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Member Blog | October 15, 2008 5:09 pm | 1 recommendation

Homeless Entrepreneur Shares Office With Millionaire

| posted by Francisco Dao

I recently read an article that said a recession is a great time to start a business because when times are tight, deals can be found on many of...

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Member Blog | October 9, 2008 1:54 pm | 0 recommendations

What VCs said about the TechCrunch 50 (Video)

| posted by Francisco Dao

At the close of the TechCrunch 50 conference a few weeks ago, I sat down with Rick Heitzmann of ...

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Member Blog | October 1, 2008 11:12 am | 4 recommendations

Like AFLAC For Your Business

| posted by Francisco Dao

Have you ever wondered what you would do if your business was hit by a large scale disaster? Sure you have your insurance policy, but what would...

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Member Blog | September 24, 2008 1:28 pm | 1 recommendation

Unraveling the Mysteries of New Media

| posted by Francisco Dao

Last weekend I attended the annual Blogworld and New Media Expo in Las Vegas and was...

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Member Blog | September 15, 2008 3:13 pm | 4 recommendations

Ashton Kutcher Launches www.BlahGirls.com (Video Interview)

| posted by Francisco Dao

I caught up with Ashton Kutcher at the TechCrunch 50 and got the scoop on his new www.BlahGirls.com web...

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Member Blog | September 7, 2008 2:57 am | 1 recommendation

Franchising On The Internet

| posted by Francisco Dao

When I was a kid the only phone books anybody had were the ones they delivered when you ordered your phone. Then came the Donnelly yellow pages,...

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Member Blog | September 2, 2008 4:34 pm | 3 recommendations

Network Boss Trades TV for YouTube

| posted by Francisco Dao

Most people wouldn’t dream of trading a high flying career in television to work with fledgling digital content producers, but Jordan Levin,...

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Member Blog | August 20, 2008 5:20 am | 1 recommendation

Technology That Can Make You a Hero

| posted by Francisco Dao

Twin brothers Evan and Eric Edwards grew up in constant fear that the next thing they ate would kill them. Diagnosed with severe food allergies,...

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Member Blog | August 13, 2008 4:20 am | 1 recommendation

AOL’s Bad Service Inspires a Startup

| posted by Francisco Dao

If you’ve ever been thwarted in your attempts to reach a live customer service agent by Byzantine phone menus that led you in circles, then...

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Member Blog | August 8, 2008 1:16 am | 2 recommendations

Don’t Get Lost in China Without This Number

| posted by Francisco Dao

I’ve been racking my brain trying to think of a clever way to write about this technology, but the bottom line is this service is far more...

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Member Blog | August 6, 2008 12:29 pm | 2 recommendations

Is That an Umbrella or a Power Plant?

| posted by Francisco Dao

The term “disruptive innovation” is quickly joining the list of meaningless buzzwords that companies use to hype their latest products....

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Member Blog | August 5, 2008 12:58 am | 3 recommendations

Setting You Free with Less Transparency

| posted by Francisco Dao

In the real world, most of us wear different faces for the different circles in which we interact. We have our “work” face, our “friend”...

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Member Blog | August 5, 2008 1:05 am | 2 recommendations

Fast Company Buzz Innovating like Cisco Systems

| posted by Francisco Dao

A few weeks ago I posted an interview with Matt Greeley, the CEO of a company called BrightIdea.com. Matt explained that his company had a...

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Member Blog | August 5, 2008 1:03 am | 0 recommendations

The Dawn of Virtual Reality GUIs

| posted by Francisco Dao

Imagine walking through a dark hallway, similar to an aquarium, with a wall of glowing video screens stacked three high. The videos extend as...

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Member Blog | July 23, 2008 11:39 am | 2 recommendations

Saving Lives in Iraq With Tech Convention Schwag

| posted by Francisco Dao

Have you ever come home from a tech convention with a bag full of schwag and wondered if there was a better use for it? Emerging media...

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Member Blog | July 21, 2008 12:13 pm | 1 recommendation

SoCal Tech – The Undiscovered Country

| posted by Francisco Dao

When Mike Macadaan, a Silicon Valley based designer at AOL, decided to throw a tech exhibition, you’d think he would have done it locally....

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Member Blog | July 17, 2008 12:07 pm | 1 recommendation

Micro Venture Capitalists - Filling the Funding Gap

| posted by Francisco Dao

It used to be that venture capitalists either went big or went home. If the investment wasn’t $1.5 million or more, the deal just wasn’t...

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Member Blog | July 14, 2008 6:34 pm | 1 recommendation

The Network IS the Innovation Lab

| posted by Francisco Dao

Back in the days of Web 1.0, a.k.a. before the great crash of 2000, Scott McNealy, then CEO of SUN Microsystems was fond of saying, “The...

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Member Blog | July 11, 2008 4:32 am | 2 recommendations

Life Online Just Got a Little More Real

| posted by Francisco Dao

The line between the real world and the online world got a little more fuzzy today. Vivaty (www.Vivaty.com) just announced the launch of their...

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The Buzz

| by Francisco Dao

Buzz, scoops, and breaking news. The Buzz brings you the latest ideas, rumors, and thought provoking discussions from the people and...

Bio and Interests: Francisco Dao

| by Francisco Dao

Francisco Dao is the founder of The Killer Pitch (www.TheKillerPitch.com), which helps entrepreneurs and companies effectively articulate a...

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