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Thoughts on Virgin America

November 30, 2012

I like flying Virgin America as the company has cool and hip branding, plays music in some of its terminals like SFO and the in-flight entertainment system is awesome. One of the best things about the airline is you can order food whenever you like - and the meals I've tried aren't bad. Even first class on most airlines isn't this flexible when it comes to ordering food.

Another great feature they offer is being able to peruse through multiple albums and put together a custom playlist of music.

The Bearish Case on Apple

November 13, 2012

With Apple's stock down more than 20% it isn't difficult to find lots of analysts willing to make the case the shares have further to drop. Regardless of whether you are an Apple bull or bear it is worth pointing out the company's challenges. Wim Lewi has some in-depth analysis of Apple's past and forward-looking sales and the piece is worth a read for investors.

Perhaps the most compelling argument he makes is the replacement sales of devices will lengthen from 2 to 2.8 years.

IBM Mobility Keynote at ITEXPO

October 16, 2012

At ITEXPO, Michael Riegal of IBM discussed how mobile is transforming industries – and discusses case studies related to his company’s Smarter Planet Strategy. Watch the video and see how many people have 3, 4 and 5 devices with them at the show – amazing!

Michael Tessler Broadsoft Keynote at ITEXPO

October 15, 2012

Michael Tessler was one of the few entrepreneurs who was able to start and build an IP communications company from nothing to a billion dollar endeavor. He saw it all from multiple Iraq wars to the dotcom and telecom crash. How did he navigate the turbulent waters to become successful? The video below from StartUp Camp Comms Edition collocated with ITEXPO says it all.

ShoreTel CEO Keynote at ITEXPO 2012

October 15, 2012

Peter Blackmore, CEO of ShoreTel had some great thoughts to share with the audience at the recent ITEXPO. Keep in mind ShoreTel is one of the first CPE PBX companies if not the first to make a cloud acquisition – this forward-looking company had great insight to share with the audience at the show.

Vsnap, the Video SMS Alternative Aims to Add Emotion & Video to Short Messages

October 4, 2012

Vsnap pitched their short video messaging service, which is aimed as a more personal alternative than SMS, which carries no emotion.

Limited to 60s they offer mobile apps for Android and Apple and it works on PCs, smartphones and tablets. You can send Vsnaps to email addresses as well as directly to your Twitter feed. My front-runner to win my vote in about 10 minutes.

Zello.com touts their social radio at ITEXPO

October 4, 2012

Zello describes themselves as social radio during their product pitch at StartupCamp6 at ITEXPO. During the live demo the F bomb was dropped. Reminds me of Chatroulette only it's only audio and no video. Guess the good news is you don't see random penises. Don't think I will vote for this company.

StartupCamp6 Comms Edition at ITEXPO West Kicks-Off

October 4, 2012

Michael Tessler shares his experiences on how he became the leader of a billion dollar company as the kick-off to StartupCamp6 at ITEXPO. Here's a picture.

 

StartupCamp Comms Edition at ITEXPO West 2012 kicks off

October 4, 2012

Michael Tessler of Broadsoft shares his experiences from entrepreneur to leader of a billion dollar plus company at StartupCamp 6 Comms edition at ITEXPO in Austin.


ITEXPO West 2012 Austin Show Set Up Pics

October 3, 2012

The ITEXPO exhibit hall will open in a matter of hours. Here are some interesting photos worth sharing so far.





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