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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...
Book Review – 140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form

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

I was just perusing the books on social media at the local book store, when I noticed this book. I was intrigued by the subtitle, “a style guide for the short form.” My curiosity got the best of me. How can you have style in only 140 characters? What forms...
Sunday Sauerkraut with Kielbasa

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ February 21, 2010 / Leave a comment

While I use sauerkraut as a way to describe my Sunday hodge-podge posts, I don’t actually like to eat the stuff. I do however, LOVE to eat kielbasa. In fact, I just had some great kielbasa yesterday, over Mrs. T’s Pirogies. Anyways, on to the good stuff. As I go through...
I’ve Got a Hunch That the Implications Go Beyond Fun

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ February 1, 2010 / 2 Comments

Note: Hunch (featured in this blog post) is the project of Chris Dixon, who also writes a fantastic blog, that I follow daily. I’ve included a link on the left that allows you to discuss this blog. If you haven’t already tried Hunch, you might start with “What Blog Should...
Sunday Sauerkraut

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ January 31, 2010 / Leave a comment

As I go through the week, I use twitter to send out little updates and links. I realize that I do this quite a bit and that not all of you have Twitter, so with that in mind I’d like to take Sunday to do sort of a week in review. I’ve...
The Phone to Laptop Continuum: Why Apple iPad Isn’t Exciting… Yet

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ January 28, 2010 / 1 Comment

10 years ago, most people had two primary electronic devices; a desktop computer (or one at the office and one at home) and a cell phone. In the past 10 years (particularly over the last 2 or 3), a number of devices have emerged that fit in-between these devices. ...
Google Takes on Phones, Part IV – Google Voice is IN THE COMPUTER?

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ January 25, 2010 / 3 Comments

Earlier this month I spent a bit of time profiling Google’s plays in the voice space. It was a three part post: The Apple and the Android – The potential impact to manufactures of the release of an “open” phone operating system (Android). The Carriers and the Google Phone...
Life Hack: Have Your People Read the News

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ January 19, 2010 / 2 Comments

Who are your people? Bloggers. I have been getting my news exclusively from blogs for about 2 years now. I’ve found that when something absolutely critical is happening, someone tells me. There’s no need to read the national news regularly. The bloggers and tweeters of the wold comb through it...
Sunday Sauerkraut

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ January 17, 2010 / Leave a comment

Image via Wikipedia As I go through the week, I use twitter to send out little updates and links. I realize that I do this quite a bit and that not all of you have Twitter, so with that in mind I’d like to take Sunday to do sort of...
Some Sunday Sauerkraut

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ January 10, 2010 / Leave a comment

How to Make Sauerkraut As I go through the week, I use twitter to send out little updates and links. I realize that I do this quite a bit and that not all of you have Twitter, so with that in mind I’d like to take Sunday to do sort...

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Want to be a VC? Try Being an Early Adopter First

Book Review – 140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form

Sunday Sauerkraut with Kielbasa

I’ve Got a Hunch That the Implications Go Beyond Fun

Sunday Sauerkraut

The Phone to Laptop Continuum: Why Apple iPad Isn’t Exciting… Yet

Google Takes on Phones, Part IV – Google Voice is IN THE COMPUTER?

Life Hack: Have Your People Read the News

Sunday Sauerkraut

Some Sunday Sauerkraut

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