Startup company

  • Re-start

    When I read up on Relay (grocery delivery), I can’t help admiring the tenacity and tag line (Think Outside of the Bag). After all, the article did mention dot.com bust (Webvan). Something about our shopping habit, running errand etc… despite the high gas price. It’s a disconnect we allow ourselves to fall into: think hard…

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  • Vincent Cerf is a case in point. He is perhaps the oldest employee at young Google. Before that, a lifer at MCI. But you need someone who has been there, done that. Who could connect the dots (or see them at all). Start-ups got money and the juice. Most of, start-ups got the goods and…

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  • V for valley

    Silicon Valley that is. Palo Alto. The hype, the anticipation and burst. Dream and dread. It’s here for the taking. You game? Pine trees and even banana trees. Years ago, one would see Vietnamese technicians and Indian engineers. Now, the work is mostly outsourced and off shored. The design and creative work are still here. But…

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