Posts Tagged ‘entrepreneurs’

I will resume posting on my other blog, Pajama Entrepreneur, about tech and entrepreneurship. I realized that dumping my tech obsessions into this blog together with food and shoe obsessions, was not a good idea. So, from now on, check out www.pjentrepreneur.com for posts on Wi-Fi, gadgets, Web 2.0, etc.

Here’s an excerpt from a post on Marc Andreessen’s blog about the rise of Hollywood owner-entrepreneurs who don’t need the old studio system to bring their works to the public: “The world is about to change,” Frank says. “Anyone with an Apple computer can make a movie now — it’s never been a more democratic [...]

Check out this series of interviews with entrepreneurs on the NPR website. The series is called From Scratch. I enjoyed the interview with Alice Waters, founder of Chez Panisse (the famous Berkeley restaurant), and champion of “Slow Food”, good eating, organic farming, and enjoying food in the company of friends.

The Silicon Valley Business Journal reports: “Investors directed at least $464.2 million into 101 Web 2.0 deals worldwide in the first half of the year, according to a report released Monday . . . Overall, the number of global Web 2.0 deals climbed 14 percent in the first half, the report said — but the [...]

It’s 2007 and by now, things should have changed, especially in this part of the world – “progressive” Europe that likes to look down on those backward Americans and unwashed Third Worlders with weird ideologies. But check out this video and the Financial Times stories about Seedcamp. Who do you see? Men, men and more [...]