Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

Of course there were variants – we preferred PostGres to MySQL and many people used other programming languages than PHP. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2010

Internet TV and media tablets are now in the “Peak of Inflated Expectations,” cloud computing and microblogging (Twitter) are entering the "Trough of Disillusionment," while mobile application stores and location aware applications are finally headed up the “Slope of Enlightenment.” It’s definitely worth a look.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 7, 2016

This of course means greater convenience as we get more done in less time, but is it possible that all this emphasis on being faster isn’t always the best option? In fact, this is the same trajectory that many technologies go through, from cloud computing to software defined storage to cell phones.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

A similar experience occurred at a cloud computing company where I acted as an addVisor. As described in What The Heck Are My Stock Options Worth? , Total options granted to employees. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

A similar experience occurred at a cloud computing company where I acted as an addVisor. As described in What The Heck Are My Stock Options Worth? , Total options granted to employees. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _. —

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. And of course the funding problem coincided with the stock market correction that took away most exit options for years to come. So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

Of course, there are still caveats - can they pass data security audits, what is your downtime risk and cost of downtime, what's the risk of the platform vendor. Only guarantee for longevity is if you have options. Large number of Players in Cloud Computing. This is certainly one of the big concerns I expressed above.

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