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Cloud Computing = Democratization of Applications
Albert Wenger – Feb 26, 2010
The Web brought us the democratization of content. Cloud Computing will do the same for applications. That will be one of my key themes for the Cloud Computing panel this afternoon at the Wharton Business Technology conference (that’s assuming that [...] Read more
Burn Rate as the Canonical Mistake (for Web Startups)
Albert Wenger – Feb 25, 2010
One of the all time great opening lines is from Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina: I am beginning to think that the opposite is true for (web) startups. There seem to be surprisingly many roads to success. But the canonical road to [...] Read more
Defending (Internet) Freedom
Albert Wenger – Feb 24, 2010
I love Italy - for vacations, that is. But the decision by a judge in Milan to convict several Google employees for the posting of a bullying video on Youtube is a serious threat to the potential of the Internet [...] Read more
Corporate Entities
Fred Wilson – Feb 22, 2010
I'm taking a turn on MBA Mondays today. We are moving past the concepts of interest and time value of money and moving into the world of corporations. Today, I'd like to talk about what kinds of entities you might [...] Read more
Unemployment and Structural Change (2)
Albert Wenger – Feb 22, 2010
I have written previously about unemployment and structural change in the economy, arguing that we are facing a particularly bad outlook for employment. The New York Times on Saturday had a good article on this subject that combined some chilling [...] Read more
Software patents are the problem not the answer
Brad Burnham – Feb 19, 2010
Nathan Myhrvold and I have exactly the same goal. We'd both like to promote useful innovations that have a positive social impact. But we have very different opinions about how to do it. Nathan believes the patent system is the [...] Read more
Compounding Interest
Fred Wilson – Feb 15, 2010
It's time for MBA Mondays again. For the third week in a row, the topic of the post has been suggested by a reader. Last week, Elia Freedman wrote:"A suggestion for your next post. The logical follow-on is to explain [...] Read more
Some Thoughts on Google Buzz
Albert Wenger – Feb 10, 2010
I got Google Buzz last night in my gmail account and have started to play around with it a bit. Here are some initial thoughts. First off, I agree with Andrew that the integration of Buzz with Gmail will turn [...] Read more
Email Killer Feature: Reply Processing
Albert Wenger – Feb 9, 2010
If you needed yet another reason to switch from operating your own MTA for transactional email to using a service provider, SendGrid recently introduced a killer feature: reply processing. No more need to send emails from “no-reply@thatsoundsrude.com." Instead, let people [...] Read more