Author Archives: Boris M. Silver
Quote of the Day: Timeless Theodore Roosevelt
“Citizenship in a Republic is the title of a speech given by the former President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne in Paris, France on April 23, 1910.” Words that ring as true today as they did … Continue reading
Competing for Minutes
Gabriel Weinberg has an interesting post up called “I keep forgetting to use your app.” And yesterday, someone pitched me on a new project. And it reminded me how much competition there is for minutes. Day in and day out. … Continue reading
Opportunity is not on the Sidelines
Almost two years ago, a mega successful entrepreneur shared with me some wisdom that I have grown to appreciate more with time. He told me: “From the outside looking in, you never see opportunities. But jump into the ring and … Continue reading
What is Value Creation?
Spend enough time in the business world and you will hear the words “value added” or “value creation” thrown around. Everyone tells you they can “add value” or that they want to “create value.” But what is value? How is … Continue reading
Nextpeer is AWESOME
One startup I recently met is Nextpeer. Nextpeer has a system that allows any developer to simply and quickly turn any single player mobile game into a live multi-player experience. The product is FANTASTIC. For game developers all over the … Continue reading
Quote of the Day: The Edge
In response to my post, “Zynga, Pincus, And Embracing The Edge,” a friend sent me the following words from Kurt Vonnegut’s first published novel “Player Piano”: I want to stay as close on the edge as I can without going … Continue reading
Zynga, Pincus, And Embracing The Edge
VentureBeat just published a lengthy piece about the history of the soon-to-IPO Zynga, and Mark Pincus, the entrepreneur behind the company. The VentureBeat article reports a lot of information and history (of course it is impossible to truly know all … Continue reading
Steve Jobs and Business Dogma
The other day I had the opportunity to go see Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview. The interview is from 1995 and contains never-before-seen unused footage from a PBS series called Triumph of the Nerds. This is Steve Jobs ten years … Continue reading
Stanford University: Transforming Global Education With Technology
In 2008, I posted about the then-new iPhone Application Development Course at Stanford University and how awesome it was for Stanford to open-source the course materials. I continue to be amazed and extremely impressed with Stanford University. They are leading … Continue reading
Post-College Travel Part Three: Singapore and Malaysia
This post comes long overdue, but I wanted to jot down at least some notes on the last part of my travels through Asia. After the conclusion of my trip post-college trip in August, I have traveled to four countries … Continue reading
Post-College Travel Part Two: Japan
For the second part of my trip, I spent four days in Tokyo and one day in Yokohama (2nd largest city in Japan.) It started with a fourteen hour flight over the Pacific to Tokyo, Japan. I landed in Narita Airport … Continue reading
Post-College Travel Part One: California
Readers of my blog have probably noticed that I have not posted anything in a long time. I started this blog on July 7th, 2007 (three years go by quick) and I have blogged at least once nearly every single … Continue reading
Quote of the Day
I wanted to share a great quote that has stuck with me from an entrepreneur I recently met: “From the outside looking in, you never see opportunities. But jump into the ring and get into the fight. That’s when you … Continue reading
China: Everything is Hard, Anything is Possible
“In China, everything is hard and anything is possible.” This quote comes from a partner at one of the companies I met with in Shanghai during Spring Break. His words really stuck with me and I saw the truth in … Continue reading
Off to Shanghai
Tomorrow morning, I’ll be leaving to go visit Shanghai as part of a Wharton trip to China. I’ll be meeting with leaders of various multinational and Chinese companies. Hopefully I’ll have the opportunity to travel outside of the city into … Continue reading
Our Foursquare Rap Went Viral
The Foursquare Rap went viral! I realize by now this is old news (especially if you follow me on Twitter), but I wanted to follow up with a blog post and I have had absolutely no time this week for … Continue reading
The Foursquare Rap – “Badges Like Us”
My friend Matt Newberg (aka @thenewb on twitter) and I made a song/video about Foursquare, a mobile startup service that we use frequently. Basically, Foursquare lets you “checkin” to venues/restaurants/locations and notifies you when your friends “checkin” to places as … Continue reading
BlackBerry Sucks and Death to the Cell Phone Business Model
I want to first start out by venting my frustration with my BlackBerry Tour that I purchased less than 6 months ago. Every single person that I know who has a BlackBerry has had problems with it. Either the trackball … Continue reading
Time and the End of a Decade
Just a few days away and we are in 2010. It’s crazy to think that this past decade will be my first memorable decade; I’m old enough to remember the later 1990s, but those years do not have the same … Continue reading
Reflections On My West Coast Travels
I spent two weeks in August travelling out to Los Angeles, California and Alaska. I had never been to either one before and I spent about a week in each place. Reflections on Los Angeles: 1) The city is very … Continue reading
