Wine Spectator’s Killer App

14 years ago when I was first dating Nina (my wife) she introduced me to wine.  So began three love affairs with Nina, wine, and a new career working in the “new media” industry.
Cut to 2008 when Wine Spectator takes (I’m guessing) $100k of their precious marketing budget to announce something truly interesting and long [...]

The AaronCohens Film

10 years ago, I conceived of a comedic documentary concept rooted in my name.  This fall the concept has turned real and work has begun on a film called The AaronCohens.  The project gathers all the people named Aaron Cohen from around the world to meet each other and share stories about being AaronCohen I’ve [...]

As the Magazine Industry Dies

Maxim sounds like it’s close to edge.  Last week, I read  this post on Paid Content and must admit I’m not surprised except that it appears Quadrangle was taken for a ride and that Steve Rattner has lost his touch.   Meanwhile, I stumbled upon (no pun intended) the new Wired Magazine retail store on [...]

Obama’s Internet Use Will Change World

One need look no further than changedotgov to understand how Obama and future presidents will use the Internet to communicate in a completely unfiltered way with citizens and the world’s population.  Obama uploaded his weekly radio address earlier today.  Already a 155,000 people on YouTube  have seen it on by Saturday at 5PM EST.   Remeber [...]

Obama’s domestic Agenda

Today’s radio address begins the beginning of a progressive political era in Washington.  Obama has said that he will create a sustained economic stimulus plan focused on improving the country’s infrastructure and investing in the still amorphous alternative energy economy.
The Republicans held the line this week with the automotive industry and with Waxman replacing Dingell [...]

Coolest Company in the World

This week, Better Place cut a $1bn dollar deal to bring electric car charging stations to the San Francisco area.  Better Place is without question, the most ambitious startup to ever come out of Israel and perhaps the company that has the best chance of restructuring the automobile industry in the next 5 years.

Better Place [...]

Will the Iphone still Suck?

Today Apple releases a new version of firmware for the Iphone.  I wrote my first post about the Iphone several weeks ago.  I have been plagued my dropped calls, the absence of connectivity, crashes when the phone switches from 3G to E to Wireless.  In the past month, nothing has changed, though overall the experience [...]

Credit Crisis for Dummies

Thanks to Fred Wilson, I was turned on to these great slides at Slideshare.
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These slides will help many people understand our current financial predicament.
Moreover, it’s very exciting to see people are bringing great innovations and creativity to presentations.  If you are an entrepreneur who presents material with dozens of slides, hundreds of bullet points, and [...]

Joe “Disingenuous” Lieberman

The Senate is clubby and I understand that the independent senator from Connecticut  votes the right way on some issues.  But Joe Lieberman stood side by side John McCain all Fall campaigning against his own party.  In the Senate, committee chairmanships are really important sources of power and Lieberman should have been stripped.  To not [...]

Why Boxee was Funded

In Japanese, one of my favorite words is gaman.  Translated it is a combination of “patience and persistence” and to be a good entrepreneur you must have the gaman gene.
Boxee, a company that brings the Internet media experience to your living room, announced a round of financing today from two quality firms here in New [...]