A good post to put things in perspective by Fred Wilson. When a blockbuster deal happens, a lot of people get excited. The press is all over it, money comes pouring into startups in search of the next one, people quit jobs and school to get in the game. It’s a gold rush. But there’s another reaction that I have heard a lot in the past few weeks that is...

I love this article in TechCrunch, because I personally believe the the cell phone industry will be the next or second to next that will be disrupted by Internet technology. Especially with WiFi spots increasing and VOIP systems such as Google Voice and Skype are real cheap and the problems that consumers have with their smartphone bill is that its just too high. ...

A good article originally posted on Fortune Magazine discussing the concern with today’s startup entrepreneurs. By Seth Levine, contributor I love the start-up world. I love working with founders and young companies. I love the excitement of working on business ideas that are new and different. I love seeing the success that often comes from this hard work....

The most popular apps were: Office Email: Google Apps Customer Relationship Management: Salesforce Data Storage: Backblaze Payment Processing: PayPal Storage/Backup/Virtualization: Dropbox Social Media Management: Facebook & HootSuite Accounting: QuickBooks Billing: QuickBooks Small Business...

This is very admirable. Twitter is launching an Innovators Patent Agreement (IPA) to give their employees ownership in their creation. They will be listed as the owner of the patent and Twitter has to obtain consent from them in order to sue another company. However, the purpose of the IPA is not to take a proactive approach in the legal courts, but more of an...

As the old expression goes, bears make money, bulls make money, but pigs get slaughter.  They should have taken the$6B offer from Google when they had the chance.  Though, I’m sure Google is happy that Groupon said no because currently Groupon isn’t doing so shabby. Originally published in VentureBeat. Groupon was forced to restate fourth quarter...