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  1. 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...
  2. Values of Tech Companies (Twitter, AAPL, FourSquare)

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / April 9, 2010 / Leave a comment
    In the past couple weeks there have been a bunch of stories on the valuations of various technology companies.  Most of them are private companies that are looking at either investments or acquisitions, but there’s also big news on AAPL’s recent gains.  I thought I would do this type of...
  3. LA Startup Scene On the Move

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / March 25, 2010 / 1 Comment
    Mark Suster is an LA based venture capitalist, who has been working to advance the LA startup scene. I’ve posted about the NYC startup scene a number of times (here is the biggest one), but never really about LA. I saw a couple posts on Mark Suster’s blog (quite a...
  4. Fear

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / March 13, 2010 / 1 Comment
    I was watching the sun set from a hot tub on the west coast of florida last night, and a riveting conversation developed. The conversation was about how entrepreneurs experience (or should experience) fear. I realize that conversation in that setting may make me a tad bit nerdy, but I...
  5. Entrepreneurs and Nature vs. Nurture is The Wrong Question

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / March 10, 2010 / 1 Comment
    The right question:  Can YOU be an entrepreneur? There’s been a lot of debate in the last month or so about whether entrepreneurial skill is a function of nature or nurture.  Fred Wilson, Jason Calacanis (speaking to a group of seniors at my undergraduate college, Information Sciences and Technology at...
  6. Want to be a VC? Try Being an Early Adopter First

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / March 9, 2010 / 1 Comment
    Being a VC is all about learning to invest in companies that are fulfilling a market need in an innovative way (Ok, part of it is about identifying management teams that know what they’re doing but I’m ignoring that part for now).  How does one go about the skill of...
  7. A Thesis on Creating a Stratup Ecosystem Report Card

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / March 3, 2010 / 6 Comments
    Right up front, I just want to point out:  I would LOVE to see a comment thread form on this post.  I don’t think anyone person can create this report card, so I would love to see your thoughts. Yesterday I spoke about the debate around the NYC Startup Scene...
  8. Recapping and Learning From the NYC Startup Ecosystem Debate

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / March 2, 2010 / 4 Comments
    I follow a number of prominent NYC entrepreneurs and VCs (more then I follow in California).  The reason I do this, is that I believe NYC has done a remarkable job over the last 10 years building a unique, powerful startup scene.  I think they are several years ahead of...
  9. Two Free In-Stream Advertising Startup Ideas – Part 2: The News

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / February 26, 2010 / 1 Comment
    Over the next three days I am going to present two fantastic startup ideas.  In yesterday’s post, I profiled the competition (in this case, the in-stream advertising company Ad.ly) and provided a brief introduction to “in stream” marketing.  Today and Tomorrow I will present one of Ad.ly’s shortcomings and the...
  10. Two Free In-Stream Advertising Startup Ideas – Part 1: The Competition

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / February 25, 2010 / 4 Comments
    Over the next three days I am going to present two fantastic startup ideas.  In today’s post I will profile the competition (in this case, the in-stream advertising company Ad.ly).  Both Tomorrow and Saturday I will present one of Ad.ly’s shortcomings and the way I would attack it. There has...
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