About Mitch Fox
Mitchell W. Fox is a freelance consultant in San Francisco, CA, where he works with entrepreneurial startup businesses. Previously, Mitch was a consultant for the Monitor Group, a management strategy consultancy, in San Francisco, Boston, Frankurt, and London. Mitch also worked with several nonprofit clients while serving as an analyst with the Monitor Institute.
Mitch is a graduate of Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, where he studied International Business and Small Business Management. While at Georgetown, Mitch was the Founder and President of Hilltop Consultants, a pro-bono student consulting organization serving nonprofit organizations in Washington, DC.
Mitch is an avid traveller and amateur photographer, and enjoys sports and activities that get him into the outdoors.
Killing Netflix “Profiles” - A Stupid Business Decision
Netflix is ending its longstanding policy of allowing customers to hold multiple profiles under a single account. The announcement was sent to users today:
We wanted to let you know we will be eliminating Profiles, the feature that allowed you to set up separate DVD Queues under one account, effective September 1, 2008.
Each additional Profile Queue [...]
Apple’s MobileMe: A Good Idea for the Wrong Price
Apple’s new MobileMe service, which will allow consumers to sync their mail, calendar, contacts, and other content across their phone, personal computer, and any other device which can access the web, has been been called “The Most Interesting part of this year’s WWDC” and heralded by some to be poised to “Crush Exchange and Google.” [...]
Continued... »Harnessing the Ocean’s Power for Electricity
This week’s Economist contains a couple of interesting articles in its Technology Quarterly outlining a variety of approaches to harnessing natural and renewable sources of energy for human consumption. Specifically, it focuses on technologies capturing power from the ocean.
Wind
The first looks at new technology for off-shore wind farms which would allow them to be [...]
Greystripe - Developing a Complete Mobile Phone Advertising System from Scratch
After attending a presentation yesterday by CEO and Founder, Michael Chang, and VP of Operations, Kurt Hawks, about their startup, Greystripe, I have a newfound appreciation for the challenges that face entrepreneurs innovating in a part of the market where there is so much uncertainty. Greystripe’s primary revenue stream is from the sale of [...]
Continued... »Reflecting on the Launch of Hilltop Consultants
I was recently asked to contribute to a guidebook for new student members of Hilltop Consultants, a student nonprofit consulting organization that I started while I was at Georgetown University. I thought it would be appropriate to also post my thoughts here:
Starting Hilltop Consultants was an exciting part of my university experience at Georgetown. [...]
TripIt and Dopplr - A Match (which could be) Made in Heaven
I was recently introduced to TripIt, a “next generation” travel site which has really impressed me in my first day as a user. It replaces Dopplr (which I have used for approximately four months now) as my favorite startup travel destination on the web for two major reasons: its superior input methodology and [...]
Continued... »Growing Excitement Around Product Recommendation Software
When you are shopping, a sales person who can quickly understand your needs, preferences, and budget and make a reasonable, logical recommendation is invaluable. While shopping online has typically required that customers already know what they were looking for, or that they conduct extensive research online in advance of a purchase, software is increasing [...]
Continued... »ING Direct Enters Low Cost Investing
With an email announcement sent to ING Direct customers last night, the integration of ING Direct and ShareBuilder is official:
I’m pleased to announce that ShareBuilder, America’s most innovative online brokerage, is now part of ING DIRECT.
… ShareBuilder was created by its pioneering founders to make it simple and affordable for regular folks to invest in [...]
Proud To Be a Californian Today
Today, I feel proud to be a Californian. I am proud to be a resident in one of only two states to finally allow same sex marriage. At 5:01pm today, my fellow Californians were finally able get married without question of their race, their religion, their political beliefs, or their sexual orientation.
I fervently believe [...]
When Boulder is Bolder
In late May, a few beautiful things happen to Boulder, Colorado. First, most of the students move out, reducing the city’s population by nearly 20,000 and leaving the bars and restaurants less crowded and accessible for the exclusive enjoyment of residents and visitors. Second, regardless of how many late spring snow storms have [...]
Continued... »Sydney Bound
After more than two months of promising friends “I’ll let you know as soon as I know,” I can finally say with near-certainty that I am, indeed, Sydney bound.
Ellaine was accepted last week into the University of Sydney’s Masters program of Applied Science in Molecular Biotechnology and will begin her studies on July 28. [...]
Impressions from Johannesburg
While it has been over two months since I returned from my trek through Africa, I am eager to share my thoughts and reactions from this important experience before they have faded even further from my memory.
Over parts of January, February, and March of this year (8 weeks in total), I lived in a one-bedroom [...]
Building the Zecco Bay to Breakers Float
Over the last week, I designed and helped build the Zecco.com float to be used in the Bay to Breakers race on May 18. It was fun to break out the skills I learned as a set designer and builder in high school and college theatre for an immensely more practical purpose: creating [...]
Continued... »Reactions from the Newseum
I visited the Newseum (museum of news in Washington, DC) this morning, four days after its inaugural opening. I was impressed, educated, and intrigued, and am in the midst of rearranging my day’s schedule so I can return for more.
This innovative museum tells the story of American history through a far more approachable medium than [...]
Impressions of Israel
Visiting Israel from Saudi Arabia was no easy feat. The two countries do not have formal diplomatic relations, and generally Israel (or Occupied Palestine as it is sometimes referred to) is a taboo subject. There are no direct flights between Saudi Arabia and Israel, and anyone with an Israeli stamp [...]
Continued... »Impressions of Tabuk
Tabuk (also “Tabouk”) is a province in the northwest of Saudi Arabia, separated by many hundreds of kilometers of desert and mountains from the largest cities in the kingdom, but bordering Jordan and the coastal city of Acaba. Tabuk City is closer to Damascus than it is to Jeddah.
Tabuk province enjoys [...]