By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

I recently wrote about the amazing race for the cheapest, fastest DNA sequencing machine. Not surprisingly, two companies I mentioned — Pacific Biosciences and Complete Genomics — made The Wall Street Journal list of 50 top promising, young companies. Pacific Biosciences…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

I’ve never been to South By Southwest Interactive conference, but everyone who has been says it is ammmaaaazing.

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

As always, clean tech companies could learn a little something from the Web 2.0 folks with the names, just so we don’t get confused.

The Wall Street Journal took to the streets to find which companies were hot. The WSJ ranked the…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

In trying times, we love success stories. That might be one reason why in this great recession, entrepreneurs are seen as heroes. Thomas Friedman wrote in The New York Times about his Einstein-like friends.

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

Many of the entrepreneurs in New York have lived through the dot-com boom. But as of late, the tech scene has gotten a second life and the time is ripe for a new breed of Internet companies to thrive. The start-up energy sizzling…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

The secret to success is to “play dirty.” And apparently, New Yorkers don’t know how to play rough enough.

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

When I was at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley last month, I felt like a dinosaur standing next to the chunky computers on display. Ironically, I had my laptop strapped around my shoulder with my iPhone tucked away in the front pocket.

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

Wahed Said wants to build a waste-to-fuel plant in New York. He is not alone. Said is a green entrepreneur, who is a managing partner for Native American Investors Group. His two partners are Native American.

“Our mission is to…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

Tech Crunch is bringing a game show approach to elevator pitches. At an event on May 24-26 in New York City, entrepreneurs will dish out their startup ideas in front of a thousand people — and the audience will vote American…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

Happy, snowy Friday. Do you feel like having some self help ideas for your business? Here are some things that happened this week.

10 entrepreneurs who created companies valued at $50 million talk about their biggest mistake.

Scientists turn body…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

At the O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing conference, Nilofer Merchant, a leading authority on business strategies, talked to me about her new book, The New How: Creating Business Solutions Through Collaborative Strategy.

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

Now here’s some good news for tech companies in clean tech, biotechnology, and information technology. Over the next two years, Intel and 24 top venture capital firms including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers will shovel $3.5 billion into start-up companies.

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

A few days ago, I was at the Ace Hotel for a meal. This guy sitting next to me asked me for my name. He proceeded to Google me and look through all the Google images of me — in…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is at Cape Canaveral and it’s ready for take off. No one is quite sure when that will be yet, but the rocket should launch sometime in the next few months. Until then, Falcon 9 will happily…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

The Bipartisan Policy Center put on the fake cyber attack on February 16th, so a group of government officials could brainstorm advise for the President in the event of an attack from cyber terrorists.

The group concluded that the U.S. is…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

Ewa Wojkowska wants to make an Amazon-like online store for technologies for the developing world. After 10 years of working for the UN, Wojkowska was frustrated by the disconnect between the people who invent technologies and getting it to people who…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

The Green Desk office space looks amazing. New York Magazine named it the “Best Cubicle Rental.” The office runs on wind energy and uses recycled furniture. The desks start at $199 a month — and you’ll be surrounded by green-minded…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

VC money may be going down the toilet in other areas, but clean tech seems to be doing well. But even clean tech took a hit last year— dropping by 45% from the third to fourth quarter. Now all VC eyes…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

I was at a party on Saturday night on a top floor apartment on Wall Street. There was no music, no dancing, but a lot of laughter. This was hardly the typical party, but was typical of our digital expectations.

About…

By Senior Editor – Kris Smith (@croncast)

It is possible to spend a little over 4 years and $70 million dollars and have absolutely nothing to show for it except lawsuits and debt. Veoh just did it.

I have friends that used to do…