Recent Articles Published by Zack Price
New York Startup Exversion is Making Data Sexy (StartupBus Post #9)
Zack Price, a Chicago entrepreneur, on the development of the New York tech startup Exversion. Read more »
Lose My Number, but Skype Me Maybe?
Do me a favor … tell me what a “phone“ is? A device to call someone? What exactly constitutes a “call”? While you’re at it, what’s a “smart phone” anyway? And how much longer must I drag along this 9 digit distraction? I don’t know about you, but my so-called phone is used to actually... Read more »
Steve Jobs as Joe DiMaggio – From Cupertino to Cooperstown
My last blog ended with a Simon & Garfunkel reference to Steve Jobs as our generation’s Joe DiMaggio and how Tech-Nation turns it’s lonely eyes to the Google guys – Larry & Sergey. Then I realized something … Steve Jobs’ consecutive string of hit consumer devices is quite similar to Joe DiMaggio’s 56 game hitting streak. But Jobs died,... Read more »
Playing with Google Glass – Changing (and Saving) Lives (Part 2)
Entrepreneur Zack Price was selected to be a Project Glass Explorer for Google. Catch up on Part 1 of his “Playing with Glass” series, this is Part 2… It was 2003, 10 years ago, but I remember meeting Larry Page like it was yesterday. Google was a private company and their CEO and co-founder was... Read more »
StartupBus – The Ghosts from Silicon Valley – StartupBus Round 2, Part 4 (Post #8)
Entrepreneur Zack Price is guest blogging his experience on the 2013 StartupBus as it travelled from Chicago to SXSW 2013 in Austin. On StartupBus a team of strangers, traveling at 60mph, had about 72 hours to conceive, build, and launch a startup. You can catch up with Post #1 in this series here, #2 here, #3 here, #4 here, #5 here,... Read more »
What They Don’t Teach You At Harvard Business School 2.0
Fellow Chicagoan / Clevelander Mark H. McCormack was once my mentor and the most powerful man in sports. He invented the Sports Marketing industry over a handshake with Arnold Palmer… and just a few miles from where I was born in Cleveland a billion dollar empire was formed. In 1984 he literally wrote the book on why not to get an MBA. The New York... Read more »
Google Glass Exploring (The tweet that cost me $1,500 and counting) Part 1 of a Collection
I was minding my own business plans when the iOS notification came chirping in: Glass Explorers program? “Woohoo”? Exquise me, Larry, Sergey … W-T-F is a Glass Explorer? First a StartupBus, now this BS? From bus-preneur to glass-explorer? You’ve gotta be kidding me. And why me? And how can I play with this ‘Glass’? I will in... Read more »
StartupBus – Round 2, Part 3 – Get Portioned Got Robbed (Post #7)
Entrepreneur Zack Price is guest blogging his experience on the 2013 StartupBus as it travelled from Chicago to SXSW 2013 in Austin. On StartupBus a team of strangers, traveling at 60mph, had about 72 hours to conceive, build, and launch a startup. You can catch up with Post #1 in this series here, #2 here, #3 here, #4 here, #5 here,... Read more »
StartupBus – Round 2, Part 2 – Mexico Storms San Antonio, Steals StartupBus Show – (Post #6)
Entrepreneur Zack Price is guest blogging his experience on the 2013 StartupBus as it makes its way from Chicago to SXSW in Austin. On StartupBus a team of strangers, traveling at 60mph, have about 72 hours to conceive, build, and launch a startup. You can catch up with Post #1 in this series here, #2 here, #3 here, #4 here,... Read more »
Live From the StartupBus – Round 2, Part 1 – I got Scobleized – Post #5.
Entrepreneur Zack Price is guest blogging his experience on the 2013 StartupBus as it makes its way from Chicago to SXSW in Austin. On StartupBus a team of strangers, traveling at 60mph, have about 72 hours to conceive, build, and launch a startup. You can catch up with Post #1 in this series here, #2 here, #3 here, and... Read more »
Live From the Startup Bus – Round 1: My Twili-O Face (I Choked) (Post #4)
Entrepreneur Zack Price is guest blogging his experience this week on the 2013 StartupBus as it makes its way from Chicago to SXSW in Austin. On StartupBus a team of strangers, traveling at 60mph, have about 72 hours to conceive, build, and launch a startup. You can catch up with Post #1 in this series here,... Read more »
Live From the Startup Bus – Taking a Dump, a Photo Dump (Post #3)
Entrepreneur Zack Price is guest blogging his experience this week on the 2013 StartupBus as it makes its way from Chicago to SXSW in Austin. On StartupBus a team of strangers, traveling at 60mph, have about 72 hours to conceive, build, and launch a startup. You can catch up with Post #1 in this series here and Post... Read more »
Live From the Startup Bus – Snufulupugus Pivot (Post #2)
Entrepreneur Zack Price is guest blogging his experience this week on the 2013 StartupBus as it makes its way from Chicago to SXSW in Austin. On StartupBus a team of strangers, traveling at 60mph, have about 72 hours to conceive, build, and launch a startup. You can catch up with Post #1 in this series here. ... Read more »
Live From the Startup Bus – A bit freaked out (Post #1)
StartupBus 2013 is just days away. Instead of packing up, I’m pacing the 50,000 square foot halls of 1871 in Chicago, still totally scared, still a bit freaked out – about living on a bus with complete strangers. Starting up a company from scratch, in three days, while on a nauseating bus ride may be the easy part of... Read more »
