Pajama Entrepreneur

Here’s a photo I took at 6:00 pm in front of the Apple store in downtown San Francisco. The crowd in front of the store cheered as the first customer came out with an iPhone. The queue extended around the corner. I want an iPhone - eventually - but this version does not have 3G [...]

Even if you aren’t a Mac fanatic, watch this 20 minute video of the Apple iPhone’s functions. It’s a phone, an iPod and a portable browser at the same time. It has Wi-Fi and cellular wireless connections (although no 3G until the 2008 version comes out). The Apple iPhone is revolutionary. Because it makes browsing, [...]

I am in San Francisco for the Supernova 2007 conference. I flew in from Amsterdam yesterday afternoon and in the early evening, went to a party sponsored by Jaiku. Today, I chaired a panel on better broadband. There are parties tonight and tomorrow night, plus two more days of conference sessions. I’m exhausted and jet [...]

Marc Andreessen has posted an excellent piece on why not to do a startup, part one of his series on his guide to startups. The stress, hiring and firing people, the hours, battling with co-founders and investors can drain the joy out of even the most devoted entrepreneur. But, I am an optimist and I [...]

Check out this list of top 10 digital cities: Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo, Hongkong, Stockholm, SF and Silicon Valley, Tallinn, New York, Beijing and New Songdo City. The ranking is based on broadband speed, cost and availability, wireless Internet access, technology adoption, etc. I can’t imagine why they did not add Paris to the list. This [...]