Archive for April, 2008
The following and video [30:32] embedded below is from ScribeMedia.Org, here:
The digital content industry is made up of members that represent a broad spectrum of publishers. This session focused on innovative companies that have made “game changing” moves. This includes tackling new business models, transferring best practices from B2B to B2C or even implementing new [...]
As an entrepreneur, knowing everything about your web site traffic is paramount to exploiting information for competitive advantage. In today’s blog, I’m going to walk you through a little information about www.thinkbeta.com/blog that is available to me. The data was cut about 3PM Tuesday, 4/29/08. While the blog is lengthy, it consists mostly of screen [...]
This coming Friday, Nwokedi will be competing in the final round of the Incubicity contest. Below is the flyer, and here is the registration link: . Free breakfast, lunch, networking, what more could you ask for? I’ll be there. Hank
A blurb on www.wix.com ran in the 4/25/08 TechCrunch here. I applied for closed beta access and got it 4/26/08. My first Wix is below. The stuff you can do with it is pretty nifty. I’ll have to go back to Sproutbuilder and see what’s going on with it. I was also recently granted [...]
TV channels move to web, think outside the cable box
2 Comments Published April 27th, 2008 in Daily PostIn the recently developed Disruptive Innovation Model (DIM), I addressed how technology is drastically altering traditional distribution models, particularly in the video world. The story below, by WSJ’s Bobby White, illustrates this phenomenon extremely well. Entrepreneurs read and learn…. Hank
“When the Black Family Channel launched on cable television in 1999, its executives and celebrity [...]
Some really really smart people, in Nwokedi’s area, are working on how to keep web search engines going as the amount of web-based data continues to explode. Nova Spivack of Radar Networks is at the head of the pack. Take a spin through his slides; at least you’ll get an idea of what the [...]
Have A Happy Friday: And Stay Away From Porcupines!
16 Comments Published April 25th, 2008 in Daily PostA pitbull was in his backyard in southern California, minding his own business….until this porcupine invaded his territory. The brave, but stupid pitbull, immediately challenged the porcupine! Bad decision…the porcupine won this short contest.
A vet sedated the dog, and then removed a total of 1,347 quills. The dog survived, and hopefully learned a valuable lesson.
Now, [...]
Guy K’s blog has an interesting entry about Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck. It examines her thirty-year study of why some some people excel and others don’t. (Hint: the answer is not “God-given talent.”)
The article postulates that people have two kinds of mindsets: growth or fixed. People with the growth mindset view life as a [...]
Take the clips herein to heart! Hank
Whoever said that "money can’t buy happiness" obviously didn’t have any money!!!!!
36 Comments Published April 22nd, 2008 in Daily PostMonday oil hit $117 per barrel. All of us are feeling “pain at the pump.” Want to know who’s profiting from the runup? Read on. [thanks to my BIL Jerry for the info.]
Owner: Sheikh Mohammads Son, Sheikh Rashid Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum – UAE
This car is worth 5 million pounds . . . . [...]
Hank [BS/MSEE,
MSM $$$, Ph.D. Mgmt] teaches