This information isn’t hard to find. Tags: Startup Advice startup technology vc venture capita This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice . I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0

Jeff Monday watch "mind the information gap" on vimeo It's called Information Gap Theory. George Lowenstien wrote a paper about it in 1994 and it works like this: when we come across something new that is not explained by our previous knowledge or experiences, an information gap is formed. hexagon is not very different from anything you've previously experienced, so a small In reading "Driven" and "Made to Stick" I stumbled across an incredibly interesting idea. Dr.

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My role is to work as part of the team to (1) understand related technologies and technical opportunities, (2) understand and help drive alignment around a vision of where the business should go, and (3) mesh those together to help make disciplined, proactive technical decisions. Technical Strategy I support the technical team to: review short and long-term technology strategies to help direct strategic technical decisions and help to ensure appropriate technology usage, help define needed technical research activities, assess new and emerging technologies to determine application

If you’re not familiar with the term it’s basically trying to help all of us who are deluged with technology to find ways to cope with the masses of information without having it ruin our lives. The concept is that in the “information era” the overwhelming majority of employees in the world have meaningless jobs pushing papers from one side of their desk to the other side from 9am to 5pm and really don’t have much of an impact on anything.  The A couple of years ago I read the popular book, “The Four Hour Workweek ” by Tim Ferriss.  It

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 -- Converging Technologies for Health Information: A New Venture Frontier / Entrepreneurial Opportunities: the $40 Billion Stimulus and Beyond. At least $19B will be going into payment to providers for adopting ��meaningful use�� of ��interoperable Electronic health record (EHR) technology.�� More is being directed into ��Health Information Exchanges�� to provide MIT Enterprise Forum of San Diego. With billions of stimulus funding, the US government is encouraging national adoption of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems.

The volume of Tweets is enormous and growing at a rapid pace so tools are emerging to help brands manage this information. They could then publish information and it would go in the “stream” of information when you were logged into Facebook. Companies can capture this information if they notice you Tweet about them.  If This post is part of my ongoing series Twitter 101 for all those that still “don’t get” Twitter.  I’m now moving from the 101 basics into the business applications.  I

Los Angeles-based private equity firm Platinum Equity said Thursday afternoon that it has completed its acquisition of Pomeroy IT Solutions , a Kentucky-based provider of information technology solutions and services. Tags: platinum equity pomeroy solutions merger acquisition information technolog The deal takes Pomeroy private, and was worth $6.50 per share of Pomeroy, or approximately $61.3M.

It’s interesting to note how technology can be used so creatively to gain an edge over your competition. Athletes and Entrepreneurs can and should use the information provided by such innovative technology as a competitive advantage in the race to first place. By using deep creativity coupled with powerful technology one can truly stand out, or in this case win Gol I read an interesting post today over at the Google Lat Long Blog about Google Earth helping an American Cyclist win a Gold Medal at the Olympics. She mentions that “ After returning home

8221;  Questions like this in a crowd often elicit “yes” answers even when people haven’t heard of the technology or company.  Most 8221;  It gives you an opportunity to email the VC after the meeting with more information and the potential to continue the dialog. ...Tags: Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice startup technology vc venture capita This is part of my blog series “ Pitching a VC .” 8221;