As I write this, the President of the United States is taking his place at the front of a joint session of Congress to present his jobs plan for America. A critical speech to a supremely critical audience – the Republican caucus, most certainly, and the American people at large. He will talk about extending [...]
Continue Reading →Running a startup is like riding a monster roller coaster. You push your way through line, excited and a little nervous, maybe even scared. You talk a good game to all your friends, while secretly stealing an envious glance at some of the seemingly safer rides. As you approach the ride, all the signs warn [...]
Continue Reading →Remember the iconic movie scene in which Dorothy’s black-and-white Kansas becomes Technicolor Oz?
Life might feel a little like that for the engineers at Cooliris, watching Silicon Valley tastemakers speculate about Color and its $41M venture round, except that the Cooliris folks have been working in living color all [...]
Continue Reading →Steve Larsen is an entrepreneur’s entrepreneur. By his own admission, he’s not the “world’s greatest CEO” or even the “idea guy” of young businesses. But by my observation, he is among the most willing among experienced executives and entrepreneurs to share his experience with those who have yet to cut their startup [...]
Continue Reading →I worked in two international publishing firms before I came to the role of startup founder. I managed a team, hired great people, handled every sort of HR issue, created budgets, made board presentations, developed and delivered new products, and even had a hand in customer service from time to time.
But none of that [...]
Continue Reading →Last night, 200 intrepid souls took on torrential rain storms to bring warmth and good wishes to our new offices and home of our Studio G program sin Silicon Valley. Dedicated to the startup community in Silicon Valley and around the globe, Studio G is designed to be a high-energy hub servicing entrepreneurs, their mentors and partners [...]
Continue Reading →Congratulations are in order for our partner, the City of Zaragoza in northern Spain, which completed a key milestone in the city’s transformation to an information economy. Centro de Incubación Empresarial (CIEM) a 2,000 sq meter facility opened this month to house up to 30 young companies building businesses in information [...]
Continue Reading →A year ago, Guidewire Group embarked on an ambitious plan to seek out the Innovate!100, a global list of the 100 startups demonstrating high potential and higher velocity as they build their businesses from idea to sustainability. Today, after more than 30 Pitch Slam events in more than 30 cities on [...]
Continue Reading →Those of us who live on the coasts can easily regard the space between New York and San Francisco as little more than a six hour plane flight. After all, the brains of American innovation are in Silicon Valley and the pocket book to pay for it is in the Big Apple. At least that’s [...]
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