InnoPrise – Call for Startups
Two words you don’t see so often together are innovation and enterprise. Innovation is often associated with young upstarts that intend to disrupt the established order – better, faster, cheaper. Enterprise conjures images of large organizations that were, at one time, innovative upstarts. But we know that is not true. Large enterprise organizations can be [...]
Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch
Thursday night was the unveiling of the newest batch of Launchpad LA companies. We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments” (in writing) to 3-5 of [...]
Chirpy Chirpy Tweet Tweet
Twitter’s Chirp developer conference is gathering today at the scenic Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, and I though it was only appropriate to greet them with this Chirpy video from … well, let’s just say from before most of them were born:-) It’s a busy conference week: Jacob will soon check in from [...]
Enterprise 2.0 Launchpad Finalists
I’m a little sceptical of tech conference launchpads – while they’re a good opportunity for start-ups to leverage the big audiences that conferences attract, in the past they’ve tended to consist principally of consumer plays that, while exciting at first blush, end up feeling like an unfortunate one night stand – a good idea at [...]
