I recently was asked to answer some questions as part of the 30 sec MBA series on FastCompany.com. I was humbled to be asked to be in the company of some great thought leaders. Take a look and let me know what you think. http://www.fastcompany.com/mba/node/343?video=1 http://www.fastcompany.com/mba/node/293?video=0

Click the image to watch the video from the event Yesterday I was invited to speak on a panel about this at the Politics Online Conference http://polc2010.com.   It was interesting to see the political world looking for ways to embrace the Internet.  There were vendors showing off online tools  and apps on Ipads. With sponsors like AOL and Microsoft I felt like i was at the Web 2.0 conference in San Fran but I was [...]

I submitted a few questions to the CitizenTube Livestream interview with FCC Chairman Genachowski and guess what, it was picked and answered. Take look at the video below and let me know what you think of his answer. Navarrow’s Question for FCC Chairman Genachowski from Navarrow Wright on Vimeo.

Monday was the 25th anniversary of the first  .com domain ever registered. The company is defunct but that action started a revolution. We now live in an era where  .com domain names play a crucial part in our everyday lives.  A web presence is an essential reality for most businesses, and as a general rule, companies that do not have a website domain registered are not really in business.  As I think about how far [...]

This Sunday, Anthony Anderson, Royale Watkins, teamwork entertainment and I have partnered to bring the first interactive live comedy show to Facebook. Sunday at 8pm the Mixtape comedy show hosted by Anthony Anderson, will be streamed live on Facebook. Help us make history by making this the biggest show ever. RSVP for the show at the Mixtape fan page here http://www.facebook.com/mixtapecomedy and join us Sunday night @8pm. Tell a friend, tell all your friends and [...]

At the MMTC Broadband and Social Justice Summit, Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, made a passing reference to net neutrality when she discussed how tiered pricing would be a market entry barrier to some online entrepreneurs.  I don’t disagree.  Anything that increases costs for starting and sustaining any business, online or otherwise, is a barrier for new entrepreneurs. However, before we can get people to the point where they start a business online, we have to get [...]

Last night I had the honor of speaking on a panel about opportunities in the Web 2.0 space to the members of the Delta Sigma PI business fraternity of Howard University. I think it was more exciting for me than it was for them. It was exciting to see so many young people who are thinking about how to create a business, and who are eager to have dialogue about the Internet and learn how [...]

As I’ve said for some time now that once we go down the path of relying on the government to regulate the Internet, the pattern of regulation would extend far beyond any restrictions that are being proposed for Internet providers.  Here are a couple articles about “search neutrality” that describe potential restrictions that need to be placed on Google. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/opinion/28raff.html?_r=1 .   In this article from the New York Times, the writer makes the case that [...]

This is part  3 of my  series  “Creating the next generation of entrepreneurs.” You can read  part 1 and part 2 here as well. First, let me say thank you for all the feedback on my earlier posts. I don’t pretend to know everything, but I have been blessed with some great experiences and I feel compelled to share what I have learned from them with the hope that they help you in some way [...]