My blog originated when I realized that I was writing the same things to different people over and over again, only at different times. For instance, I found myself giving advice about Prostate Cancer to many men because I had been diagnosed and treated for this. Once I began blogging about prostate cancer, I could … Continue reading
Category Archives: Venture Capital
Could Qualcomm really buy Intel: It is all Heddy Lamar’s fault
Learning today that Qualcomm has a market capitalization that is now greater than Intel’s, makes me a bit sad and disappointed in myself. Continue reading
Born to blast
I just came back from a three day trip to Silicon Valley. I rarely visit Silicon Valley ever since that day in April 1999 when I turned in my badge at Intel and drove to my new home in San Francisco. My primary reason for the trip was to see my dad who lives in … Continue reading
Communitainment (I bet this word never makes it to the dictionary)
Someone I very much respect sent me a link to an article on Ad Week which you can read here. It is definitely worth reading. In general I agree with what was written but I do want to point out that what we observe at any point in time is the sum of many waves … Continue reading
Is user created content the next CB Radio
Check wikipedia for an interesting history of Citizen Band radio. It was an amazing phenomenon in which consumers chatted with each other. Even “chat rooms” developed. But it was not the CB radio but the cellular phone that survived and transformed all our lives (about a billion cell phones are sold a year). Now a … Continue reading
The new VC: “Turn on, Tune in and Drop Out”
I am certainly glad I am not a VC at the moment. Barriers to enter have dropped to negative numbers. Everyone one with a good idea and a lot more people with bad ideas are able to create a web 2.0 “business” with the flick of a mouse. For me this means the signal to noise ratio has … Continue reading
We are all going to live long but we might not know it
For a long time, sciences have worked on ways to extend our lives but not our minds The result is predictable or at least many of thought so. But now it turns out the science has discovered that the brain (home of the mind) is more like a muscle than was thought. Meaning that it … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 