An awesome gift app: Karma, reminds you of important dates
When I was first pitched on Karma I was skeptical. Why do we need a mobile app to remind us for gifts to get other people? But I was blown away by this app. Here I get a demo, and you can learn more at http://getkarma.com/
Recent IPOs and Perspectives (Part III of Wealthfront series)
Here's the final of three videos I filmed at the Wealthfront "Think Bigger. Think IPO" discussion with a number of famous VCs and entrepreneurs. Here is an interesting panel that discusses what the state of IPOs in 2012 is, and some advice for enterpreneurs who are thinking of doing this. Sarah Lacy, founder of PandoDaily, moderated this panel. Ken Goldman CFO, Fortinet Jeff Jordan General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz Tony Zingale Chairman & CEO, Jive Software Dominic Orr President & CEO, Aruba Networks I linked to all three parts here: https://plus.google.com/111091089527727420853/posts/aTBmtCkKDM7
Power-packed VC panel talks about going IPO
What a panel discussion last night. First, Frank Quattrone Founder & CEO, Qatalyst Partners, came out and gave us a "state of going IPO" talk. That lasted for the first 26 minutes. Then Ari Levy, Technology Reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek came out and ran a panel discussion with: Sameer Gandhi Partner, Accel Partners Bill Gurley Partner, Benchmark Capital Jeff Jordan General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz Doug Leone Partner, Sequoia Capital From 27:00 to 50:28 we hear this VC panel discuss going public and what they are seeing.
Shufflr brings awesome social video app to iPad
Techcrunch: http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/05/shufflr-ipad/ GigaOm: http://gigaom.com/video/shufflr-ipad-app-ad-network/ have the details, but here's co-founder Rajnish showing off his app and why it's better than competitors ShowYou, Miso, and Squrl.
Andy Rachleff tells entrepreneurs "go public or go home"
OK, he didn't quite say that, but here Benchmark (famous Silicon Valley VC firm) co-founder and current CEO of Wealthfront, tells tech company executives why they should consider going public and talks about why that hasn't happened so much in the past decade. But now the barn doors are open, with LinkedIn, VMware, Rackspace, LinkedIn, Zynga, and soon Facebook, all going public within the past couple of years. Learn more about Wealthfront (a web service for managing your money) at http://wealthfront.com
Filemaker announces new lineup of database applications
Here Ryan Rosenberg, vice president, marketing and services, at FileMaker, introduces FileMaker 12 and FileMaker Go, which is free on iPad. New update. More details are on MacRumors site at http://www.macrumors.com/2012/04/04/filemaker-pro-12-adds-new-starter-solutions-and-broadens-ios-integration/ and on the Filemaker site at http://www.filemaker.com/products/filemaker-pro/whats-new.html
Extraordinary iPhone app shows you detail of houses you take photos of
This is pretty crazy. Use your iPhone to take a picture of any house and it shows you details about that house. I've tried it a few times and it's always been accurate. See the mind blowing technology behind it. Here the CEO, Guy Wolcott, shows it to me while walking down the street in front of my house. Gett it at http://www.sawbuck.com
Awesome collection of playlists, great way to listen to music on Songza
Songza is getting a lot of praise as a new way to listen to music. Why? Because they give you a collection of playlists for different times of your life. I've been using it and it's really great. Learn more at http://songza.com Here the founders Elias Roman and Elliott Breece show it to me.
James In A Mess
(My first 2011 movie) James thinks Toby and Henrietta are old and shabby, thus calling them dirty objects. Toby soon looses patience and asks James why he is painted red. James proudly announces that red is the only worthy colour for a spendid engine, who's paint would never get dirty -- until Toby reminds him of the incident with the bootlaces. James is deeply insulted, and is made crosser still when he learns that he must pull a 'slow goods' later that day. He bumps the trucks in fury, and they decide to get back at him. They push James down Gordon's hill and send him hurtling into a train of idle tar wagons standing in the goods yard. James' splendid red paint is splashed with tar, and he is most uncomfortable when Toby and Percy come to his rescue. Toby is rewarded with a new coat of paint for his assistance, and Henrietta is promised one too.
(My first 2011 movie) James thinks Toby and Henrietta are old and shabby, thus calling them dirty objects. Toby soon looses patience and asks James why he is painted red. James proudly announces that red is the only worthy colour for a spendid engine, who's paint would never get dirty -- until Toby reminds him of the incident with the bootlaces. James is deeply insulted, and is made crosser still when he learns that he must pull a 'slow goods' later that day. He bumps the trucks in fury, and they decide to get back at him. They push James down Gordon's hill and send him hurtling into a train of idle tar wagons standing in the goods yard. James' splendid red paint is splashed with tar, and he is most uncomfortable when Toby and Percy come to his rescue. Toby is rewarded with a new coat of paint for his assistance, and Henrietta is promised one too.
Steve Jobs and NeXT
Biography of the creation of NeXT, the Apple we know today.
Biography of the creation of NeXT, the Apple we know today.