Very valuable words from Guy Kawasaki. Tom Byers of KPCB commented on this video, that he has consistently used it for the last 5 years in his entrepreneurship classes at Stanford.
Tag: innovation
Ballmer Promises To Make Microsoft Cool Again. Tough Sell
With Microsoft, we are witnessing the incredibly accelerated life cycle of companies in high tech.. Innovate constantly or die. Everything seems to ride on Windows 8, but what works for mobile may not work for large corporations looking only for a simple upgrade to their corporate desktops and laptops.
Wired Quote: ” after years asleep at the wheel, Ballmer is telling us that Microsoft is finally waking up” …Yeah right…Microsoft, Facebook, Groupon, Zynga and all the rest. We are witnessing an extraordinary tectonic shift in high tech. What is even more extraordinary is the failure of some prominent people to recognize it and accept
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/10/ballmers-secret-message-were-making-microsoft-cool/
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Jumpstarting Canadian Venture Capital: Is Harper the Man To Do It?
We are waiting to see how Harper‘s $400M very modest gesture to Canadian innovation will be invested, by whom, and how. We have had so many years stealing from Canada’s future, that one could easily claim that it is a moral travesty, depriving Canada of its future. The obvious problem is that Harper is not Vinod Khosla. Harper is a closet climate change denier. Harper’s vision is parochial and anti-democratic. While we have such a fragmented provincial political focus, we can only expect Harper to boost Alberta tar sands at the expense of the Canadian national economy and innovation.
This Techvibes article suggests that they may follow the Israeli government model, but the author is Israeli, has been there, done that, so she has some interesting insights.
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Silicon Valley Isn’t The End All And Be All…Or Is It?
This debate about Silicon Valley goes on ad nauseum, and in this Venture Beat post.
My answer to this guy is “it depends,” big time. It depends on a lot of factors, including the entrepreneur him or herself, access to money, brains, a “cluster” as this guy found in Austin Texas, well-known for not only IT management, as he points out. The University of Texas at Austin is key, and other companies there include IBM, AMD and Intel. Boulder, Colorado, northern Virginia, NYC, Boston, a bit in greater L.A./Orange County, and definitely San Diego are all happening, but in different segments, and in different ways.. Even very small communities like Walla Walla Washington have found ways to have an innovative economy…But there is still nothing quite like the breadth and scope of Silicon Valley, and it is unlikely to change anytime soon.
I just had a long talk Friday evening with a good friend, a consultant, as she was driving home in heavy SV commute traffic, who has worked in the Valley for her entire career. It still is a magnet and she has more clients than she can handle, but the company profiles are changing. Hollywood has moved north and not just Pixar stuff. Digital sound editing for some reason is in Daly City and South San Francisco. I remember one Canadian entrepreneur telling me how he felt the vibe in northern California. and it was a huge factor for him. Kelowna was dead, dead, dead. Vancouver was bit better, but SV was best for the buzz of ideas.
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