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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. million in team costs to code, launch, manage, market & sell our software.

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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

Especially when there are things like: Amazon S3 / EC2 / AWS outage this morning. Finally we get to: Peter Coffee , Director of Platform Research, Salesforce.com His premise is that we should be beyond having to buy servers, software, or any other infrastructure. Must design your application differently to live on top of the platform.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

Companies like GeoCities & Tripod built tools that let you publish web pages that could be discoverable by others. MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. Third-Party Tools Will Embed Social Features in Websites. This trend of social pervasiveness will continue.

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

Both Sides of the Table

Companies like GeoCities & Tripod built tools that let you publish web pages that could be discoverable by others. Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. reinvented, with more people online and trained.

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INNOVATION - A Scientist's Perspective

AeA Los Angeles Council

This is a great three-year plan that provides funds to allow schools to purchase research tools, interact with NASA (including a trip to Houston), and provide advanced training for teachers. Just yesterday, I had a great talk with a Los Angeles-based computer game designer who has worked with the U.S. Army, for example.