Prototyping a Great Leap Forward
October 26, 2008

A relatively recent but great leap forward in prototyping received some deserved attention in a NYT article today, "If No One See It, Is It an Invention." The article, by Leslie Berlin, describes Johnny Lee Chung (a Carnegie Mellon graduate student) and self-produced short youtube videos of his inventions.  A great example is his low-cost Wii-hacked interactive white board.  And these videos have been a big hit--viewed by millions, used by school kids, and landing him a nice job at Microsoft.  [More]

99 Nights
June 14, 2008

In the movie Cinema Paradiso, there is an allegory told which underpins the movie.  It also applies, too well, to the process of innovation and entrepreneurship...[More]

A bias for action, part II
June 5, 2008

A bias for action is contagious. I wrote an earlier post about one of the student teams in the Center for Entrepreneurship's Business Development Program, who in the course of the program designed and built a new business around bringing traditional, tasty, and nutritious drinks from indigenous cultures to the American market. [More]