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Inc. 500 | Inc. 5000 Conference in Review
September 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Last night marked the finish of the Inc. 500 conference here at the Gaylord Hotel and Conference Center in National Harbor, Maryland just outside of Washington, DC. iContact was honored with the 85th position on the list and the 7th position nationally among marketing and advertising companies when the Inc. 500 list was released in mid August. The three day conference (more pictures from the event) included highlights like a two hour keynote by Jim Collins, famed entrepreneurial researcher and author of business bestsellers... [Read the full story]
Technology
Sending 10MB of Text Messages Costs a Cool Thirteen Grand
September 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment
My dad sent me a note today about ZDNet Government Reporter Richard Koman digging into the per-megabyte cost of text messages as charged by the top four wireless service providers. The original post that did the exploration on the unit cost of AT&T text messages was posted on CrunchGear back in July but Richard Koman’s post included a recent note from Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.) to the wireless carriers asking them to clarify some of the details about how they provide and price their text messaging services. CrunchGear... [Read the full story]
Innovation
If You Don’t Remember the News, Google Will Make You Repeat It
September 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Internet Retailer decided last week to break the news of iContact’s June 29th 2007 funding… nicely timed on their website on September 4, 2008. I was a bit confused to see the headline “E-Mail marketing and blogging provider iContact gets $5 million in funding” arrive in my inbox from my “iContact” email alert I’ve configured with news.google.com. Good work Internet Retailer.. it’s only a bit over a year out of date. For me the untimely news release with its automatic relay... [Read the full story]
Adventure
Rage Against the Machine Mayhem at Lollopalooza in Chicago
August 28, 2008 · Leave a Comment
A few weeks back on the weekend of August 2nd I spent a few days in Chicago with friends. On Friday we attended the Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates game at Wrigley Field and then spent the evening at Lollapalooza. Unfortunately the Cubs lost despite all the “it’s gonna happen” signs displayed on high. That afternoon we saw The Raconteurs on one of the big stages. They were pretty good and pulled a huge crowd. I thought their music was a nice combination of indy creativity and mainstream appeal but they... [Read the full story]
Entrepreneurship
Idea Entrepreneurs and the Startup Equity Advantage
A post on TheFunded.com yesterday requesting information on typical Founders Ownership Percentages in startups caught my attention. One of the comments within pointed me to Noam... [Read more]
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Why This Blog Exists
Technology Innovation Adventure
For over 10 years I’ve had a passion for solving problems with technology. Technology itself is an enabler like few we’ve seen in history yet its misuses equal its proper implementations. Innovation with technology when done right allows us to rethink progress from a simple linear path of fast to faster or small to smaller and instead make progress that benefits people, moving from one meaningful implementation to another. The traditional technology race to increase speed and cut cost distracts many intelligent people and makes real progress with technology, especially real progress... [Read more]