We have everything but enough power supply for enhanced mobility. Capire Micropower, a startup that manufactures an engine-on-a-chip power supply could be an answer. Mint.com founder, Aaron Patzer, has made angel investment to Capire. Read following article on NYT at http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=692407&f=97
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CIO Summit in NYC
Recently, I spoke at the CIO Summit in NYC organized by Alpha Institutes. Various institutions and family offices were there and shared different perspectives on the market and their current allocations.
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What’s your hook?
I had interesting conversation with two entrepreneurs for their new venture. Vague product concept often kills the project. Though, we concluded that there were always “hooks” for those successful social network companies that have attracted millions of users. Productizing is the art of creating “hook” and monetizing out of “measurable” user behavior.
Great entrepreneurs never sell…
Every single business activity we handle daily basis is always involved with some sorts of sales. To a great extent, persuasion is very similar with sales. I love entrepreneurs who are great marketers and natural sales men. One of senior executives working at Sun told me the other day “great sales men never sell.” Great entrepreneurs never get rude or over-sell. Though. They can still make other people to change and make a move.
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King Sejong and the 5/5/10 rule
King Sejong is the most innovative king of Chosun dynasty, who pioneered a number of practical creations such as Hangeul, Korean alphabets. King Sejong was a hard-working man. He was under a very tight schedule, so-called “5/5/10” rule, spending 5 hours for sleep, 5 hours for study, and 10 hours for work. That way he was able to achieve so many great things even if he had such a big job to run his kingdom.
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Noble Ambition 