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Two Ideas Every Entrepreneur Should Wish They Had

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ June 8, 2010 / Leave a comment

Two companies have come up a lot in the news the last few days that I wish I had conceived of. There are several types of startups (perhaps a post for another day), but these two are my favorite. The kind where the customer value can be stated in 1...
The Cloud Means No Infrastructure Barrier to Entry

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ June 3, 2010 / Leave a comment

Since the beginning of time, one of the biggest problems for startups has been the cost of getting in to business in the first place. In MBA speak we call this a “barrier to entry”. IT has always had one of the lowest barriers to entry of any industry. After...
Don’t Get a Patent, Build a Lead

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ June 1, 2010 / Leave a comment

Image from CodingHorror.com There has been a lot of discussion lately over the use of software patents. Personally, I find Brad Feld to be both the most entertaining and the most sensible on the subject. Software patents are designed to protect innovators’ investments in their innovations. The theory is that...
Leaderboards as Decision Mechanisms

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ May 29, 2010 / Leave a comment

As anyone who reads this blog regularly knows, one of the concepts that most intrigues me about the new world of social media is the idea of socially driven decision support. I’ve covered the topic in at least one, two, three posts. To this point though, I’ve mostly covered the future of...
Providing Just Enough Flexibility

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ May 19, 2010 / Leave a comment

I am in the middle of an IS class in my MBA and it has lead me to question the true reason for a lot of the things that “just are” in the world of enterprise IT. One of the most interesting to me, occurred just yesterday. I was answering...
It’s Time to Treat IT Like We Know What We’re Doing

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ April 30, 2010 / 1 Comment

I don’t normally spend TOO much time on this blog on Enterprise IT, but it is how I make my living. I have argued previously on this blog, that IT WILL become more efficient; that for 60+ years IT has matured without writing down what it did. I’ve learned from...
Facebook vs Google Part II: Is a better internet smarter or more social?

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ April 26, 2010 / 5 Comments

On Saturday I presented the first part of this two part post. It outlined what I believe will be a better internet. By this I mean an internet that “knows” you. An internet that doesn’t give you search results you don’t want. An internet that doesn’t introduce you to people...
Startup Danger, “Boo! It’s Microsoft”

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ April 20, 2010 / Leave a comment

Image via Wikipedia I have a buddy who’s been thinking about a startup for a few months. He just got started working on it. Domain name secured, potential investors wooed, website prototype built, application specified. He woke up this morning to an email from me that read something like this:...
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...
Twitter’s Bait and Switch

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ April 13, 2010 / 4 Comments

There has been a lot of reaction to Twitter’s announcement that they have made an official Twitter BlackBerry client. Of the reaction I found Chris Dixon’s the most logical. In particular, his prediction for the future: So what might Twitter’s business model eventually be? I expect that Twitter search will monetize...

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Two Ideas Every Entrepreneur Should Wish They Had

The Cloud Means No Infrastructure Barrier to Entry

Don’t Get a Patent, Build a Lead

Leaderboards as Decision Mechanisms

Providing Just Enough Flexibility

It’s Time to Treat IT Like We Know What We’re Doing

Facebook vs Google Part II: Is a better internet smarter or more social?

Startup Danger, “Boo! It’s Microsoft”

Sunday Sauerkraut: The Liberace

Twitter’s Bait and Switch

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