Category Archives: Business
Downtime
A couple of weeks ago there was a blog post at TechCrunch (www.techcrunch.com) regarding web sites experiencing downtime as well as infrastructure companies experiencing failures in their operations. Obviously, the first take was on the revenue loss that each one … Continue reading
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The March To Profitability
What makes a startup successful? Getting to profitability and keeping it there. At least that is my opinion. But why is it so important to get to profitability? It gives you choices. Basically, you can decide what to do and … Continue reading
The Power Of Estimating A Project Specially On A Startup
Startups are interesting “beasts”. I should know, I have a few under my belt. I worked on my own startups, for which I had a hard time funding thus they never really went anywhere, and since I was the only … Continue reading
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Real Estate Is Going The Way Of The Internet
I am a lucky man. There are many reasons I am a lucky man: my wife, my kids and my friends. I do not have (or want) many friends, but the ones I have are the best. One of them … Continue reading
Three Guys In A Garage Creating The New Hype
Recently there was a post in TechCrunch regarding Facebook’s hype. One comment to the post was that Facebook was already passe and “the new hype was being already developed by three guys in somebody’s garage”. I recently wrote an post … Continue reading
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Innovation In Technology
How does innovation happen? Not just in technology, but in general. I think that the question can be answered easily with the next three statements: Necessity is the mother of all inventions. We create it because there is a need. … Continue reading
I Do Not Get Facebook
A few weeks ago I was playing with Facebook and I did not get it. I wrote the template for this post and called it “I Do Not Get Facebook”, because I truly did not get it and was not … Continue reading
Virtual Worlds As A Commerce Platform
In the last few years, Virtual Worlds (VW) have become more common place. It all started with Massive Online Multi-Player Games (MOMPG) and to a large extent, the virtual worlds are extensions of them. Second Life, Club Penguin, Toon Town, … Continue reading
Technology and Jared’s Soccer Match
My wife, for her birthday, wanted a video camera and since I am such a good husband I bought her one. I am into photography and never really thought about getting a video camera; moreover, most of the digital cameras … Continue reading
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Software Development Methodologies
Software Development Methodologies have been at the core for solving problems with computer software. There are many reasons why a methodology is important, but mostly, because it gives projects a beginning, a middle and an end. Projects are like stories … Continue reading
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