I’d like to see what $40k clothes look like…
…Said my favorite designer in Havana yesterday, poignantly nailing the depth of the gulf between Cuban and American cultures. Idania, founder of a DesignRead More
What Cuban Iconic Cars actually say about the culture
One image that seems to always make it into most reports about Cuba are the restored ’50’s cars. To anyone that hasn’t been,Read More
Havana inspires a Pittsburgher to Appeciate Art…
I have a tenuous relationship with art, but Cuba is changing all of that. My dark period – art wise- was 13~ yearsRead More
Innovadores Foundation
Sometimes you hit it with a name. Often, you don’t. After much thought, we decided to rename our recently named CAA Foundation asRead More
Washington is mostly Pandas
I was asked recently on the air, so here’sRead More
Start up hack: Clothing
Uniqlo is a great start up hack: it like a closet in every major city that can make you look good, or atRead More
I am shocked, shocked that there is big data going on i
“So, the NSA has been snooping the data at most of the big Silicon Valley tech titans, who snoop the data of mostRead More
On Mentoring and Trust / When Someone looks up to you
I recently read “On Raising Boys” and it brought out some very interesting points that I think apply to start-ups as well. OneRead More
SWSX: Live in the Future, Build What’s Missing.
I hadn’t been to Austin for SX for awhile, and the differences are palpable. Each of these observations deserve a post on theirRead More
On my Kindle: a few great books for entrepreneurs
My son stole my Kindle the other day and ordered a bunch of books because the button looked good. Not much more to add toRead More