HanneloreFlierl

…actually yesterday’s business idea.  I thought of this like a year ago. I sure would love it if someone could figure out how to dispatch pediatric medical care directly to my home at 2am.  If you’ve raised kids, you know that the nasty bugs they get almost always wait to go mega symptomatic until some […]

Today’s nytimes suggests that Florida is poised to be the next hotbed of venture capital activity.  The fact that I moved here not long ago is no coincidence.  😉 When people think about high technology in the southeastern United States, people think of Atlanta or research triangle in Raleigh-Durham.  They don’t think of Florida.  But

This comment on a Techdirt article about the future of TV news got me a-thinkin…  Why can’t we completely crowdsource the news in real time?  Is there a site that aggregates live feeds from people on the scene?  News anchors and the commentariat can do their thing and promote their agendas, ok, but I am source-agnostic about

I upgraded my employer today.  I feel pretty lucky to be able to move around fluidly in the throes of this economic tumult.  Lots of unemployed lawyers out there; two of my former firms no longer exist.  I’m thankful to be in demand. I wonder if the Company 2.0 model might afford a measure of

I have the great good fortune to co-host the CEO Lounge, a weekly radio show and podcast on Talk Radio WGUL 860 AM here in Tampa.  Our November 8 show featured some post-election euphoria from the hosts.  Also a fun double-segment interview with Ed Farhi, head of the MIT department of theoretical physics, on the

Portions of the below are from a forthcoming article in the [Tampa] Bay Area Business Magazine. If you’re going to start a Company 2.0, you’re going to memorialize your agreements with the other folks helping you out. You’ll need some contracts. Most contracts have two parties, a buyer and a seller.  When you boil an

How do you start a company if all you’ve got is a good idea for one?  Can the net help?  Can the crowd supply all the bazillion other things that a startup requires in order to turn a good idea into a product or service?  Can these things be open to everyone in any meaningful

I am interviewed here (http://insidedigitalmedia.com/company-20/) by Phil Leigh of Inside Digital Media, wherein I describe the Company 2.0 concept and Lextrovert.com, an example of Company 2.0 in action. Later today I will expand the case for Company 2.0 and why you should care.

Remarks delivered at the Sarasota International Design Summit 27 Oct 2008 Part 2 Taking Society to the Net This portion of the lecture was heavily inspired by the brilliant and visionary work of my dear friend and philosophical mentor, Mark Pesce.  Thank you, Mark, for your fecund cranium! The modern rate of innovation knows no