Forbes Column 2009: A Time For AI

Zero In poses the question, is it finally A Time For AI?

Deal Radar 2009: SoloHealth

Launched in 2007, SoloHealth offers self-service health screening. Their inaugural product, EyeSite™ is an interactive kiosk that provides vision health information and customized vision reports, and also directs consumers to an eye care professional nearby.  >>>

Toward Zero-Energy Buildings: Kevin Surace, Serious Materials (Part 1)

Kevin Surace is on a mission to significantly reduce the use of fossil fuels and their effect on the environment. As CEO of Serious Materials, Kevin leads the company in its mission to reduce energy use and CO2 generation of the world’s largest contributor, our buildings.

SM: Take us back to where your personal story begins. Where are you from?

KS: I am from upstate New York, and I grew up in Herkimer until third or fourth grade. Herkimer is a suburb of Utica and has about 5,000 people. My father was an executive with GE so we moved to the suburbs outside of Syracuse. >>>

Deal Radar 2009: Zannel

Today’s Deal Radar company, Zannel, is another example of the move towards mobile convergence and the elimination of walls between the platforms people use to buy goods and services, communicate with friends, and find information. A mobile video and microblogging community, Zannel was the first mobile media company that allowed users to instantly share their videos and photos across mobile, web, and social networks. >>>

Your Personal Assistant: Rearden Commerce CEO Patrick Grady (Part 7)

SM: Whom do you view as your competition?

PG: If you disaggregate Rearden Commerce into all of its parts, we theoretically compete with everyone. Nobody has pulled it together as a composite application besides us. >>>

Deal Radar 2009: Hydro Green Energy

Hydro Green Energy (HGE) is a Texas-based renewable energy systems developer and integrator in the hydropower industry. Its proprietary hydrokinetic power systems, Hydro+, Current+, Tidal+ and Ocean+, generate power without the construction of any dams, impoundments or conduits. HGE owns two patents in the US and others internationally, and it is the only US company with a commercial, federally-licensed hydrokinetic power project.  >>>

Your Personal Assistant: Rearden Commerce CEO Patrick Grady (Part 6)

SM: At that point, who was helping you to get the company established?

PG: Around that time I did start to create my technology advisory team. There is a saying that you can see further if you stand on the shoulders of giants. >>>

Your Personal Assistant: Rearden Commerce CEO Patrick Grady (Part 5)

SM: When did you actually get Rearden started?

PG: I wrote the business plan at the end of 1999 and hired my first employee in March of 2000. One year later, to the day, Microsoft unveiled their version of this. >>>