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  1. Change in the Startup Industry Means Opportunity for Pittsburgh

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / August 23, 2010 / Leave a comment
    The venture capital business is contracting. There are less VC funds than there were a few years ago. And there will be fewer in a few more years. And the birthrate of web startups is expanding. That is the challenge we all face. So, if you are an entrepreneur you...
  2. Post Gazette: Pittsburgh Can’t Support Growing Tech Companies

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / July 15, 2010 / Leave a comment
    I’ve had a couple questions on whether I saw the article in the Post-Gazette from Monday.  Yes, I have.  In the article P-G writer Erich Schwartzel paints a picture of a city that can spin up start-ups (he credits the universities and Innovation Works/AlphaLab for this, but then can’t hang...
  3. On Pittsburgh and Parking

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / July 7, 2010 / Leave a comment
    Bram has a fantastic post over on the comet on the apparent thoroughness with which Luke is approaching leasing the parking garages.  It’s good to see, its a decision that Pittsburgh will be living with for the rest of its life.  I’m not going to spend a bunch of time...
  4. In Fairness to Fox News, Liberals Do it Too

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / June 29, 2010 / Leave a comment
    I recently wrote a post on the ridiculousness of a Fox News “Exclusive” that showed that pedophiles had “found a home on Wikipedia.”  That article continued on about how school children were given access to the pedophile filled Wikipedia!  It was complete ridiculousness, dangerous considering many nontechnical people will misinterpret, and the kind...
  5. A hometown lesson in marketing to a niche.

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / June 21, 2010 / Leave a comment
    Market analysis is one of the most critical things any organization can do; small businesses and startups especially.  Market analysis essentially involves the product of two critical numbers.  First, the total size of the market.  Second, the portion of that market that is practically attainable.  This second number is the...
  6. Pedro Alvarez Starts for the Pirates Tonight!

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / June 16, 2010 / Leave a comment
    The Pirates play the Chicago White Sox tonight.  It’s not the most exciting match-up ever.  I should say it wasn’t the most exciting matchup ever until it was announced that Pedro Alvarez would be starting at third base.  I don’t have time to cover this in detail, but I thought...
  7. On Public Funding of Private Start-ups

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / June 10, 2010 / 2 Comments
    Audrey Watters at ReadWriteStart, a startup focused spin-off of the popular blog ReadWriteWeb, has created a post that asks the question, “Should City Governments Sponsor Seed Funds?”  It’s an interesting question, a difficult one.  The story focuses on an unpopular measure that provides for a $500,000 fund for Portland. _...
  8. Saturday Musings: My Favorite Time of Year in Pittsburgh

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / June 5, 2010 / Leave a comment
    Image from the P-G I was feeling a little homesick this weekend and I thought I’d share as part of my Saturday Musings.  My favorite time of year in Pittsburgh has always been early June, but my appreciation has only grown deeper since I relocated south for a bit (Charlotte,...
  9. Government Needs Business

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / May 21, 2010 / Leave a comment
    At the turn of the last century in NYC, there was an alignment of business and political interests that got things done that seems lacking in today’s political environment. We have a taste of that in NYC with our current Mayor Mike Bloomberg who has brought a business mind to...
  10. Sunday Sauerkraut: The Liberace

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / April 18, 2010 / Leave a comment
    Cleveland.com published an article last December that could best be paraphrased, “The State of Sauerkraut”.  In between facts about the declining use of Sauerkraut and the introduction of a sauerkraut martini was this nugget of great writing: To some, sauerkraut is the Liberace of vegetables, a tangy flavor that sparkles...
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