DC Startup Community 2.010
A few days ago I had a chance to catch up with an old friend with whom I first met back in 2006 when he had his (then) startup. We had a great conversation this week. Four years later he’s working for a big company and looking for his next new job. He would really [...]
US Copyright Office Changes DMCA Rules, Upsets Apple (Others Too)
If you have an iPhone, you probably have read about people trying to jailbreak their iPhone to make it perform in ways that Apple doesn’t want. Apparently, Apple spent some time trying to make this illegal based on the Digitial Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). In response, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) asked the U.S. Copyright [...]
Pattern Recognition for Entrepreneurs, not just VC’s
by Don Rainey (blog)
VC’s use “pattern recognition” to assess the viability of deals. Pattern recognition is a method of seeing commonalities between a current , novel concept and previous ideas. And while it is a great tool commonly used by Venture Capitalists, the pattern recognition tool is mostly ignored by entrepreneurs. [...]
What Can A Founder Do With $500
Earlier today I got an invitation, as a startup founder, to pony up $500 to get some wisdom from a to be announced group of seasoned entrepreneurs. I made for the event website looking to find out if this event would offer me the opportunity to get a chance to meet Max Levchin, Mark Andreessen, or [...]
Startup Weekend Returns to DC for Round 2
After a long break, the Startup Weekend guys are returning to the Washington, DC for round 2. The last time they were around the event got very mixed reviews for a variety of reasons. For starters, the startup that the DC group spawned (Hola Neighbor) – it failed. As an attendee the main benefit wasn’t starting a company or even learning how to start [...]
Wanted: Innovative Hardware, Software Products
I just got a reminder of how much technology has changed in my lifetime thanks to a photo from my dad. When I was 6 years old a game cartridge was roughly the size of the cable box remote and the computer (my Atari 600) was about the size of a shoebox [...]
