Having purchased $500 million more $AAPL shares in the last two weeks, our investment has crossed the $3 billion mark yesterday. — Carl Icahn (@Carl_C_Icahn) January 22, 2014 Guest Blog post from Rotary Gallop on that intriguing man who…
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2019 Update: 5 years later and “more true” than when originally written if that can be correctly said. Add Facebook, add Apple watch, AR/VR , gene edited babies and we see we are owned not just by Google but…
Transhumanism, the singularity – supposedly in HER. Ok, sort of, but too riddled with cliches for our liking. We did like the evolutionary aspect of the OS and the hint of possibility of a future intelligence a la Kurzweil.…
I love the concept of designing drones. I met the co-founder of Matternet, Paola Santana, and liked her and her company. So, here’s more – a posting from my original time sink, Craigslist. A stealth mode company needs a…
Matt Mickiewicz’s life is a series of destructive events. How long ago would that have represented the history of a psychopathic criminal? Today, it is the heart and soul of pitches to VC’s and angels and crowdfunding events. Matt…
Joseph Campbell is relevant anywhere. Let’s bring him into Silicon Valley with these words of his: “The usual hero adventure begins with someone from whom something has been taken, or who feels there is something lacking in the normal…
UPDATE, July 16, 2014 I am so behind on Theranos stories but have to comment on today’s Palo Alto paper’s comparison of Elizabeth Holmes to Mark Zuckerberg. I say NO! Compare her to no one! Give her credit for…
Theranos has a clever sign. Nice. I like it. It is sitting in front of its new home, under construction on Page Mill Rd in Palo Alto. It’s a large campus. Very large. Biggest start up building I have…
The Intel keynote at CES in Las Vegas was a window into the future. It’s smart. It isn’t small, it’s huge. It is transformational. This is the Internet of Things. Odd name, but one example will do: a coffee…
UPDATE: March 17, 2019 – This is an old post on Theranos. I began writing about Elizabeth Holmes in 2013. This is the first. Start here. An Almost Great Palo Alto Start Up To see all the posts…