Comments for I, Cringely http://www.cringely.com Cringely on technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:20:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on The Cringely 2010 (Not in Silicon Valley) Startup Tour by Ade T http://www.cringely.com/2010/02/the-cringely-2010-not-in-silicon-valley-startup-tour/comment-page-1/#comment-13262 Ade T Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:20:29 +0000 http://www.cringely.com/?p=1398#comment-13262 This is a great idea, I look forward to seeing this on TV and I wish you the best of luck! This is a great idea, I look forward to seeing this on TV and I wish you the best of luck!

]]> Comment on The Cringely 2010 (Not in Silicon Valley) Startup Tour by Mark http://www.cringely.com/2010/02/the-cringely-2010-not-in-silicon-valley-startup-tour/comment-page-1/#comment-13261 Mark Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:48:49 +0000 http://www.cringely.com/?p=1398#comment-13261 I am looking forward to it! Good luck Bob. I am looking forward to it! Good luck Bob.

]]> Comment on The Cringely 2010 (Not in Silicon Valley) Startup Tour by Charles Moorehead http://www.cringely.com/2010/02/the-cringely-2010-not-in-silicon-valley-startup-tour/comment-page-1/#comment-13260 Charles Moorehead Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:37:32 +0000 http://www.cringely.com/?p=1398#comment-13260 Say, Bob -- did you say that shameless promotion is a good idea? What I need is for some people to click on my name and give me feedback about my website. I bet visitors can find something that needs improving. Along the way, they may come across quite a few great ideas to start a small business and improve their life, really! Yes, I am utterly shameless. Say, Bob — did you say that shameless promotion is a good idea? What I need is for some people to click on my name and give me feedback about my website. I bet visitors can find something that needs improving. Along the way, they may come across quite a few great ideas to start a small business and improve their life, really!

Yes, I am utterly shameless.

]]> Comment on The Cringely 2010 (Not in Silicon Valley) Startup Tour by Robert X. Cringely http://www.cringely.com/2010/02/the-cringely-2010-not-in-silicon-valley-startup-tour/comment-page-1/#comment-13258 Robert X. Cringely Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:40:28 +0000 http://www.cringely.com/?p=1398#comment-13258 That's absolutely true. A lot of startups barely start. Some ooze to life. Some are started before the founders even realize. Motivations and methods vary but it's my guess that we'll find these people hungry for information that can help their businesses, which is why Kauffman will be along for the ride. The Foundation of Entrepreneurship wants nothing more than for entrepreneurs to succeed and they send $100 million per year helping them do so. None of that money, by the way, is coming to me. MY project is strictly self-supporting. That’s absolutely true. A lot of startups barely start. Some ooze to life. Some are started before the founders even realize. Motivations and methods vary but it’s my guess that we’ll find these people hungry for information that can help their businesses, which is why Kauffman will be along for the ride. The Foundation of Entrepreneurship wants nothing more than for entrepreneurs to succeed and they send $100 million per year helping them do so. None of that money, by the way, is coming to me. MY project is strictly self-supporting.

]]> Comment on The Cringely 2010 (Not in Silicon Valley) Startup Tour by Robert X. Cringely http://www.cringely.com/2010/02/the-cringely-2010-not-in-silicon-valley-startup-tour/comment-page-1/#comment-13257 Robert X. Cringely Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:36:47 +0000 http://www.cringely.com/?p=1398#comment-13257 All companies start small, so "startup" is a perfectly valid term to use. It sounds like you are pushing the idea of small companies that deliberately stay small. If the company is a car wash, I'm not interested. If it produces intellectual property I AM interested, no matter what the size. I'm looking right now at a two-man company that makes $35 million per year. Not bad..... Be ready to nominate your favorites. All companies start small, so “startup” is a perfectly valid term to use. It sounds like you are pushing the idea of small companies that deliberately stay small. If the company is a car wash, I’m not interested. If it produces intellectual property I AM interested, no matter what the size. I’m looking right now at a two-man company that makes $35 million per year. Not bad…..

Be ready to nominate your favorites.

]]> Comment on The Cringely 2010 (Not in Silicon Valley) Startup Tour by Robert X. Cringely http://www.cringely.com/2010/02/the-cringely-2010-not-in-silicon-valley-startup-tour/comment-page-1/#comment-13256 Robert X. Cringely Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:33:54 +0000 http://www.cringely.com/?p=1398#comment-13256 There ARE startups everywhere, they just don't get as much attention outside of the tech capitals. We'll explore that in this series. And if I do my job right, like any other successful reality show, this has a chance of continuing for several years. As a nation we really need to celebrate our entrepreneurs, and not by watching MBAs put on golf tournaments for Donald Trump. There ARE startups everywhere, they just don’t get as much attention outside of the tech capitals. We’ll explore that in this series. And if I do my job right, like any other successful reality show, this has a chance of continuing for several years. As a nation we really need to celebrate our entrepreneurs, and not by watching MBAs put on golf tournaments for Donald Trump.

]]> Comment on The Cringely 2010 (Not in Silicon Valley) Startup Tour by Robert X. Cringely http://www.cringely.com/2010/02/the-cringely-2010-not-in-silicon-valley-startup-tour/comment-page-1/#comment-13255 Robert X. Cringely Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:30:43 +0000 http://www.cringely.com/?p=1398#comment-13255 No. I use better grammar for one. And this is a far more ambitious project than Scoble has ever done. His startup coverage is haphazard while this is organized. His is handheld while I have two complete camera crews shooting in HD. I like to think my show will come to a deeper understanding, too, of where we are and where we ought to be going. No. I use better grammar for one. And this is a far more ambitious project than Scoble has ever done. His startup coverage is haphazard while this is organized. His is handheld while I have two complete camera crews shooting in HD. I like to think my show will come to a deeper understanding, too, of where we are and where we ought to be going.

]]> Comment on The Cringely 2010 (Not in Silicon Valley) Startup Tour by Robert X. Cringely http://www.cringely.com/2010/02/the-cringely-2010-not-in-silicon-valley-startup-tour/comment-page-1/#comment-13254 Robert X. Cringely Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:27:18 +0000 http://www.cringely.com/?p=1398#comment-13254 Self-nominations will be encouraged, Joe. Shameless promotion is what this is all about. Self-nominations will be encouraged, Joe. Shameless promotion is what this is all about.

]]> Comment on The Cringely 2010 (Not in Silicon Valley) Startup Tour by Robert X. Cringely http://www.cringely.com/2010/02/the-cringely-2010-not-in-silicon-valley-startup-tour/comment-page-1/#comment-13253 Robert X. Cringely Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:26:07 +0000 http://www.cringely.com/?p=1398#comment-13253 I don't think the categories I mentioned preclude education, which is an area in which any of these technologies could be applied. I don’t think the categories I mentioned preclude education, which is an area in which any of these technologies could be applied.

]]> Comment on The Cringely 2010 (Not in Silicon Valley) Startup Tour by Robert X. Cringely http://www.cringely.com/2010/02/the-cringely-2010-not-in-silicon-valley-startup-tour/comment-page-1/#comment-13252 Robert X. Cringely Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:24:31 +0000 http://www.cringely.com/?p=1398#comment-13252 Good ideas are not enough. This project requires people who are taking actual risks with real money and their own reputations. Good ideas are not enough. This project requires people who are taking actual risks with real money and their own reputations.

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