Remove Activity Remove Design Remove EC2 Remove S3
article thumbnail

Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

.&# They started by offering cloud storage (S3) on a super cheap, pay-as-you consume basis. They then launched processing capabilities (EC2) and we startups suddenly didn’t need to buy production servers. These funds were active back in 2006 when I was raising money for my second company.

article thumbnail

What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. At the bottom end of the stack is storage (S3) and processing (EC2). SimpleGeo is designed with the idea that startups can create new mobile products without having to each build their own mapping functionality.