Having the ability to laugh at yourself can help you in your business ventures, be it an entrepreneurial venture or any other venture in business no matter what the task is. It’s true. Even the entrepreneur, I know this to be true. Having also applied this while working for other people I know it has [...]
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How Laughing At Yourself Helps Business
July 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, entrepreneurs
Tags: Business·business successes·entrepreneurial success·entrepreneurs·success·successful business·successful mindset
Putting Android 2.1 on the Samsung Moment
June 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Android, Business, Business Practices, Samsung, mobile phones, smartphones
So there I was feeling irked that I still had to use Android 1.5 on my Samsung Moment. Sprint had said there would be an update a while ago and then the deadline got pushed. Watching new phones come out with 2.0, 2.1…frustrating I tell you. Plus the WWDC was going on today and everyone [...]
Tags: Android 2.1·Samsung Moment·Samsung Moment Android 2.1·Samsung Moment update·Sprint
Sprint and T-Mobile
September 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Mergers/Acquisitions, Technology, Wireless, market share, mobile phones
I’m sure by now you’ve heard the rumor of T-Mobile looking into gobbling up Sprint. It’s certainly an interesting though…number four in the US buying up number three. However, given the additional info that T-Mobile is also wanting to merge with Orange over there in the UK, things become quite a bit more interesting. That [...]
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Palm’s Pre is Great But…
June 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Business, Business Practices, Rant, Technology, market share, mobile phones, smartphones
By now I’m sure you all know the Palm Pre is finally out on the shelves. It’s been reported to have sold 100,000 units on the first weekend with sellouts at many locations. Not bad…not bad. Mere mortals have finally had a chance to get their hands on them and play with them. I too [...]
Tags: Apple·Apple iPhone·AT&T·bad business decisions·competitive advantage·iPhone·iPhone 3GS·Palm·Palm Pre·Palm Treo·smartphones·Sprint·Treo·Treo 755p
It’s Official! Palm Pre To Be Released June 6
May 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Gadgets, Technology, Wireless, mobile phones, smartphones
It’s official! No more rumors or speculation as to when the Palm Pre will be released. Sprint will begin selling the Palm Pre on June 6th. It’s about time! The details of such glorious event are as follows When: June 6, 2009 Where: Sprint stores, Sprint.com, Best Buy, Radio Shack, some Wal-Mart stores Cost: $199.99 [...]
Tags: Apple·Apple iPhone·BlackBerry·iPhone·Palm·Palm Pre·plan upgrades·Pre·Pre release date·Research in Motion·RIM·SERO·Simply Everything·Sprint·Sprint Nextel·WWDC
The Mobile Provider Holy Wars
May 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Rant, Rant, Technology, Wireless, mobile phones
Ford vs Chevy. Mac vs PC. Coke vs Pepsi. All classic examples of product battles that have somehow turn into holy wars by the people that feel very passionate about their product. I’ll admit I’ve been in some of these battles as I’ve extolled the virtues of one platform over another. However, just recently I [...]
Tags: AT&T·BlackBerry·cell phones·mobile carriers·Palm Pre·Sprint·Sprint Nextel·Verizon
Twitter Twitter Twitter
May 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Technology, Web Services
Twitter? What’s that? For most of the faithful Chia Town readers Twitter is old news. Oddly enough Twitter is still not known by some and not understood by others. This post will be mostly for people that have heard about Twitter, know what it is (a quick way to send quick updates as to what [...]
Tags: Apple·Google·Nambu·social networking·TweetDeck·tweets·Twitter·twitter etiquette·Twitter usefulness
Remember To Network No Matter Where You Are
May 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Business, Business Practices, Deals, entrepreneurs
Remember when you are out and about that you can find opportunities left and right to help your business out. Many people think you have to go to scheduled networking events and formal networking events to meet the people you need. However I must admit as an entrepreneur that I’ve had more success meeting people [...]
Tags: being prepared·Business·business networking·entrepreneurs·networking·new aliances·partnerships
Think Small And Go Big
April 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Deals, Mergers/Acquisitions, Revenue Models, business ideas, emerging markets, entrepreneurs, start-ups
Many of us dream of going big. It was just announced that Oracle is buying Sun for $7.4 billion. Gee, wouldn’t it be nice to sell off your company for a few BILLION dollars? We keep seeing news blurb after news blurb about companies recording record profits (Exxon Mobile anyone?) or being bought for billions [...]
Tags: angel funding·Apple·entrepreneurs·Exxon Mobile·Facebook·funding·Mac·Microsoft·new business·new solutions·new ventures·Oracle·successful business·Sun·venture capital·Yahoo
Cox Communications To Launch Their Own Cellular Network
April 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Deals, Technology, Wireless, mobile phones
Things are about to get a bit busier in the cellular battlefield. Cox Communications is going to be launching their own cellular network soon. To those in the wireless industry it’s been known that Cox planned on doing so. Cox (which is the third largest cable company in the U.S.) originally planned to work with [...]
Tags: 4G·4G network·cellular·Clearwire·Comcast·Cox Communications·LTE·mobile·Sprint·Sprint Nextel·Time Warner·Time Warner Cable·WiMax·Wireless