$1 billion. Yes, that’s a big number, but it’s not as valuable as $1 billion was in 1999 or even last year, so why the special name for private companies reaching this valuation? Brad Feld suggests the push for a billion dollar valuation may not be the best way to create long term value and may very well leave the employees and investors with much less
Category: Cloud computing
Is all data public?
Roger Grimes writes in InfoWorld that asking if a database is secure is the old way of thinking. The new way is to know if a data source is valuable it will be hacked or more likely already has been hacked. If you ask security experts, every database worth stealing is already in the hands…
David Cohen’s updated Hitchhickers’ Guide to the Boulder Tech Startup Community
A hitchhiker's guide to the boulder tech startup community from David Cohen
Can Lower Corporate Taxes and Infrastructure Save the Economy
Fareed Zakaria in his Time article How Lower Corporate Taxes and Infrastructure Can Save the Economy suggest they can indeed. Borrowing low corporate tax rates, investment incentives, and a shift to a territorial tax system from Fed-Ex‘s Fred Smith, Zakaria adds government investment in infrastructure improvement to his economic plan. Right now, because of tax and other policies,…
Open Source Competition in the Clouds
Folks are beginning to line up behind the idea of Open Source Clouds. Let the competition begin.
PIPA and SOPA go too far…
I’m for protecting IP rights when it is done right. However, allowing everyone to be cast offline because one person is in violation of infringement is far too high a price to pay. Especially, when those seeking protection have ample means to stop offenders with current policy. PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from…