Brian Oberkirch
Brian Oberkirch, a web entrepreneur based in Louisiana, joins Chip to talk about the high-tech startup environment outside of Silicon Valley.
If you read this space regularly, you know that I’m a bit of a data nerd. I love statistics, charts, and all sorts of quantitative analysis. I probably trust my gut feel more than numbers in the end, but I like to absorb the numbers to fuel my thinking. So it was with great interest…
The sheer size of the annual Consumer Electronics Show makes it a spectacle to behold. Company “booths” can cost millions of dollars to create and seem to consume as much floor space as a football field. One can spend hours walking the show floor only to discover that the surface has barely been scratched. For…
I really want to like the New York Times iPad app. You see, I have taken to really liking the iPad as my primary reading tool. I read books on it (mostly with the Kindle app). I read magazines (mostly with Zinio, but also a handful of publication-specific apps). I read newspapers (like the Wall…
In a nation often obsessed by the notion of personal privacy, especially as it relates to health care, what are entrepreneurs to do when they face serious health questions? When the outcome of an executive’s medical situation may affect employees, investors, business partners, or customers, should the individual share information. If so, how much?
Holly Hughes, editor of the popular Best Food Writing annual book series, discussed how she got involved with the project and her thoughts on modern food writing.
The current credit and equity crisis is bad, but it has been made worse because too many people unwisely buy high and sell low.