Blogs, Wikis and Video Replace Dead-Tree Books? Oh my!!!

Rebecca posed this question after our discussion late in Friday’s class as a blog comment (slightly edited):
In what situations is video better than printed text? In what situations is printed text better than video? We discussed this a bit in class last week (history books could benefit [...]

Have Fun Day
(Thanks to BeachBum!)
 

Why This Post?
The purpose of this post is to acquaint you with the direction entrepreneurs are taking at Wharton, one of the most highly rated schools in the country. Read on…. Of the winners, which one floated your boat most? Why?
Business Plan Competition 2007: The ‘Eight Great’ Make Their Pitch
Published: May 16, 2007 in [...]

Robert Scroble: On Video
 
After reading Robert’s post below, comment on your potential use of video to communicate in your new startup…..
 
May 15, 2007
Why Corporate Online Video Rocks
 
I keep getting more and more interested in online video as a corporate application. Let me tell you why.
Go up to a CEO or other senior official. Tell [...]

Tim O’Malley’s Class Presentation
 
Yesterday, “TJ” made a presentation to the Maymester 2007 class. He started off with a little personal background (Purdue OLS/CPT), and then described how he got into the businesses he is involved with, one by one. A link to the first business he purchased with angel investment is here:
From your perspective, comment [...]

The New Network
 

 
Networks are central to everything significant in technology today. There are physical networks (the Internet, the telephone system, wireless links), virtual communications networks (Skype, Fon), social networks (MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn), advertiser networks (Google AdSense), information networks (Digg, Craigslist, Wikipedia), and video content networks (YouTube, Joost), to name just a few. Not to mention [...]

 
Purdue students more often than not have the misguided idea that their first source of funding will come from VCs. Most of us know that is not going to happen. After Friends, Family and Fools, the next most likely source of funding is Angel financing. Charles River Ventures has set up a funding level that [...]

On Being Disruptive

A disruptive technology or disruptive innovation is a technological innovation, product, or service that eventually overturns the existing dominant technology or status quo product in the market.
The term disruptive technology was coined by Clayton M. Christensen and introduced in his 1995 article Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave, which he coauthored with Joseph [...]

Never Use PowerPoints Again
(After this presentation)
TechCrunch had an interesting post today along the following lines:
It is staggering how much actual money flows through porn and how many people are involved in the industry:

89% of porn is created in the U.S.
$2.84 billion in revenue was generated from U.S. porn sites in 2006
$89/second is spent on [...]

The Web Is Both A Tool & A Weapon
The vast majority of Purdue students toying with starting a new business strongly consider a web presence to be essential. In fact, many are considering Web 2.0 businesses. The following post is critical to the understanding of what entrepreneurs are opening themselves up for — read on.
The [...]