Blog entries from Greg

We have seen and been part of a miracle

Gregory Lemelson — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:02:25 +0100

Amvona Store: August 1999 - April 2010

- Initial capital: $300

- 1999-2003: One employee - located (mostly) in a dorm room

- 1999-2005: Growth completely self-financed - zero debt.

-&...

Would the Pope buy an iPad?

Gregory Lemelson — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:55:55 +0100

I had just started writing a blog entry on the state of the union address (which deals mostly with the widespread discomfort, or suffering – if I can use that word, of the American people), when I came across news of a new biography written about Pope John Paul II. After reading the news article, I tried to go back to writing about politics and the econom...

Haiti, Temples and Pillow Houses; One Prespective Part 2

Gregory Lemelson — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:49:45 +0100

I tried not to write about Haiti this week, but doing anything else seemed profane. I have seen that our response to Haiti is intense and obvious, perhaps more so than the Tsunami in 2004. It has been suggested by some, that this may be because Haiti is at our door step. Generally, the message is one of us Americans, a g...

Haiti, Temples and Pillow Houses; One Perspective

Gregory Lemelson — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:52:05 +0100

Four year olds like to make play houses from just about anything, If it looks like a “hut” or “hideout”, even better. My son is no exception. Last night we conducted our nightly routine of building a house on the bed constructed of pillows. The procedure then involved (as usual) camping-out in the “...

Clean-Tech Economics: A Hypothesis Part 3

Gregory Lemelson — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:20:22 +0100

Current “Clean-Tech” enterprises present few “break-through” technologies. Rather there seems to be an improvement in overall efficiency of existing technologies, many of which (e.g. windmills, solar power) are quite old.

Questions about the economics of clean-tech are then perhaps really more a...

Clean-Tech Economics: A Hypothesis Part 2

Gregory Lemelson — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:00:52 +0100

The internet may even pose a more precise analogy to “Clean-Tech” businesses than others insofar as the product is fundamentally important to us, and not merely a “want” which gives rise to consumption. In the case of the internet, the promise of the technology itself has more th...

Clean-Tech Economics: A Hypothesis

Gregory Lemelson — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:10:14 +0100

I venture to say that an economic movement which is based on our survival and well being as humans may be fundamentally too important to approach merely as a capitalist endeavor. Historically, novel technologies, even when related to existing demand, are difficult to efficiently monetize. Shifts...

Glad to hear so many positive comments

Gregory Lemelson — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Plenty of both positive and constructive feedback today. Also, thrilled to see "One Deal" items going to happy homes at a faster pace than expected.

There will be a few major improvements to the new Amvona site sometime towards the end of July, so check back often, and expecting things to only get better.

Also, very happy to see so many core users on Flekt - I appreciate all the feedback we've gotten there as well, so please keep it coming and check back oft...

One Deal Launch

Gregory Lemelson — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:29:15 +0100

Well, big day today. After a lot of work, we launched the all new Amvona site. We hope you like it, it should be considerably faster, and much more intuitive to use - our focus has been simplicity. You'll also notice that the social aspects of Amvona have been peeled away, and are now part of our sister site Flekt.com. If you had profile information on the Amvona network, You'll find all your profile info. and images there, and a whole lot more, so check it out and let...