Archive for February 13th, 2007
A Fence over Niagara Falls
13 February 2007For everyone looking for ideas to start a new business, consider preparing an unsolicited RFP for the Dept. of Homeland Security to construct a high tech fence between the USA and Canada.
Republican Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani spoke in favor of a border fence while on a campaign stop in Sacramento, saying:
“You have to have secure [...]
RIM Makes History
13 February 2007But not the kind of history they’d like. They’ve made their first big mistake.
In time for 3GSM, the new full keyboard RIM is out. Sans trackwheel. Mistake.
As discussed here on several occassions, this is a big mistake for Mike and Jim. Mike talks about consumers liking the [...]
Waterloo Investing Trends 4
13 February 2007Of all the topics we’ve covered since this blog began last September, none has generated as much interest as the thesis that Waterloo’s record of launching start-ups has dropped since 2003. One Waterloo computer science student echos this concern, and one anonymous prof counters with the names of a few self-funded or Angel-backed start-ups [...]