I admit I’m a bit behind in my reading amidst end of year planning and all this holiday hoopla, so I’m just getting around to reading Sunday’s Wall Street Journal post asking “Should Start-Up Founders Forget About Business Plans?”
The post quotes HubSpot founder and CEO Brian Halligan saying that [...]
Continue Reading →So this is slightly out of the norm for The Guidewire. But some very smart, very plugged-in tech-heads read our blog and I’d be crazy not to take advantage of your wisdom.
I’m about to begin the wondrous journey of buying a new laptop. And as I’m scanning through CNET, Gizmodo, Engadget and other like-minded [...]
Continue Reading →This morning, I kicked off my 24th and last DEMO conference. By the end of the day tomorrow, Venture Beat’s Matt Marshall will be the sole executive producer of the DEMO Conferences and I’ll be on to something new.
History shows that companies created in down economies are just as likely to [...]
Continue Reading →Sometimes, I don’t exactly know what I think until I read what I’ve said or written in someone else’s media. Such is the case with this interview with TheNextWomen, the London-based media startup that bills itself as the “business magazine for female Internet heroes.”
The site describes [...]
Continue Reading →Though DEMO 09 wrapped a mere two weeks ago, we’re already making preparations for DEMOfall 09, to be held September 21-23 in San Diego. The call for applications is now open, so if you’re working on a game-changing, innovative technology, apply to launch today. For more info on the [...]
Continue Reading →When I identified VoIP application platform provider Ribbit as one of the “DEMO 10,” I wrote:
My bet: Ribbit is gaining momentum among a range of established companies who need Ribbit’s platform to deliver integrated voice capabilities into their products, giving Ribbit big company potential; expect an IPO in several years time.
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Continue Reading →Back in the old days – or the ’90s as some call them – we utilized the Internet as an information resource. What’s that phone number, where is that address, where can I buy that product – you had concrete questions and were no longer required to speak to a human to get answers. Sure, [...]
Continue Reading →My brain is beginning to melt from all of the deep-tech conversations here at SemTech. During the DEMO Road Show in Austin last week, I tweeted, “Just when you’re feeling smart, you meet a guy who built a server farm in his basement.” (That’s a story we’ll have to [...]
Continue Reading →For all my stewing about presenting an effective panel here at SemTech, I think we did it in spades this morning. I’m biased of course but if the amount of active, engaged audience members and lively conversation following the panel was any indication, Taking Semantic Technology to the Masses [...]
Continue Reading →I’m headed to the Semantic Technology conference in a couple of weeks, primed to mingle with the top minds in what is arguably the most exciting sector in technology right now. I’ll be participating in a panel, “Taking Semantic Technology to the Masses,” that tackles a key issue around [...]
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