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Thoughts on The Sale of GiftWorks 27 Aug 2013 | 04:10 am
A week ago FrontStream announced that it had acquired Mission Research, makers of GiftWorks (the company had changed its name to GiftWorks so that's how I'll refer to it herein). I'll try to carve ou...
The New Next Thing: BigLeap 23 Aug 2013 | 04:37 pm
I've been working on something with my friend and now co-founder Victor Cho. Forbes blogger sums it up nicely. BigLeap is a platform for changemakers (someone who sees a problem or issue and is willi...
GiftWorks/Mission Research Picked up by Frontstream 20 Aug 2013 | 01:49 am
I'll blog about this later today or tomorrow. Here's the link to the news. It was a good outcome all around, and I'm happy to see the potential given the FirstGiving integration.
Jobs Didn't Change How the World Works 13 Aug 2013 | 08:32 am
We hear this all the time: Steve Jobs changed the world. Ok. I see that. I'm a Mac now after 2 decades of being a PC. I owned iPhone 1 and 3, and had an iPad. But Jobs didn't really change the world...
Heat 15 Jul 2013 | 06:45 pm
Wow. I really can't take the East Coast in July. I just got back from the gardens and wow...it was hot and humid at 80 degrees. Today it will hit 95. Now, that's not terrible like last year's 101, o...
Lancaster app: Everlapse 12 Jul 2013 | 02:05 am
Well, Everlapse is an app from startup SeeSaw.co, which is based in SF but co-founder Kyle lives in Lancaster and came up with the idea. Awesome little thing... http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/11/ever...
Authentic Conversation 30 Jun 2013 | 03:39 am
When I think through the people I know from Startup Lancaster, some strike me as authentic and open, and others as constantly posturing. Always on. I get that--I've been there. You don't want to sho...
Specs 25 Jun 2013 | 10:13 pm
When I design an app, I think about it a lot before I do anything. I might be labeled as not methodical, but this is actually a methodical approach. I start really wide. I think about it, talk about ...
I, Fashionisto 25 Jun 2013 | 12:28 am
Yes, I've finally become a fashion blogger. And this is the fashion post. I'm cringing already. It's a literally hot week for meetings. And with weather like this, you have to wonder what the appropr...
New Startup 18 Jun 2013 | 05:53 pm
I was driving to an auction of a horse farm about 8 weeks ago to hopefully find something worthwhile for the community gardens, when a friend called to tell me about his idea. My initial and subseque...
