Heck, I’m a pretty entrepreneurial guy, I’ve got good ideas all the time. But this one escaped…..thankfully, someone else made it real. What could be such a good business idea that I wouldn’t want to let it get away? Imagine a huge customer base, a customer base that has real difficulty separating reality from fiction, […]
It’s year two of my Super Bowl boycott, I will not be watching the game. In fact, for the 2008/9 season/post-season I haven’t watched a single minute of NFL football. Why you ask? Because it’s an unwatchable product for one, I have a real life to live, and there are a few other things we […]
Newseum, an interactive museum of news You may have noticed that the newspaper as we know it, is an endangered species. I’ve written about its demise multiple times (and the demise of record companies and other media companies with buggy whip business models being stressed by the appearance of cars…) I digress. In any case, […]
Original Attribution: Unknown A little gallows humor relative to the global financial crisis…
TARP’s plan for homeowners… Via Information Arbitrage: Start-up guy: “I’ve got this start-up. I’d like $10 million to get it going.” Investor: “$10 million for a start-up? That’s a lot of money. Can you tell me about it?” Start-up guy: “No.” (Amused) Investor: “Do you have a business plan?” Start-up guy: “No.” (Less amused) Investor: […]