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New VenturesMay, 2003 David Arfin, MBA '91, estimates there are 60 million people with music files stored on their hard disk, most of whom would like to listen in via a stereo system or some other output source not part of their computer. Enter HomePod, a device that allows users to beam music files to other locations. HomePod, which is scheduled to start shipping this spring, is the first tangible product created with technology from Arfin's Palo Alto startup, Gloolabs. Arfin, who is Gloolabs' CEO, demonstrated HomePod at last winter's MacWorld Expo in San Francisco. "We're building a developer community that is coming up with incredible ideas," says Arfin. He and two engineers make up Gloolabs' founding braintrust. The firm develops open platform digital technologies to enable other developers to build applications like HomePod. Taking advantage of growing dissatisfaction with the inconveniences of commercial airlines, Amanda North, MBA '82, and two colleagues have started Ascend Aviation, a Woodside, California-based company that partners with owners of private airplanes to offer full-service flights. Customers can buy 25-hour blocks of flying time and schedule their trips throughout the Western United States to meet their needs. North, who has learned to fly jets, told the Palo Alto Weekly that people who don't specialize in aviation have a hard time contracting flight service efficiently on their own because of the broad range of questions that need to be asked. For more information, see www.ascendaviation.com. |
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