Archive for the ‘Web/Tech’ Category

The virtual silicon valley that is GrowVC

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010Some say, its the future of funding for entrepreneurs, and they just may be right. easy to understand presentation on a company that I am a great believer in GrowVC - V=venture, C=Community.In Communities Dominate Brands, we always said the ...

Entrepreneurs get networked up to and across each other

Thursday, May 13th, 2010Got a great business idea but no money to finance it? It's the age old problem faced by would-be entrepreneurs. But a new generation of online funding platforms is taking the pain out of raising capital to get new ventures ...

Entrepreneurship in the networked society by John Seely Brown

Thursday, April 29th, 2010Following on from yesterday's post on the evolution of media/publishing etc., inspired by Alan Rusbridger speaking at the Law firm OlswangI came across a great address that John Seely Brown gave at Stanford's Technology and Ventures Program. For the networked ...

Alan Rusbridger: 21st Century publishing @ Olswang

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010I went along last night to listen to Alan Rusbridger present at Olswangs Technology+ event. A packed room, listened attentively to what he had to say. The word he used for the future of the Guardian was mutalisation: whereby value ...

Machines and biology by Andrew Hessel

Thursday, April 8th, 2010A fascinating talk by Andrew HesselAndrew Hessel reasons that Synthetic Biology will be the next big IT industry. In his remarkable talk Andrew talks about the parallels between IT and biology. Andrew lectures Synthetic Biology at the Singularity University and ...

Legal madness in Milan

Friday, February 26th, 2010Its not Milan Daaaaaarling this time.Just reading an editorial in the analogue version of the Guardian.On Wednesday, a Milanese court convicted three Google executives of violating privacy and gave them six-month suspended sentences. This is an analogue verdict in a ...

Advice for entrepreneurs

Monday, February 22nd, 2010Address pain points in society to do good and do better Entrepreneurs looking for growth opportunities should begin by identifying 'pain points' in society, say INSEAD Professor Subi Rangan and Shantanu Prakash, the founder of Indian educational company, ...

Grow VC the Kiva of tech start ups

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010I am proud to introduce Grow VC which has some great heritage behind it. Not only the creators but also projects like Kiva, Artistshare, Galaxy zoo and Local Motors (More on networked economics). Here is the context,80% of the growth ...

Cambridge technology cooler than the Apple tablet?

Friday, January 29th, 2010Cambridge produces some extraordinary technology. So I am glad to celebrate that.Its engagement as technology even into the automotive industry. Is it a disruptive technology? Minority Report springs to mind. And its twitter and wifi enabled.

Networked government – could reboot Britain

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010CFA is the latest wave in the growing government 2.0 movement, joining the ranks of Federal CIO Vivek Kundra's Data.gov site and innovation contests like Apps for Democracy and Apps for America, where citizens can create shared applications using public-sector ...

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