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 [...]
Morsels from the Crunchies, or Whatever Happened to Startups?
There were two Golden Globes ceremonies this weekend: one for movies, and one for Technology. The latter, the Crunchies took place in San Francisco, and despite the posh venues – Herbst Theatre and the City Hall – it was definitely less glitzy then her Hollywood sister. Here are some of the major fashion observations dedicated [...]