New Generation Of Entrepreneurs Not Driven By Money Alone

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Next-generation DVD Driven By Two
Competing Standards

Next-generation DVD Driven By Two
Competing Standards 11/14/2003 11:28 AM

Code generation vs data driven
programming

Code generation vs data driven
programming 02/11/2004 01:24 AM

Via Ned Batchelder, this interview with pragmatic Dave Thomas on code generation closely reflects my own nascent thoughts on the issue:

CGN: What do think the future is for code generation?

Dave: I think that in the long term the larger code generation efforts, the "application generators," will become a thing of the past. They are there because the underlying technologies and architectures don't yet support programming at a high level. But I'm betting that languages such as Java and C++ will in the long term be seen as a curious branch in the evolution of computing. I'm hoping that somewhere out there some bright spark is coming up with a way of letting us write applications expressively and dynamically. Once this happens, the need for these kinds of code generators will diminish.

For example, I rarely (if ever) write a code generator that generates Ruby code: there's just no need, as Ruby is dynamic enough to let be do what I want without leaving the language.

In the shorter term, though, I think code generators of all kinds will continue to contribute significantly to the industry. Java and C# are both such stifling languages that you need to be able to use code generators to make them effective.

We considered using code generators for our current major project at work, and picked up Jack Herrington's book on the subject. Reading through it, it became clear that many of the problems that code generators solve can be tackled instead using data driven programming techniques made possible by dynamic languages. Since we had already settled on Python as our implementation language the need for code generation became far less apparent, and we ended up avoiding it entirely with the exception of a command line tool for passvely generating basic templates for our admin interface.

If I ever have to work with a less expressive language I'll certainly consider using a code generator (probably written in Python) to abstract away some some of the tedious repetition. As it is, Python's rich data structures and clean support for introspection provide an excellent alternative.

Musicians Making Lots Of Money, Money,
Money...

Musicians Making Lots Of Money, Money,
Money... 09/03/2004 02:40 PM
Jeremiah writes "Amidst the public ballyhoo about how rampant P2P piracy is costing the music business its very life (gasp! NO!), BMI announced it collected a record level of revenue and royalty payout to its artist members. From their press release: "BMI has reported revenues of $673 million for the 2004 fiscal year, an increase of nearly $43 million, 6.8% over the prior year. Royalties of more than $573 million were distributed to our songwriters, composers and music publishers, an increase of $40 million or 7.5% from the previous year, and the most ever paid by an American PRO." Another interesting tidbit: "During the period 1995-2004, BMI had an average annual revenue growth rate of 9%..." If I read this right, BMI has been reporting solid growth over the last nine years, which makes me question the industry's claims about P2P. Either P2P ate into their growth (not mentioned), they found a way to cope with it (plausible), or it may actually help music sales. Whatever. Reminds me a bit of a spec I did for a life-insurance company's radio ad: Money , Money, Money (mp3 file)."

Money 2005: Microsoft Unveils Simplified
Approach to Financial Management and
Helps People Make Sense of Their Money

Money 2005: Microsoft Unveils Simplified
Approach to Financial Management and
Helps People Make Sense of Their Money 09/21/2004 08:41 AM
Marking the largest development effort for Microsoft(R) Money since the personal finance software was launched 13 years ago, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced Microsoft Money 2005 Premium, Deluxe, Standard and Small Business. Completely rebuilt to simplify daily financial tasks, Money 2005 is designed to answer the growing number of consumer requests for a simple solution that addresses the three primary areas of financial concern: tracking account balances, monitoring spending and paying bills. Consumers today have less time than ever to spend managing their finances, which has contributed to the number of American households banking online -- due to its convenience and efficiency -- reaching nearly 33 million.(1) Money 2005 builds on this trend by helping people access all their accounts in one place and providing automated tools that reduce or eliminate the manual entry required by traditional personal finance software.

Resources for Entrepreneurs

Resources for Entrepreneurs 11/06/2003 05:16 AM
Resources for Entrepreneurs - The Harold Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
http: //www.anderson.ucla.edu/research/esc/EntrResour.html

The Harold Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, a recognized leader in entrepreneurial education and research, oversees all teaching, research, extracurricular, and community activities related to entrepreneurship at the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA. Working closely with its Board of Advisors, the Price Center's goal is to provide a set of academic and extracurricular experiences that advance both the theory and practice of entrepreneurship. An excellent resource list for entrepreneurs.

Process entrepreneurs

Process entrepreneurs 11/18/2003 11:34 AM
For decades, the IT industry has sold its wares to computer systems experts. Now, at last, its products are maturing, ...

UK warms to entrepreneurs

UK warms to entrepreneurs 08/10/2004 05:37 AM
Small biz, big kudos

Guerrilla Entrepreneurs

Guerrilla Entrepreneurs 03/28/2005 08:09 AM
Interestingly, the Pentagon is slowly starting to realize that the boiling Iraqi insurgency is closely connected to criminal activity (this shift likely manufactured the story in the Times below). More is available from the Was hington Times:

A Pentagon official said the more that intelligence agencies analyze the insurgency, the clearer it becomes that a large part is criminal, not nationalistic. 

"We have always realized there was a criminal element in the insurgency that wasn't driven by devotion to Saddam. The numbers may be higher than we first estimated," the official said.

I am still convinced that they don't know what this means.  This insurgency and other global insurgencies continue to confound and confuse our analysts.  For more, see Guerrilla Entrepreneurs.

"Pure Entrepreneurs"

"Pure Entrepreneurs" 12/27/2004 03:50 PM
Scott Kirsner has a good piece in the Boston Globe appreciating "pure entrepreneurs" who go ahead and build stuff without asking for funding or permission. One of those he cites is my friend Pito Salas who is creating BlogBridge, an aggregator with lots of potential, currently in alpha. He also points to Paul Cosway who is working on what sounds like a very cool, portable Internet radio, called "Radeo." And he interviews Dan Bricklin and Bill Warner (Avid). Three cheers for pure entrepreneurs! BTW, I don't know Paul Cosway, but I can attest that Pito Salas is not "loopy" (which...

Kidnapping Entrepreneurs in Iraq

Kidnapping Entrepreneurs in Iraq 03/28/2005 08:09 AM
NYT.  The kidnapping business in Iraq.  Scattered anecdotal evidence suggests that the epidemic of kidnapping, especially of children, is a force like no other in driving from Iraq the educated professionals who are critically needed for the rebuilding of the country. As stoic as Iraqis often are about the perils they face in their daily lives, kidnapping contributes to the national sense of instability and fuels mutual distrust - particularly because many kidnappings rely on people close to the target who pass information on net worth, daily habits and other matters of interest to hostage takers.

Technology makes it easier:

A profusion of mobile phones and SIM cards - memory chips for the phones - sold throughout Iraq from small and often unregistered shops made tracing calls from sophisticated kidnappers all but impossible, Colonel Faisel said. And he said that for all their help, American military and intelligence officials in Iraq had been slow to share surveillance technology that could aid the Iraqis in nailing the callers.

A highly decentralized business:

At least three different groups of kidnapping entrepreneurs became involved in his case, he said, the one that kidnapped him, another that guarded the container, and a third that tortured him periodically with steel-bristled brushes. The third group bargained with the first group to "purchase" him.

Entrepreneurs Set Their Sights on Flight

Entrepreneurs Set Their Sights on Flight 03/29/2005 11:37 PM
Air-taxi service is being built around a new class of aircraft that has benefited from the involvement and investment of tech industry executives; still others are pursuing independent efforts to build manned spacecraft.

Great entrepreneurs and the Blogosphere

Great entrepreneurs and the Blogosphere 08/02/2004 10:40 PM

Dave Sifry and Greg Reinacker are just like me.

If somebody bad mouthed my product, like I did theirs this morning - I'd be all over them like a sticky t-shirt in a hot muggy NYC afternoon.

So I just got off the phone with Mr. Technorati - who straightened me out about my watchlist URL (pointing to my old blog address) and Mr. NewsGator who earlier slapped me around for wrong RSS 1.0 feeds which don't include URLs.

Duh! My bad! Sorry guys! This is my official apology I owe you joints. Or Vodka Gimlets. Or large piles of Spare Ribs.

I had never used a RSS 1.0 feed before, being an XML, old school, Radio kind of guy and between that - and losing my WYSIWYG editing - I've been a cat out of water.

Or a hippo in a rat pack. Or some other sort of weirdo metaphor.

So now my Technorati is rocking and I'm tuned back into who is talking about me and what - and I'm amassing huge stock piles of juicy feeds and learning mroe to sync up my NewsGator.

So in one sense - I had been spoiled - by Paolo and Matt and the eVectors team - and by Radio's simplicty and cleanliness of design.

It's not that MT is badly desigend - it's just that it's for gfeeks. Even TypePad is for geeks. But until I can ship some code that radically changes all this - I'm just gonna shut up and focus on taking baby steps.

Basic DLAs. Basic value added funtionality to humans. Like better nav, integrated designs, coolio UIs. The big stuff comes later.

And for now - I got my Technorati BACK - YAH!

And a rocking aggregator.

Now let's see - how do I set up this Moveable Poster thingie.......

Where Entrepreneurs Go and the Internet
Is Free

Where Entrepreneurs Go and the Internet
Is Free 06/07/2004 01:08 AM
New York Times Jun 7 2004 5:51AM GMT

Tax Tips for Online Entrepreneurs

Tax Tips for Online Entrepreneurs 12/27/2004 07:25 PM
Entrepreneur.com Dec 27 2004 10:29PM GMT

Entrepreneurs Who Don't Want Venture
Capital

Entrepreneurs Who Don't Want Venture
Capital 12/08/2003 04:41 AM
It seems like every few months a story just like this one show up somewhere about entrepreneurs (usually ones who have gone through the process before) are starting new companies without venture capital. The reporter (like in most of these articles) tries to make it out like this is a big conflict between those who "know better" and the venture capitalists. The truth seems quite different - and the story isn't supported by any of the actual quotes. Certainly there are entrepreneurs who get screwed by VCs, and there are many who go into the process the first time without realizing what they're giving up when they accept VC cash. However, the truth is that many businesses (and certain entrepreneurs) aren't right for VC money. Understanding what VCs are looking for, and what the process is like is important for anyone raising money. Then the entrepreneur can make the right decision about the best way to move forward. Sometimes that's with VC cash and sometimes it isn't. Everyone quoted in the article seems to understand that, but that's not as interesting a story for the paper. What would be better is if the press stopped making the implicit assumption that to do a startup you need to raise venture money - and that the companies that raise more money are the automatic powerhouses.

Entrepreneurs: Don't Second-Guess your
First Impression

Entrepreneurs: Don't Second-Guess your
First Impression 04/18/2005 02:24 AM
Attention entrepreneurs- while you're trimming costs and allocating precious cash to build your company's infrastructure, you may be neglecting a vital area: your logo. Charlotte, NC marketing firm Asterisk Creative has created brand identities for over 20 firms since 2001. Their nationally-recognized design team discusses how to create a logo that makes the right impression right away. [PRWEB Apr 18, 2005]

Web site offers help to entrepreneurs

Web site offers help to entrepreneurs 04/11/2005 07:55 AM
Chicago Tribune Apr 11 2005 11:46AM GMT

Show Me The Money - Microsoft Money Vs.
Quicken

Show Me The Money - Microsoft Money Vs.
Quicken 07/03/2004 08:57 AM

How Home-Based Business Entrepreneurs
Think

How Home-Based Business Entrepreneurs
Think 06/22/2004 02:13 PM
WebDevInfo Jun 22 2004 4:41PM GMT

Networking, Business Models and
Entrepreneurs

Networking, Business Models and
Entrepreneurs 05/05/2004 03:48 PM
Knowledge@Wharton has a fresh article on social networking business models. I'm quoted a couple of times, its a nice piece. Particularly this simple point about what's new: According to Wharton marketing professor Peter Fader, networking services may succeed where a...

Entrepreneurs reaching realty niches
through the Net

Entrepreneurs reaching realty niches
through the Net 12/26/2004 02:53 PM
Chicago Tribune Dec 26 2004 6:12PM GMT

Adventi founder up for entrepreneurs
award

Adventi founder up for entrepreneurs
award 12/04/2003 10:49 AM
Scotsman Online Dec 4 2003 10:27AM ET

Search Engine Considerations for
Entrepreneurs: Things You May ...

Search Engine Considerations for
Entrepreneurs: Things You May ... 12/12/2003 07:47 PM
When Google changed their ranking algorithms a few weeks ago, it threw both the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) industry and the entrepreneurial community ...

Traits and Skills of Successful Internet
Entrepreneurs

Traits and Skills of Successful Internet
Entrepreneurs 04/01/2005 05:36 PM
Business Knowledge Source Apr 1 2005 9:22PM GMT

America's 25 Most Fascinating
Entrepreneurs: Steve Jobs

America's 25 Most Fascinating
Entrepreneurs: Steve Jobs 04/16/2004 09:09 PM
I've spent 27 years talking to, writing about, and watching Steve Jobs. And I have to say he has the best taste in product design, the best abaility as a one-on-one technical manager, and the greatest skill at making the rest of us want to buy stuff we don't strictly need of any American industralist, ever. By Robert X. Cringely, Inc.com (via MyAppleMenu)

Idea for Online Networking Brings Two
Entrepreneurs Together

Idea for Online Networking Brings Two
Entrepreneurs Together 12/02/2003 01:44 AM
New York Times Dec 1 2003 1:50AM ET

Full or Part Time
Webmasters/Entrepreneurs

Full or Part Time
Webmasters/Entrepreneurs 06/29/2004 03:26 PM
Seems to be a real mix of SEO's with their own sites these days. Did the big Optimization-come-SEA (Search Engine Advertising) switch impact people *that* much?

Business tools: Amsterdam website
provides a kickstart for entrepreneurs

Business tools: Amsterdam website
provides a kickstart for entrepreneurs 02/14/2004 09:07 PM
Sunday Times Feb 15 2004 1:14AM GMT

Fear grips US over India's high-tech
entrepreneurs

Fear grips US over India's high-tech
entrepreneurs 08/10/2004 05:03 AM
ExpressIndia.com Aug 10 2004 9:02AM GMT

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Unveils Site for Young Entrepreneurs

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Unveils Site for Young Entrepreneurs 05/31/2004 07:05 PM
The U.S. Small Business Administration has unveiled a new Web site designed to help young entrepreneurs start and run their own businesses. Explore the site for excellent sources of information on legal issues you may need to address when starting a business or link up with youth organizations working in the field of youth entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneurs teach other startups
lessons learned from online venture

Entrepreneurs teach other startups
lessons learned from online venture 12/31/2004 09:07 AM
Pittsburgh.bizjournals.com - Fri Dec 31, 10:46 am GMT

Hard money, the new soft money

Hard money, the new soft money 06/29/2004 02:04 PM

Ancient Maya Entrepreneurs Made Salt,
Study Finds (Reuters)

Ancient Maya Entrepreneurs Made Salt,
Study Finds (Reuters) 04/05/2005 09:18 AM
Reuters - Ancient Mayan entrepreneurs working along the coast of what is now Belize distilled salt from seawater and paddled it to inland cities in canoes, all without government control, researchers reported on Monday.

Driven

Driven 10/28/2003 11:09 PM
In the mad rush of the announcements of this week and the excitement building for the Panther release, I've completely...

Female Website Owner “Gives Back” With
New Round of Amber Grants to Women
Entrepreneurs

Female Website Owner “Gives Back” With
New Round of Amber Grants to Women
Entrepreneurs 06/08/2004 02:59 AM
Popular web site for women entrepreneurs returns, with new round of Grants for women business owners and start-ups. [PRWEB Jun 8, 2004]

Test-Driven

Test-Driven 07/05/2004 10:23 PM

I started reading Kent Beck's Test-Driven Development: By Example over the weekend.  Tim Bray menti oned the book a while back and his impression of TDD differed from mine so I figured I was overlooking something.  Boy, I sure was.

I thought TDD (Test-Driven Development) was just development with a strong emphasis on tests.  It's more than that.  What threw me off was the word 'development' which encompasses the entire development process including design, implemention, evolution, etc.  The core gem of an idea behind TDD impacts the design phase most heavily and it's uncovered in rather tedious detail by Kent Beck.  Tedious yet startling is what I felt.

The simple idea is this:

Design software by writing tests first.

By 'software', I mean services, frameworks, modules, components, and objects.

Since tests are written before the module being tested is written, the experience of writing of the test drives the module's designing process.  More importantly, you are looking at the API, of the module being designed, from the API client's perspective.  Net result is higher quality API design.

While TDD during the design process is enough of a benefit for engineers to put into use immediately, TDD has problems because test cases are software and there are maintenance cost associated with them.  Having a tool like Eclipse helps but much more is needed to help the engineers document the tests, keep track of them, and reuse as needed.

I think a visual tool that lets engineers drag and drop tests into test suites for various purposes like release testing, runtime testing, diagnostic testing is essential.  TDD also encourages refactoring through out the development process which calls for more flexible source control system than CVS.

Digital UK driven by net and TV

Digital UK driven by net and TV 03/22/2005 04:30 PM
Britain's take-up of digital TV and broadband makes it the fourth 'most digital' European nation, says a report.

Computer-driven shoe

Computer-driven shoe 04/02/2005 04:39 AM
The Province Apr 2 2005 8:03AM GMT

SRI in a Performance Driven Market

SRI in a Performance Driven Market 12/02/2003 01:35 AM
marcus evans Nov 27 2003 7:15AM ET
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