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Start That New Business Now!

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Other, business ideas, emerging markets, entrepreneurs, start-ups

What better time than the present to start your new company? Seriously…why not?
“It’s too hard to start one.”
No it’s not. There are companies out there that handle all the work for you and help you choose between a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or LLC.
“It’s too expensive.”
No it’s not. You can do all the paperwork […]

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Is Apple Sneaking Into The Gaming Market?

November 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Business, Gadgets, Hardware, Technology, emerging markets, mobile phones

Gamers tend to fall into two categories…PC gamers and console gamers. For the PC, it’s basically just that…games on the PC. Yes, there are games available for the Mac but serious gamers shun the Mac as a gaming platform. On the console side we’re all familiar with the battles between the Microsoft’s XBox, Sony’s Playstation, […]

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Old Technologies Still Sticking Around

August 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Gadgets, Inventions, Inventions, Technology, Websites, emerging markets, mobile phones

Even as new technologies continue to flood the marketplace signaling death for older technologies, some older technologies simply refuse to die. I was reminded of this recently as I read a release touting IBM Lotus would be available on mobile phones. Wow. And here I was thinking Lotus was going to die a slow death…continuing […]

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Wishing the U.S. Patent Office Wasn’t So Slow

August 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Business, Business Practices, Inventions, Inventions, Legislation, Other, Other, Rant, Rant, Technology, emerging markets, entrepreneurs, start-ups

We’ve heard over and over again how painfully slow the U.S. Patent Office is. I was reminded again today as I was copied on an email to a patent attorney regarding an application we sent in THREE YEARS AGO. What the hell? This wasn’t even a very complex product that we are dealing with here. […]

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New Revenue Models For Big Oil?

July 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Other, Revenue Models, emerging markets

Will the big oil companies change their revenue models? This is a question that popped into my head as I saw a commercial for a petroleum company (it may have been Exxon…I don’t really watch enough TV to see commercials enough to remember who does what) talking about their commitment to finding new energy sources […]

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Sprint, Clearwire WiMax Deal Is On!

May 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Technology, Wireless, emerging markets

It finally happened! Sprint Nextel and Clearwire announced the $14.55 billion WiMax deal. Sprint will own 51% of the company (called Clearwire) with Clearwire owning 27% and investors 22%. Intel, Google, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks are all pumping $3.2 billion into the deal. Trilogy Equity Partners will also invest in the […]

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Green Is Trendy And Gaining Traction

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, business ideas, emerging markets

Being “green” isn’t what it used to be. I remember back in the day when it was only the crunchy hippies that cared enough about the environment to actually do anything about it. Then there were a few select pockets of people here and there that did their part to reduce waste and try to […]

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