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6 Information Surges Raise Huge Startup Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s enough to drown any business which tries to fight it or ignore it, and it’s an opportunity to ride higher and faster than even the successes of Google and Facebook, for those startups that use it as their driving force. Cloud computing: the death of dedicated infrastructure. The audience is now the actors.

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Content World Turned Upside Down

SoCal Tech Calendar

From GoogleTV to iTunes and YouTube to the rise of social networks to e-book readers to cloud computing and free software, the worlds of newspapers, books, music, platform games, film, television and even software have seen the sales of physical media such as DVDs plummet.

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Content World Turned Upside Down

SoCal Tech Calendar

From GoogleTV to iTunes and YouTube to the rise of social networks to e-book readers to cloud computing and free software, the worlds of newspapers, books, music, platform games, film, television and even software have seen the sales of physical media such as DVDs plummet.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

And they need it because nobody senior at Stripe, Discord, Coinbase or for that matter Facebook, Google or Snap is leaving without a ton of incentives to do so. He also wrote this excellent book on the Venture Capital industry that I highly recommend ? dot-com bonanza. HP Style) are dead. Secrets of Sand Hill Road.

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6 Technology Trends Will Spawn Countless New Ventures

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s enough to drown any business which tries to fight it or ignore it, and it’s an opportunity to ride higher and faster than even the successes of Google and Facebook, for those startups that use it as their driving force. Cloud computing: the death of dedicated infrastructure. The audience is now the actors.

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Business Success Requires More Than Good Checklists

Startup Professionals Musings

So for those of you that love checklists, I saw some real value in a new book by James M. From tablets to smart phones to Google Glass , people are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to assist them in managing their lives. Cloud Computing.

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

These two trends had a major impact on the computing industry from 2000-2005 but the effects weren’t yet felt by the VC industry. The Emergence of “Open Cloud&# Infrastructure. The biggest change in the software industry beyond open-source was “open cloud.&#. That little online book company. Not Google.