We are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Ethernet. Bob Metcalfe is considered the inventor of Ethernet, which happened at Xerox Research Center in Palo Alto in the 70s. It was there that Metcalfe wrote a memo describing Ethernet. At that time, many competing technologies intended to connect computers in the same physical space. The concept … Continue reading
Category Archives: Avram’s Past
Oyster: A way to think about new business opportunities
In fifty years of working with both early-stage companies, I have realized that four components are required for a successful outcome. I call this concept OYSTER. Opportunity Why now? You can’t create an opportunity; it is something you recognize. And hopefully, before others do. Imagine you know how to surf and have a surfboard; you … Continue reading
CNN, THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN NEWS: The Battle for the Minds of the Inane
I was shocked when CNN put on an hour-long Anti-truth Marathon, which they called a Town Hall, featuring one of the most dangerous and deranged leaders of a political party, Donald Trump. I should have seen the handwriting on the wall earlier when Discovery Networks took over CNN, HBO, and Warner Brothers. How Discovery Networks … Continue reading
Rupert Murdoch and me
I met Rupert Murdoch many times in the ’90s. The character in the HBO Max hit show Succession is presumably modeled after him. I have been enjoying the show, although I dislike the people portrayed. While many of the superficial aspects of the show are similar to the Murdoch family, the main character, Logan Roy, … Continue reading
My Dad was born 100 Years AGO
Clarence Sanford Goldfinger (1923-2020) A hundred years ago today, my father, Clarence Sanford Goldfinger, was born. It has been a little over three years since he passed. For the longest time, he would not acknowledge that he would eventually die, but slowly, in the last years of his life, he came to realize that he … Continue reading
Avram Writes Fiction
As many of you know, I wrote a book about my life (mostly my professional career) called the Flight of a Wild Duck. It was published in the fall of 2021. It took three years to write. Even though I had written 100s of blog posts, professional articles in both medical sciences and later business … Continue reading
Gordon Moore has passed
(January 3, 1929 – March 24, 2023) Gordon Moore, a founder of Intel and best known for Moore’s law, has left us. In 1965 in an article in Electronics Magazine, Gordon predicted that the number of transistors would double every two years. Five years later, Carver Mead coined the term “Moore’s law” to describe this … Continue reading
A dream turns into a nightmare
Many of those that read my book, The Flight of a Wild Duck, said they enjoyed the personal stories very much and wanted more of that. So I am augmenting my book with a few such stories. Here is one. After checking into a pension on the eighth floor of a commercial building, I began … Continue reading
Well-Done
We start life with dreams and end with memories. That is, if we are lucky. Otherwise, we end in pain or, sometimes, oblivion. As they say, ‘I am “healthy, wealthy and wise .” Many people remark on my youthfulness, energy, and even looks. Luckily, I picked the right parents. I eat well, sleep well and … Continue reading
The Flight of a Wild Duck was published a year ago
My memoir, The Flight of a Wild Duck, was published a year ago. It took me three years to write; a year of research, a year of drafting, and a year of editing. While it was a lot of work, I found the experience rewarding. I learned a lot about the history I had lived … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 