Published on January 2nd, 2014
New technologies are eating jobs. Big deal, you might say. After all, the steam engine, cotton gin, sewing machine, and automobile all eliminated jobs. The fact is that new technologies have long created many more new... Read More
Published on December 23rd, 2013
Can theoretical, scientific study of complex systems inform the hardscrabble world of start-ups? Yes. To see how, meet the Santa Fe Institute (SFI). [1] Founded 30 years ago in Santa Fe, NM by Nobel laureates in physics and economics,... Read More
Published on August 14th, 2013
If the Internet makes it easier than ever to start a company, why are fewer of them getting started today? In the last two decades, software has become more functional and smarter, and many small-business services... Read More
Published on June 15th, 2013
What do oil, natural gas, and radio spectrum capacity have in common? All three were predicted in recent years to run out. But all three have kept growing thanks to continuous innovation. Wireless Spectrum Capacity Technology... Read More
Published on June 14th, 2013
From 1992 to 2009, I ran online survey software and research companies Decisive Technology (now part of Google) and CustomerSat (now part of Confirm-IT). Decisive was the first software company to automate surveys via email; CustomerSat... Read More
Published on June 12th, 2013
Farmer or hired hand? Entrepreneur or slave? Not sure. Every morning I tend my crops. My purple squash are blooming luxuriantly. My tall stalks of golden wheat sway gently. My peanuts are just sprouting, and my... Read More
Published on May 24th, 2013
When my iPhone 3 died a few months ago, I upgraded to the iPhone 5. At the Apple Store I quickly decided upon all of the options until the last one: color. Did I want black... Read More
Congratulations to Parlay Labs on their new brand, Highfive,
and an all-star list of investors.
JCV were pre-Series A investors.