Google Can Stumble? A Look at Buzz’s Foray into Social Networking

March 14, 2010

It’s hard to believe that Google can stumble, maybe even get things wrong, in this age of always-connected devices where social networking is ubiquitous. The hip internet juggernaut seems perfectly positioned to leverage its considerable assets and successes into the social networking arena; but somehow they have just plain blown the privacy issues, and their [...]

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The Announcement of Texas Venture Labs

March 10, 2010

University of Texas at Austin Introduces Venture Labs Campus-wide Program to Accelerate Business Creation AUSTIN, Texas-The University of Texas at Austin has announced a campus-wide program, Texas Venture Labs, to make it easier for student and faculty entrepreneurs to start businesses by providing a faster, step-by-step method to bring their innovations to market. Thomas Gilligan, [...]

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McCombs Alumni Conference

March 7, 2010

There’s a great event coming up on March 26, The McCombs Alumni Conference. I’ll be presenting at it along with great professors like Sandy Leeds and Jim Nolen. I’m going to avoid the free market gloom and doom apologies of my finance professor brethren and focus on two major topics. The first will be the [...]

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Topeka, KS or Google, KS?

March 4, 2010

In a new twist on economic development, Topeka is look to rename itself Google! As Google looks at a city’s “commitment” to embrace its ultra high speed broadband, Topeka is pulling out all the stops. Names can be changed, I think tattoos for the city council would show real commitment…

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Microsoft’s New Phone OS – Can They Claw Their Way Up?

March 1, 2010

In a previous blog post I covered how Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android phone operating systems were pulling away from the emerging second tier phone operating system providers Microsoft, Nokia and Intel. As these second tier players lose more and more market share these suppliers thrash their operating systems to respond to the competition. As [...]

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The Newspaper Industry is Swirling Around the Drain

February 27, 2010

Talk about waking up and knowing you were going to have a bad day, how would you like to be in the newspaper industry these days? First Warren Buffett, who has a large stake in the Washington Post (WPO), had some choice thoughts about the newspaper industry. Some of his better comments (sourced from an [...]

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iPad Shortcomings – Just iPod Redux

February 22, 2010

There’s been a lot of speculation in the press about the shortcomings of the iPad. This is just Apple’s execution of shipping a minimally acceptable feature set; get the product out, get people to pay for it and follow up quickly to address the shortcomings. It really reflects their entrepreneurial roots and is the right [...]

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Building A Better Mailbox

February 21, 2010

This is a great article on taking a commodity item, the mailbox, and finding unique differentiation to stake out your own territory in the marketplace and executing with entrepreneurial vigor. This couple found a compelling need; a secure depository for delivered packages in an era when lots of people order on-line and are seldom home [...]

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The End of Cellular Carriers is Coming

February 19, 2010

In a interesting change in product strategy, Verizon announced it would be supporting a version of Skype for use on its network. Skype is available on the iPhone, but can only be used when connected via 802.11. The Verizon offering allows Skype to access the Internet over the cellular network, circumventing the phone company and [...]

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Texas Moot Corp Winner for 2010

February 19, 2010

Solavicta, a company that aims to produce the lowest cost solar power generation equipment in the world, won the Texas round of the Moot Corp® Competition, the new venture competition hosted annually at the McCombs School of Business. The Solavicta team members are David McParland and Franklin Fuchs, both Texas MBAs in the Class of 2010. [...]

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