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David Walsh is a serial entrepreneur in the telecom space. He also happens to be my office neighbor. He has made Austin his home base to start a new company StarView that is focused on delivering VoIP and Data to the enterprise. One of the interesting things we talked about was how telecom innovation is starting to be about software these days. It is no longer about the physical infrastructure. It is interesting that this is happening as we are seeing the same kind of revolution with wireless communication.

The StarView solution is a simple one that I have always thought should be more common. You plug your ethernet jack into their standard looking office phone and it works as your office phone where ever you are. Why is this not more common? I think it is absurd that we have to bring a technician into the office every time we want to move a desk or redirect a phone line.

Most interesting though is that David has set StarView up to donate a 10% of profits directly into a non-prof. It is cool to see responsible entrepreneurship here in Austin. The more that our corporations start to look like non-profits and our non-profits begin to look like our corporations the better we will be as a society. I have been reading Social Velocity recently and Nell seems to be of a similar opinion. You should check her blog out if you are interested in Austin’s social entrepreneurship.

(I had to film this interview on my webcam because my wife stole my car and my camera and ran off to DC. Scandalous.)