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Two And A Half Wireless Carriers (And What To Do About It)
Albert Wenger – Mar 22, 2011
I wrote about innovation on Android yesterday and today there is already more reason to write about innovation in mobile. This time the news is decidedly mixed. On the plus side, Amazon has opened their Android App Store (despite Apple [...] Read more
Heyzap and Innovation on Android
Albert Wenger – Mar 21, 2011
Much as I admire the well rounded user experience on an iPhone (leaving notifications aside), there are some kinds of innovation that simply aren’t possible on the iPhone today, as it doesn’t let developers hook in deeply enough. One example [...] Read more
NY Times Pay Fence and Kickstarter
Albert Wenger – Mar 18, 2011
Yesterday, the New York Times announced its long awaited pay fence. Today, we announced our investment in Kickstarter. These two represent different models for sustaining efforts that are socially important but are having their previous financial models disrupted by the [...] Read more
Japan and Long Tail Risk
Albert Wenger – Mar 16, 2011
On the flight back from Austin yesterday I started writing a longish post about SXSW. But as the news kept pouring in about the escalation of the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant I found myself less and less [...] Read more
Excited about #4sq3
Albert Wenger – Mar 9, 2011
foursquare rolled out version 3.0 last night. Dennis and the team have a terrific post that explains all that is new and different. While I am excited about the new leaderboards and specials 2.0, I am most looking forward to [...] Read more
Innovation in Education
Albert Wenger – Mar 7, 2011
Today, President Obama will visit TechBoston Academy together with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Melinda Gates. The President is likely to renew his call for more innovation in education, with initiatives such as the creation of a federal education [...] Read more
Strategy and Tactics (and SEO)
Albert Wenger – Mar 7, 2011
Weekends seem to bring with them at least one or two good blog debates. This last one was no different with Chris Dixon’s post titled “SEO is no longer a viable marketing strategy for startups” and Danny Sullivan’s response “SEO [...] Read more
The Linear Interpolation Fallacy
Albert Wenger – Mar 4, 2011
As believers in the singularity are quick (and right) to point out, we don’t do very well as humans when it comes to understanding exponential growth. This is not a new insight as we can see from the much older [...] Read more
More Net Neutrality Madness
Albert Wenger – Mar 3, 2011
Net neutrality is a recurring topic on this blog. The latest attack on the ideas behind net neutrality comes from Speaker John Boehner in a speech given to a group called the “National Religious Broadcasters.” The speech is a master [...] Read more