Bill Gates said if he could have just ONE WISH, it would be this. Ted Turner said if we don’t do something about it that we’re going to start eating each other. John Doerr, a prominent investor said he feared for what his daughter was going to inherit if it wasn’t fixed and he cried…
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Mark Cuban And The Art Of Pivoting
I used to talk to Mark Cuban once a week or so. He might not know me now but in 2001, we were frequent email friends. I had met a guy named Jim Griffin. He started a listserv called Pho. Pho was all about the entertainment business. Books, music, movies and TV. It was a…
How To Go From Hero To Zero In 2.4 Seconds
I had 15,000 fans of my radio talk show on Facebook. I was popular. Everyone knew me. I was on TV all the time. The news mostly. I ran the largest entertainment venue in southwest Florida. Hosted the largest and most out of control parties anyone could ever imagine this side of Mardi Gras. Thousands…
From 01-07-2007 – VCs Plus Record Labels Equal Failure
SUNDAY, JANUARY 07, 2007 VC’s + Record Labels = Failure It’s astounding to me that VC’s are set up just like record labels are – To fail “most of the time”. What kind of business does that? Build themselves in a way that it’s expected you will fail 90% of the time? People with money,…
From 01-01-2007 – Bubble, Blubble, … Geez.
Bubble, Bubble,…Geez. Michael Arrington over at TechCrunch has a post entitled “Bubble, Bubble, Bubble” in which he says he believes we’re not in a bubble with Web 2.0. I agree, and disagee. This isn’t a bubble, this is an extention of Web 1.0 with much cooler heads at the helm and cheaper infrastructure. But still……
From 01-01-2007 – Web 2.0 Bites The Big One (Someday)
Web 2.0 Bites the Big One (someday) It’s funny to look back on your life. This page was a political page where I wrote all manor of prognostications (over 150) on the heavy subjects of the day, and quickly grew bored. I deleted every one of those post when I decided to utilize this space…
From 12-11-2003 — Greats In American History
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2003 Greats in American History Bob Bartley, former Editor of the Wall Street Journal passed away recently. He has joined another great mind, Charles M. Shultz, at the big “Common Sense Think Tank” in the sky. These two men were the epitome of what was right and good about America. Both men,…