Kony 2012: Making the Audience Feel Like Superheroes
March 14, 2012, No Comments

100 million online views can’t be wrong—or so goes the thinking behind the incredibly successful “Kony 2012” vi ...

A Guide to Crowdfunding
February 15, 2012, 1 Comment

How can you get the cash you need for your business without having to put up with the meddlesome interference of investo ...

What is a Superpower in the Age of Information?
July 26, 2011, No Comments

We’re only a few days away from witnessing one of the formerly most prosperous nations on earth become an official Has ...

$240 Billion by 2020: The Future of Cloud Computing
July 25, 2011, 1 Comment

You know something has hit critical mass when people start worrying about how to regulate it more effectively. Consider ...

Get Rich Quick StartUps Lead to Economic Shut-Downs
July 19, 2011, No Comments

Google has spent close to $350 million in 2011 as part of its effort to discover the next big startup, joining a plethor ...

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Jeff Clavier: A Cool Billion Dollars
July 6, 2011, 2 Comments

Jeff Clavier is the founder of SoftTechVC, a venture capital firm that specializes in investing in consumer internet sta ...

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Open Government is Dead, or Long Live Open Government?
July 2, 2011, No Comments

To judge from recent U.S. news reports, open government is either thriving or in the midst of an unceremonious death. In ...

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Google’s 3 Weirdest Mistakes
July 2, 2011, No Comments

Being one of the largest search engines on Earth isn’t easy, but it sure is profitable. Of course, making lots of mone ...

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Drawing a Curtain Around the Cloud
June 25, 2011, No Comments

This week, the cloud computing start-ups Bromium and ScaleXTreme each announced exceptional investor funding of $9.2 and ...

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A Brief History of Failed IPOs
June 17, 2011, No Comments

What is the future of market trading on internet companies? The recent public stock offering by internet radio giant Pan ...