Surprising little information about Cloud Computing and Terrorism or Crime
All new technologies introduce security concerns, from faulty applications, to faulty configurations, to users who are simply dangerous in the new environment. A cloud computing infrastructure is no different from the basic idea of being misused, by an…
Cloud Computing Security One Year in the Cloud
Over the last year I have been working on a project for where I work to see just what the threat level was for systems in the “cloud”.
Startup Founders Should Flip Burgers
This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. This is a story of one of the risks of venture capital. When you’re an early-stage startup that hasn’t raised any institutional money you end up doing almost every job function of the company yourself. But some companies have entrepreneurs that seem talented on paper, are [...]
When Expectations Converge
Image via Wikipedia Yesterday, I posted on a VentureBeat piece covering the correlation between exit market conditions and venture capital company-building behaviour and philosophy; or lack thereof. The piece called for a back-to basics approach to venture capital, where investors are focused true partnering with entrepreneurs to build fundamental value over a traditional investment horizon [...]
Why Founders Reap Disproportionate Rewards
Image via Wikipedia Mark Suster keeps knocking the cover off the ball with his posts about the startup ecosystem. Here’s a key passage from his latest: The fact is that most people lack the willingness, ability or nerve to start a company from the very beginning with just an idea or a desire to start [...]
Cognitive Dissonance: Are you a technology or a service?
One of the trends I’ve observed over the past several years is that more and more technology entrepreneurs are starting service-delivery business. By services businesses, I’m referring to the category of businesses that some venture investors refer to as technology-enabled services (“TES”). We at Meritage prefer the term network-enabled services (“NES”), which we think more [...]
