Most people who start companies these days don’t seem to really want to create lasting ones, the types that will still be around in fifteen years or more. Most entrepreneurs seem to be more focused on getting their startup acquired by a bigger company as quickly as possible, for as much as possible. And maybeRead… Read more »
Just a few weeks ago I thought to myself, “I should really start posting to this blog every day.” Almost as soon as I had that thought, the number of things vying for my attention during the week, and the number of hours I need to spend on them, went through the roof. And I’veRead… Read more »
I’ve been downloading and trying out a bunch of new apps lately. In most cases I realize as soon as I try them that I probably wont ever bother opening them again. That’s not anything against the service per se, it’s just that there’s that big hump you have to get over to use anRead… Read more »
This is something I was thinking about yesterday on my way back from a meeting. Most people, when they start a startup, or go into any new idea, go about it in this order: 1. They come up with an idea. 2. They evaluate whether the timing is right. 3. They set about building aRead… Read more »
Last weekend at TranspoCamp East, I met David Mahfouda, co-founder of Weeels. Weeels is a Brooklyn-based taxi-sharing service that launched a year ago. To use it, you just tell the system where you are, where you want to go, and when, and it matches you with a rider going your way. The two (or more)Read… Read more »
Last Friday it was announced that Outside.in, the site I co-founded along with Steven Johnson and Cory Forsyth in 2006-2007, was being acquired by AOL, to be rolled into their ever-growing news division, which now includes Huffington Post and Patch (and will soon include more it seems). It’s great news obviously, and I couldn’t beRead… Read more »
I was writing that last post so quickly because I had to run out that I wrote something and ran right past it, without pausing to think about it: I think we’re looking at a major disruption of the way transportation works in the next several years. Did I say that? Yes I did –Read… Read more »
This weekend is TransportationCamp East, a two-day unconference in NYC about urban transportation and technology. In leading up to the (un)conference, I’ve been doing some thinking about what the future of transportation in urban areas is, or should be. (See Microtransportation is the Future of Getting Around in Cities, Want to Revolutionize Traffic? Open aRead… Read more »