Tag Archives: startups

Do VCs Get Nanotech?

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

Startup media site Xconomy (led by my friend Bob Buderi) has an interesting post based on an interview with nanotech pioneer Tim Swager from MIT. Tim’s observations are that, initially, VCs invested in a nano bubble without having a clue about what … Continue reading →

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Enterprises, Everybody Wants Your Data

Posted on July 10, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

As storage gets cheaper, enterprises small and large accumulate more and more information. Finding the right information at the right time is becoming harder and harder. Information comes from many sources: email, IM, the Web and intranets, employee’s desktops, enterprise … Continue reading →

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Rebooting Business Models

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

An interesting company to watch is EveryZing (what used to be Podzinger). My friend Tom Wilde recently took the reigns as CEO. His task is similar to that of many CEOs of Series B companies–take good tech that has gone … Continue reading →

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The Art of Viral Distribution is Becoming a Science

Posted on June 13, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

Viral marketing and viral distribution are sometimes confused. Viral marketing is about the messaging/positioning first and foremost; the call to action is in second place. Viral distribution is about the packaging of discovering, learning about / evaluating and, hopefully, using … Continue reading →

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For The Wanna-Be Entrepreneurs Amongst Us

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

My friend Ajit Jaokar writes a very personal post about a Pink Floyd music video–Learning to Fly from Momentary Lapse of Reason–that had a profound influence on his life. The video of Learning to fly is deeply symbolic and metaphysical. … Continue reading →

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Playing Monopoly in the Advertising Space

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

So, let’s see: Microsoft buys aQuantive for $6B (2x price premium suggests some deal competition) Google buys DoubleClick for $3.1B (beats Microsoft) WPP buys 24/7 Media for $649M (Microsoft was also looking at it) Yahoo buys Right Media for $680M … Continue reading →

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MIT $100K Competition Final Awards

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

Despite the downpour in Boston, a good group showed up at the final awards ceremony for the MIT $100K competition. The event is famous for forging many startups, including our own Akamai, and generating billions in value and thousands of … Continue reading →

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Analysis: Automated Code Scanners

Posted on April 17, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

One of the best articles I’ve seen on application security analysis. Of course, some of the problem with current approaches are remedied when one takes a binary, SaaS approach and issues are scrubbed for false positives by trained security experts–in … Continue reading →

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SavaJe Goes to Sun

Posted on April 13, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

In a smart move, Sun bought SavaJe, which had built a complete mobile software stack using Java. I hope Sun embraces Linux as the phone OS layer and opens up the SavaJe stack to multiple presentation technologies by integrating an AJAX-enabled … Continue reading →

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Widget Convergence: Web-to-Desktop

Posted on March 21, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

The guys at Goowy and yourminis blog that you can now put your widgets on your desktop, all thanks to Adobe Apollo. I tried it and it’s pretty neat, despite the fact that it is alpha tech running on alpha tech. … Continue reading →

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