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Before you build your insanely great product, find your great market.

Cloud Computing Outside the US
Information Week has an article that talks about the difference between the US and European Cloud Computing markets. The article points out to some numbers given by The 451 Group’s William Fellows The 451 Group’s William Fellows in a “Cloud Outlook 2010” Webcast, says that 57% of spending on cloud computing is done in the […]

What is this “Momentum” of Which You Speak?
A meeting with an entrepreneur last Friday reminded me of the most frustrating and overused feedback entrepreneurs receive from VCs: Talk to me when you have “momentum”; or I need to see some “traction” first. With more and more VCs looking to make later stage investments, entrepreneurs are receiving this feedback more than ever. You can […]

Cloud Computing and Developing Countries – Part 2
Image via Wikipedia In the first part of this series, I wrote about how individual developers in the developing countries are benefiting from cloud computing. In this post, I am going to make some arguments to highlight how small businesses in these countries can also benefit from the cloud computing and compete in the global […]

Cloud Computing and Developing Countries – Part 1
Image via Wikipedia One of the biggest selling points of cloud computing is that it levels the playing field for small companies to compete with bigger ones in terms of IT infrastructure. Well, I will go one step further and argue that cloud computing helps players in developing countries to compete on a par with […]