Monthly Archives: August 2008

In Defense of Research

Just to prove that this blog is actually written by two separate people with their individual points of view, here’s a follow-up post to Alan’s Edible Robots post.  
Alan’s hypothesis is that Pittsburgh’s technology sector is more heavily weighted toward research than commercialization, and that Pittsburgh’s startup community often seems to consist of researchers who think that a scientific breakthrough in itself is [...]

How To Keep a Good Relationship With Your Limited Partners (LPs)

This post could be about 10 pages long… when thinking about how to build positive working relationships with partners of any sort (spouses, friends, children, co-workers), there are many “best practices” that apply.  But I am going to focus on only one right now, and it is a high-level one:
With regards to a partner, don’t [...]

Edible Robots – ONE of Pittsburgh’s Problems

OK – don’t say I didn’t warn you about getting your dander up…
Pittsburgh is fortunate to have a couple resident journalists from Big Media who cover the local scene, and often get us “above the fold” – witness today’s front page article (below the fold) in the Wall Street Journal entitled, Pittsburgh Puts Robots to [...]

The NEW Pittsburgh Ventures

While at an Open Coffee Club meeting a few weeks back, I heard tell of Matt Harbaugh’s blogging adventures under the title of “Pittsburgh Ventures”.  Checking it out, I realized it had been several months since Matt had last posted, and I knew right away what was wrong:  it is hard to do something like [...]