Category Archives: Business

Everyone can program BUGs

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Chris Zach

This post isn’t about the democritization of programming bugs in software. That’s already easy to do. Let me know you how quickly I can bring down my own WordPress installation with just a couple pecks on the delete key in … Continue reading →

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Comment: In-Game Advertising Starts To Drift | Epicenter from Wired.com

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Chris Zach

Statistics like: “Pew Internet and American Life Project reported that 53 percent of American adults play video games of some kind” are just the kind of figures that lead to ridiculous venture capital funding mistakes. The number doesn’t tell me … Continue reading →

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Will Facebook Acquire Twitter Already?

Posted on December 6, 2008 by Chris Zach

This post has been long in the making, but it is finally here.  It all started when I decided to apply for the position of Founder’s Associate at Twitter. Rather than a standard cover letter, I submitted a strategic analysis … Continue reading →

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Should the government save Tesla from a short (funding) circuit?

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Chris Zach

Randall Stross wrote an article in the New York Times recently asking whether Tesla should receive the $400 million in low-interest federal loans it has requested. The money would come from a $25 billion loan package the government initially earmarked … Continue reading →

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My Brakes Aren’t Squeeling, But Detroit Is

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Chris Zach

The automobile industry has continuously improved sound suppression in its vehicles to the point where engineers now build mechanisms into cars that purposefully introduce engine noise into the cabin, returning some of the driver’s aural feedback that had been insulated … Continue reading →

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I’ll take what’s behind door #3

Posted on November 3, 2008 by Chris Zach

BusinessWeek published a story yesterday with three growth scenarios for the outcome of the current financial downturn. I’m with the author in hoping for the third scenario — innovative growth. In this scenario, the country’s investments in research (bioengineering bacteria … Continue reading →

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