Making a bridge interesting - when it’s only half built! (0)
If you’ve met me you’ll know I’m addicted to analogies … a bit like an X on Y. Anyway, in one of my recent monologues I happened upon a rather decent analogy for building a startup.
When starting a business it is very easy to envision a compelling end-state. Functionality that will be really useful once everyone is [...]
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The Post-Portal world … or Twitter for Industry (0)
There are a number of ideas/themes, some new and some old, that point to a very interesting potential disruption of the current Internet ecosystem. These include:-
- The sematic web
- Twitter (as a messaging platform with open access)
- Apps (as client-side software made as easy as websites)
- Social recommendations (as a new form of advertising)
- Embedding [...]
A payments startup worth backing … (0)
You didn’t ask, but I’ll tell you anyway - here’s my view on payments startups worth backing.
First off, payments is a tough space. Consumers like innovation a lot less than people think, and in the area of payments and personal finance people are even more risk averse. Often the perceived risk of trial vastly outweighs [...]
Digital Identity and Telecoms (0)
A ‘Directory of Always on Digital Identities’, and the ability to follow their behaviour, is the holy grail of the internet. Facebook, Google, Skype, eBay, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple are all in one way or another seeking to create this asset. It has massive power, as it lies at the heart of advertising and (ultimately) [...]
Startup request - Shared Folders (0)
I’d like the following service, if you can make it, please let me know when it launches …
I want a series of folders, each shareable with a difference group of people. The folders should be accessible via my naive drag-and-drop GUI in Windows and OS-X. They should also be accessible via my mobile and tablet. [...]
