Thursday, November 18, 2010

Dell Duo: Tablet + Netbook


Dell has not done something this exciting in a long time. Maybe it is the Third World guy in me, but I have been a long time fan of Dell's legendary push to keep the price point at the lowest possible.

Dell is back.

Web 2.0 Summit 2010: Robin Li


Robin Li has been caricatured, and he continues to be caricatured. But his is a true success story. Not all of the difficulties associated with doing business in China can be attributed to China being a one party state. The Chinese are like the Jewish people. They both have 5,000 years of non stop history. The Hindus have 10,000 years of non stop history, but that is another story.

John Battelle's Search Hangover


I think this interview of Mark Zuckerberg by primarily John Battelle is on the lame side. It is out and out hostile. And there is a reason for that.

Web 2.0 Summit 2010: Mark Zuckerberg



TechCrunch: LinkedIn CEO On Why We Need More Than Facebook: Keg Stands
Now Over 200 Million Users A Month, Disqus Gets A New Look, Premium Add-Ons, New API
Twitter Raising New Venture Round at $3 Billion Valuation
Twitter’s Williams On Facebook Relationship: We’re Talking To Them Often — So Far, Nada
Will China’s 1999 Moment Bail-Out Some Valley VCs? You think China is still a “communist” country? Get. On. A. Plane. .... those bumper stickers spotted in the early 2000s that read “Please, Lord, Give Me One More Bubble” .... several firms have told me their China funds might out-perform their US funds
FCC Head: The Google/Verizon Net Neutrality Proposal Slowed Us Down

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Dogpatch Labs: Demystifying PR For Startups

So I was at this event earlier. Dogpatch Labs is an incubator. It is not that far from Union Square. Good thing because L is my line.

I have to do some out of the box thinking here. Why would you go to a cramped office when you can work from home? My hero Larry Ellison has a huge company - Oracle - and he is not a regular at the office. That is more along the lines of what I think.