial offers from multiple providers, compare them side by side, and apply online. Check out here"
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
SpotWorld iPhone App - Product Design
My friend, Joseph Chong, recently launched a new travel app. Video below and his coverage from the WSJ:
"App Watch: SpotWorld Designs to Please Apple"
"App Watch: SpotWorld Designs to Please Apple"
Event with Eli Pariser, Former Executive Director of MoveOn.org and Author of "The Filter Bubble"
Our friend, Deborah, helps out The Good Business Network and has an upcoming event in San Francisco. Check it out!
The Good Business Network Presents: A Conversation with Eli Pariser
Right on the heels of his standout TED Talk, uber online organizer and former Executive Director of MoveOn.org Eli Pariser joins us to discuss his just-published book, THE FILTER BUBBLE: What the Internet Is Hiding from You.
His eye-opening account of how the hidden rise of personalization on the Internet is controlling – and limiting – the information we consume will make you think twice about everything you do online, from shopping on Zappos, to browsing the news, and how your organization does business.
Event Details
Date: Friday, May 20
Time: 8:00 am - 9:30 am
Location: Book Passage at the Ferry Building
1 Ferry Building
San Francisco, California 94111
RSVP: here
About Eli Pariser
Eli Pariser is the Board President, and former Executive Director, of the 5-million member organization MoveOn.org. A pioneer in online politics, Pariser is a Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and a co-founder of Avaaz.org, one of the world’s largest citizen organizations. His op-eds have appeared in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal. He grew up in Lincolnville, ME.
About THE FILTER BUBBLE: What the Internet Is Hiding from You
We rely on sites like Amazon, Netflix, and Pandora to make recommendations to us based on our personal tastes—if you liked this, you may enjoy that. These overt customizations, though, reflect only the first blush of a new era of online personalization. In the race to corner revenues on the Web, companies have begun using our past behaviors to filter not just products or ads but the content and news that we see.
In THE FILTER BUBBLE: What the Internet is Hiding from You, online organizer and MoveOn.org Board President Eli Pariser reveals how personalization works, how pervasive it is becoming, and its consequences for our modern world.
The defining battle for Internet giants, like Facebook, Google, Apple, and Microsoft, is to collect as much data about us as possible, while behind the scenes a burgeoning industry of data companies tracks our personal information to sell to advertisers.
As sites fine-tune the ability to personalize content to each individual, we will increasingly only receive news that is familiar, pleasant, and confirms our beliefs. Since the filters are invisible, we won’t know what is being hidden from us.
As he outlines the new era of online isolation, Pariser pulls back the curtain on the Internet giants that are imposing this new online reality and investigates the consequences of corporate power in the digital age.
In the end, Pariser shares the ways that citizens and corporations can take action to escape the isolation of our filter bubbles. He argues that it is not just possible but imperative that we change the course of personalization so that we continue to encounter information that sparks creativity, innovation and the democratic exchange of ideas.
The Good Business Network Presents: A Conversation with Eli Pariser
Right on the heels of his standout TED Talk, uber online organizer and former Executive Director of MoveOn.org Eli Pariser joins us to discuss his just-published book, THE FILTER BUBBLE: What the Internet Is Hiding from You.
His eye-opening account of how the hidden rise of personalization on the Internet is controlling – and limiting – the information we consume will make you think twice about everything you do online, from shopping on Zappos, to browsing the news, and how your organization does business.
Event Details
Date: Friday, May 20
Time: 8:00 am - 9:30 am
Location: Book Passage at the Ferry Building
1 Ferry Building
San Francisco, California 94111
RSVP: here
About Eli Pariser
Eli Pariser is the Board President, and former Executive Director, of the 5-million member organization MoveOn.org. A pioneer in online politics, Pariser is a Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and a co-founder of Avaaz.org, one of the world’s largest citizen organizations. His op-eds have appeared in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal. He grew up in Lincolnville, ME.
About THE FILTER BUBBLE: What the Internet Is Hiding from You
We rely on sites like Amazon, Netflix, and Pandora to make recommendations to us based on our personal tastes—if you liked this, you may enjoy that. These overt customizations, though, reflect only the first blush of a new era of online personalization. In the race to corner revenues on the Web, companies have begun using our past behaviors to filter not just products or ads but the content and news that we see.
In THE FILTER BUBBLE: What the Internet is Hiding from You, online organizer and MoveOn.org Board President Eli Pariser reveals how personalization works, how pervasive it is becoming, and its consequences for our modern world.
The defining battle for Internet giants, like Facebook, Google, Apple, and Microsoft, is to collect as much data about us as possible, while behind the scenes a burgeoning industry of data companies tracks our personal information to sell to advertisers.
As sites fine-tune the ability to personalize content to each individual, we will increasingly only receive news that is familiar, pleasant, and confirms our beliefs. Since the filters are invisible, we won’t know what is being hidden from us.
As he outlines the new era of online isolation, Pariser pulls back the curtain on the Internet giants that are imposing this new online reality and investigates the consequences of corporate power in the digital age.
In the end, Pariser shares the ways that citizens and corporations can take action to escape the isolation of our filter bubbles. He argues that it is not just possible but imperative that we change the course of personalization so that we continue to encounter information that sparks creativity, innovation and the democratic exchange of ideas.
Back From Seoul!
Last week I was in Seoul for my startup idea and a couple other business opportunities, so I wasn't able to blog. I came back this weekend and was glad to be back home with Christine and the kids.
Also I'm working with a friend on a cool side project in launching a new video conferencing platform, which I'll write about in the coming weeks. Definitely would appreciate your feedback and help as an alpha tester.
Also I'm working with a friend on a cool side project in launching a new video conferencing platform, which I'll write about in the coming weeks. Definitely would appreciate your feedback and help as an alpha tester.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Latam Internet Market Research & Outlook 2011
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News & Links List
"For Silicon Valley Start-Ups, Funding Boom Is Lopsided" WSJ
"Join the IPO Party
Nearly 200 companies are getting ready to go public—the most since 2000. Plus, why VC's aren't funding B2B start-ups, and the rest of today's news." Inc.
"To Launch Your Business, Embrace Risk-Taking
By learning what makes veteran entrepreneurs adept risk-takers, aspiring starters-up can get closer to taking the leap" BusinessWeek
"How Like.com Shut Down A Competitor–And Broke Up Its Funding Round" Forbes
"Android Passes iPhone as Most Desired Smartphone. Barely" GigaOm
"Army Picks Android to Power Its First Smartphone" WIRED
"Apple sues Samsung: a complete lawsuit analysis" This Is My Next
"Google Faces Antitrust Complaints in South Korea on Popularity of Android" Bloomberg
"Qik Bridges Android-iPhone Gap With Cross-Platform Video Chat" WIRED
"Video Chat on Your Android Phone" Google Mobile Blog
"AOL Launches “Incredibly Easy” Video Chat Service Internally; We Launch It Externally" TechCrunch
"So What Comes After Social Commerce?" GigaOm
"Warren Adams: Searching for profits and saving Patagonia" Fortune
"Capitalism is failing the middle class" Reuters, Chrystia Freelend
"We're #1 -- Ten Depressing Ways America Is Exceptional" AlterNet
"More Than 1 Billion People Are Hungry in the World
But what if the experts are wrong?" Foreign Policy
"Korean robot fundraiser takes to the streets in search of donations" Springwise
"Join the IPO Party
Nearly 200 companies are getting ready to go public—the most since 2000. Plus, why VC's aren't funding B2B start-ups, and the rest of today's news." Inc.
"To Launch Your Business, Embrace Risk-Taking
By learning what makes veteran entrepreneurs adept risk-takers, aspiring starters-up can get closer to taking the leap" BusinessWeek
"How Like.com Shut Down A Competitor–And Broke Up Its Funding Round" Forbes
"Android Passes iPhone as Most Desired Smartphone. Barely" GigaOm
"Army Picks Android to Power Its First Smartphone" WIRED
"Apple sues Samsung: a complete lawsuit analysis" This Is My Next
"Google Faces Antitrust Complaints in South Korea on Popularity of Android" Bloomberg
"Qik Bridges Android-iPhone Gap With Cross-Platform Video Chat" WIRED
"Video Chat on Your Android Phone" Google Mobile Blog
"AOL Launches “Incredibly Easy” Video Chat Service Internally; We Launch It Externally" TechCrunch
"So What Comes After Social Commerce?" GigaOm
"Warren Adams: Searching for profits and saving Patagonia" Fortune
"Capitalism is failing the middle class" Reuters, Chrystia Freelend
"We're #1 -- Ten Depressing Ways America Is Exceptional" AlterNet
"More Than 1 Billion People Are Hungry in the World
But what if the experts are wrong?" Foreign Policy
"Korean robot fundraiser takes to the streets in search of donations" Springwise
"The Next 10 Years Will Be Great For Both Founders And VCs"
Great post that deserves a dedicated link here and a reposting of William's slides:
"The Next 10 Years Will Be Great For Both Founders And VCs" TechCrunch, William Quigley
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"The Next 10 Years Will Be Great For Both Founders And VCs" TechCrunch, William Quigley
QUIGLEY_Report_Final
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
To Give or Not to Give: What's Driving the Current Deliberations on DPRK Food Aid?
Our friend, John Park, is moderating this live event in D.C. There is also a webcast if you want to watch from afar.
This event will be webcast live beginning at 2:30pm EST on May 5, 2011 at www.usip.org/webcast.
"In February and March, three U.N. agencies conducted on-the-ground assessments of the food situation in North Korea. After visiting 40 counties in nine of North Korea’s eleven provinces, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and UNICEF reported on March 24 that more than 6 million North Koreans – about a quarter of the country’s population – are in urgent need of international food aid. Our panel will examine what factors are driving key countries’ deliberations on whether to provide food aid to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)."
Speakers
Dr. Richard Solomon, Welcoming Remarks, President, U.S. Institute of Peace
Professor Andrew Natsios, Panelist, Georgetown University
Dr. Marcus Noland, Panelist, Peterson Institute
Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, Panelist, Good Friends
Dr. John Park, Moderator, U.S. Institute of Peace
This event will be webcast live beginning at 2:30pm EST on May 5, 2011 at www.usip.org/webcast.
"In February and March, three U.N. agencies conducted on-the-ground assessments of the food situation in North Korea. After visiting 40 counties in nine of North Korea’s eleven provinces, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and UNICEF reported on March 24 that more than 6 million North Koreans – about a quarter of the country’s population – are in urgent need of international food aid. Our panel will examine what factors are driving key countries’ deliberations on whether to provide food aid to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)."
Speakers
Dr. Richard Solomon, Welcoming Remarks, President, U.S. Institute of Peace
Professor Andrew Natsios, Panelist, Georgetown University
Dr. Marcus Noland, Panelist, Peterson Institute
Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, Panelist, Good Friends
Dr. John Park, Moderator, U.S. Institute of Peace
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