“There’s a whole ocean of oil under our feet! No one can get at it except for me!” – Daniel Plainview, There Will Be Blood With troves of voice data from call and customer care centers, enterprises sit on an ocean of data about their customers, but they lack a means to structure and draw […]
Petrobras – A massive corruption scandal widens Rolls-Royce – A recent $828 million bribery settlement Teva Pharmaceuticals – A $519 million settlement for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Ill-formed and poorly executed policies, combined with a lack of control, education and accountability, weaken companies. The headlines that result from these errors can […]
“I think there are those individuals who are intimidated by really smart, talented people. But for me, surrounding yourself with great talent is the key to success.” — Monika Chiang, fashion designer Much like our portfolio companies, venture investing is a people business. The more talented and experienced the team, the higher the value for […]
Although much of the attention regarding the penetration of cloud infrastructure in the enterprise has focused on the competing IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) platforms, big opportunities are being created for tools and applications that support its movement and management. While attending Amazon Web Services annual re:Invent conference in mid-November with 15,000 other attendees, the […]
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I recently spoke at two meet-ups geared towards early-stage entrepreneurs hosted by Philly Startup Leaders and Walnut St. Labs. Compared to today, the journey to becoming a successful entrepreneur was much different in 1998 when I co-founded ITtoolbox. Although the internet Bubble was inflating, becoming an entrepreneur was still an unconventional path with fairly limited […]