Archive for the 'Geeking out' Category

A week of awesome tech/startup/cool stuff in Cambridge

January 19th, 2010

The week of 25-29 January 2010 is going to be absolutely awesome in Cambridge. There are three great events that you need to attend.
Of these, it’s most important that you come to the Cambridge Tech Meetup. We’ll be kicking the year off with a bang and six “wicked awesome” technology demos, from people/companies [...]


Location-based apps: Flook, Gowalla, Foursquare

December 31st, 2009

A lot of people have been talking about and playing with location-based applications these days. I wanted to put my two cents into the debate, specifically on Flook, Gowalla, and Foursquare.
Flook
Flook is the least-known of these three apps, but potentially the most interesting. Users take photos (which are automatically geo-tagged) and then add [...]


Three quick notes…

October 17th, 2009

Note 1 – A VERY local Failblog
If you haven’t ever heard of Failblog, it’s simply hilarious. Every day there are a ton of photos and videos that can only be described as “FAIL.”
But Thursday there was a post called “Bus Driver Fail“. What’s great about this is that the video was taken at [...]


More on SpaceX…

October 6th, 2009

So I’m an aero geek; always have been, always will be. But with SpaceX’s latest big update, I have to say that I absolutely can’t wait to see the first Falcon9 launch.
(See an earlier post on SpaceX and Falcon 9 here.)
For background, Falcon 9 can lift just over 10,000kg to Low Earth Orbit. [...]


Recap of feedback on “Copying Y Combinator”

September 28th, 2009

Last week I finally posted my Cambridge MBA dissertation/individual project on the web. I was amazed at the traffic it brought! But I also wanted to address some of the things that people brought up in the discussions.
Traffic
According to Google Analytics, that post alone received over 2600 pageviews. Over 1200 of those [...]


Copying Y Combinator – WHY and HOW

September 21st, 2009

Have you thought about starting a program like Y Combinator in your city? That doing so would not only build a startup ecosystem but would also bring a good financial return? I studied Y Combinator, TechStars, Seedcamp, and many more programs to develop a framework for “Copying Y Combinator”.
(With apologies to [...]


Cambridge Tech Demo Night – 10 September – CALL FOR DEMOS

August 23rd, 2009

After the success of the last Cambridge Tech Demo Night, we’re going to do it again! The next Demo Night will be on Thursday, September 10th, and will be held at Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge.
But we need demos!
Requirements include:

Technology-based product
Connection to Cambridge; ideally founded or located in Cambridge
Able to demo [...]


My dissertation – Ycombinator & its spawn – How to do it right

July 13th, 2009

I, like many geeks, love the Ycombinator programme. It was really the first of its kind, and was started by Paul Graham and his friends in 2005.
About YCombinator (YC)
What is it? A three-month long programme to help start startups. Founders (you) get ~$15-20k in “seed” cash so they can live without any [...]