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- Peter Ireland writes: I really like this site and Bill's philosophy. Here's something I wrote after a few successful and unsuccessful attempts at raising venture capital. Warning: Venture Capital Maybe Hazardous to Your Company’s Health http: |
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- I knew Peter from the early days of CD-ROM ... our paths crossed recently at the LARTA event in 2000. He will be missed... It is with great sadness that we report on the death of a friend, Peter Black, in Los Angeles last week. Multimedia pioneer, serial entrepreneur and Renaissance man, Peter was also close to larta. |
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- Great article in LARTA ... As startup companies struggle to grow and stay afloat in the truly "new economy" of drowned resources, the rules of traditional business sense have never looked more sensible. It isn't a bad time to start a company, or to grow one, with a solid perspective. I'd check this out... |
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- "Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them." -- Dr. Robert Jarvik, inventor of the Jarvik-7, an artificial heart |
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- This is a great article by Douglas Rushkoff... The Internet is back. That's right: alive and well. Not slumping or waning, slowing up or winding down. |
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- There have been reports of rescue workers needing socks and t-shirts. While there have been many cases of people bringing their own clothes to Chelsea Piers, the fact is that it won't be enough, there is a need for thousands upon thousands of unused socks. The reality is that most of the workers will risk infection and clothes from private homes will not be clean enough, even if unused. There is a ready source of clean clothing, water and dried goods in the immediate WTC area and in NJ, Brooklyn and upper Manhattan: K Mart, Rite Aid, Costco, Modell's, Foot Locker and Food Emporium. |
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- You want profitable Internet companies? Check out this year's Smart Business 50 |
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- Great article from the San Diego Union Tribune... During the exuberant heights of the Internet craze, dot-commers mocked the business practices of the old economy. The establishment was too slow, too uptight and too unimaginative, the digerati crowed. In no uncertain terms, the dot-coms vowed to cast aside old, stodgy ways and impose a new e-world order. Now that the bubble has burst on the Internet craze, old-economy fogies are getting their say: |
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- The number of homes in the United States with access to the Internet rose 8% in the past year to 58% of households, according to research released Monday by Nielsen/NetRatings (NTRT: news, msgs). The number of online users rose 16%, to 102 million, in the same period. "Despite a troubled economy and slumping PC sales, adoption of the Internet continues to grow at double-digit annual rates," said Sean Kaldor, vice president of analytical services, NetRatings. "The Web long-ago captured early adopters and is now reaching the latter half of mainstream America. |
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- I've been seeing a lot of negative messages about this video clip... But you know what? I kinda like it. Why shouldn't Steve be all pumped up about Microsoft? Reminds me of how we used to get 'up' for a football or lacrosse game. |
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- Fixer wrote: > um, but from where I sit, it has indeed started to change the course of > the way the world is functioning. Look at the investment markets alone, > with over 40-50% of ALL investments in the US in a technology company. > The internet and it's impact has reached even these farthest corners of > rural Ireland. What exactly do you find amusing about Jeff's statements? |
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- I knew this would come up eventually... Chris wrote: > > By the way, I had a sales call in Escondido this morning ... and the > > Ricochet came through ... again. |
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- A great piece of analysis by Eli on Amazon... If Amazon fails, it is because they deserve to, and no one, in my opinion, should contemplate any kind of a bail out. Amazon, like so many other dot.coms, is a victim of its own stupidity and excess and Wall Street's greed. |
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- Jason McCabe Calacanis gets the prize! How ironic is it that now, after all the venture capital money invested over the past three years has been spent, is the best time to innovate? The Internet will evolve more in the next 12 months than it has in the past four years. We're in the middle of a growth spurt that we have not seen since '95 and '96, when it seemed like everyday a new HTML tag or plug-in was introduced. How true. |
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- This is VERY FUNNY STUFF... We Know More Than You We are the leading provider of all SOLUTIONS to the nonprofit sector. What this means is anyone's guess. We have Money We have raised over ONE TRILLION DOLLARS in venture capital. Just think about how smart we must be to have been able to do that. |
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- This is a book that would have saved me months of wasted meetings and time. NO LIE! I can't recommend this too much. Here's what Amazon says: This book contains all the tactics you need to get appointments with impossible-to-reach top decision-makers. |
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- Former dot-com workers crowd homeless shelters From AP... Nearly 30 unemployed tech workers are among the 100 men at the Montgomery Street Inn and other shelters in San Jose run by InnVision, said Robbie Reinhart, director of the nonprofit organization. "They're not what we used to call hobos on the street. Most have college degrees," she said. Dot-com failures sent San Francisco's unemployment rate up to 4. |
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- Again ... Steve Gilliard of Netslaves: Ethics matter due diligence matters. Your word matters. From time to time, when the stench of money overwhelms people, they go for the quick buck, but the reality is that it is far smarter and easier to not only earn but keep honest money. |
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- The sales cycle is always longer than you want it to be. We're seeing 4 to 6 month cycles even on 5 figure I.T. deals. |
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- Here's an example of a on-line grocery company doing well by: 1. Sticking to a profitable niche. 2. Outsourcing fufillment. |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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- There is no chance that I'll vote for Tony Sanchez. Let me just get that out of the way. But he has one ad that nails Perry and, in fact, Bush. His ad has clip from a Perry ad talking about how "test scores are going up" and then he follows it up with a teacher talking about how they spend 25% of the year "teach... By FASherman - 0 Replies - 09-06-2002 11: |
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