Interesting study. It's kind of odd that Silicon Valley scored 100. The next closest is Seattle-Bellevue-Everett at 46.4. It's almost like they just used Silicon Valley as the benchmark and compared everyone to that. The shocking statistic is that just a few miles north of … [Read more...]
Patents On A Budget
Patents are a wonderful way to protect your Intellectual Property (IP). For the new inventor, filing one can be daunting. The most common reason is the complex patent authoring process and the perceived high cost of creation. Couple this with an eager inventor and you get someone … [Read more...]
Great Article on Class and Innovation/Entrepreneurship (with Graphs)
Andrew Sullivan has a great article on Class and Innovation It's pretty poor that the US is below the line. The US needs to get its act together and start investing in more startups and basic research. The good thing about the Class and Entrepreneurship is that we might … [Read more...]
Mac vs PeeCee
A lot of my friends are switching to Macs because of Microsoft Vista. For some reason, Vista is just horrible to work with. You need to relearn where everything is and it seems like it is trying to rip off the Mac OS look and feel. I guess people figure that if they have to … [Read more...]
Startup vs Corporate
The cultures of a start-up and a big corporation clash like natural gas to a flame. They are incompatible because of each ones goals are vastly different. A start-up has the sole purpose of doing one and only one thing. The focus is so laser focus that any bureaucracy gets … [Read more...]
