Thanksgiving
Ralph Waldo Emerson said:For each new morning with its lightFor rest and shelter of the nightFor health and food, for love and friendsFor everything Thy goodness sends.For more quotations on graditude, try

Miami: New Incubator
Courtesy of a tweet from @bobwhite7, I am pleased to announce that Miami has a public incubator run by EDC, a non-profit development organization focused on South Florida. EDC also runs an incubator north of Miami at an "unnamed" state university with whom I am not affiliated ;)More information on the new incubator is here. Appears challenging to find a phone number or email for EDC but maybe someone can provide that info in the comments.

Chrome OS--Matching the Customer Need
Some experts argue that you develop the product and then match it to the customer need. I strongly believe that you first identify the customer need(s) and then design the product around those needs. As the video below demonstrates, Google developed Chrome OS based on a profound understanding of users. This new OS boots fast, has a simple intuitive user interface based on the web browser and an open app framework which allows it to open any application that has a web/browser version. In summary, Chrome OS has speed, simplicity and security--a nice summary of most people's needs for a computer.

Talent Rarely Matches Ambition
The ambition and passion of young entrepreneurs is rarely matched by their talent and experience. The Netsetter has a good post entitled "Replace Yourself--A Guide

Social Media Affects Information Presentation
Yesterday I met with a lady who is the director of marketing for a bank. She was interested in my views on how to use social media to get the bank's message out to clients and prospects. One can not live on finance alone :)I basically made the following argument. The world has created more information in the last 10 years than in the entire history before that time