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Archive for April, 2008

09 Apr

Energy: Produce Locally, Invest Globally

Given current global energy economics and a weak dollar, it’s no surprise that Europeans are investing in US wind, solar and other alternative energy companies. In summary:
E.On, one of Europe’s biggest power companies, said Thursday it will invest the lion’s share of its renewable-energy budget in the U.S. Why is that, given that Germany is [...]

07 Apr

The Age of Global Innovation

C.K. Prahalad is a respected author and professor at Michigan’s Ross School of Business. He and co-author M.S. Krishnan are promoting their new book, The Age of Innovation, in several ways, including a speaking tour and a blog in partnership with Information Week.
Their central thesis is “n=1, r=g.”  N=1 means that you’ve got to [...]

04 Apr

Quick Hits

Here are some interesting stories I saw this week, and why…

Industry Standard: 10 ‘Net Services that Will Succeed and 10 That Probably Won’t.  A new set of choices for the new new new new new thing, most of which I hadn’t heard about yet, and some harsh knocks on buzz darlings Second Life, Zillow, Twitter [...]

02 Apr

Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship

My long-time co-conspirator and current business partner Kevin Johansen wrote a good column last fall that got picked up recently at Entrepreneur.com.
He highlights how the tools at the core of the Entreprenurial Standards Forum provide a statistically-based gap analysis for entrepreneurs.
Data generally finds its way into a database through the application of a mix of [...]

02 Apr

Join The Mars Mission with Branson, Page and Brin

Really. I don’t think they’re joking. (edited to add: it turns out, of course, that they are joking. I was fooled on April 1.  Turns out they’re well known for this.)
Virgin and Google have teamed up to send a team of people to Mars “within the next 20 years.”
See for yourself.
This is some [...]

01 Apr

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