The Difference a Year Can Make…
Sometimes a year flies by almost without notice….not this year having worked on the JOBS Act passed today in Congress…
Category: Trends
Analysis, forecasting, and thoughts on all things venture
Why Would The Senate Vote No on JOBS?
The Senate is considering the JOBS bill this week. The bill looks to make it easier for companies to go public by reducing some of the cost...
Final Push for Passage of the JOBS Act
Today is the last opportunity to show your support for the JOBS Act, a bill encouraging more capital to flow to innovative startups.
Why Everyone Lies About Pricing
It's hard enough to find the right price for your product or service — without everyone lying to you about it.
API’s: The Connective Tissue of the Web
The number of application programmer interfaces (API's) is growing exponentially. Side effects of this trend of data...
Choose Your Web House Wisely
Maciej Ceglowski compares the new world of cloud platforms to the convenience of living in a dorm room or a monastery.
Mining the Gap – DST and the IPO Gap
The time to buy is when everyone else is selling. The dearth of venture backed IPO's in the last decade, with almost none in 2009...
GitHub: The New Locus of Software Development
By completely dominating the landscape for open-source software, GitHub fast became the default code repository for most developers.
How Zynga and Netflix Use the Cloud
Two internet success stories have adopted different cloud strategies: Zynga owns the base and rents the spike while Netflix...
Understanding Platform-as-a-Service
Platforms-as-a-Service have caught the imagination of developers by abstracting away repetitive middleware configuration.