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Strategy Roundtable: 5 Cloud Computing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

s roundtable, I started with a presentation on blue sky opportunities in cloud computing based on our Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing (TLCC) research. I took the audience through five cloud-based business ideas, discussed why they are relevant and pointed them to the sources I derived those ideas from.

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How to Successfully Approach Trade-Offs as an Entrepreneur in 2021

Up and Running

In fact, Americans are becoming small business owners at an accelerated clip: New filings for employer identification numbers are higher than they’ve been since 2007 , according to the U.S. The decision to invest in efficiency boosters versus building out a team in the early stages is another potential tradeoff to consider.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

2007 was the watershed year. Even the most somber of industry analysts must acknowledge that the shift from computers being devices controlled by humans to smart devices that are all computers connected to an Internet cloud – the so called “Internet of Things” – is breeding massive new opportunities.

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Create Structure out of the Gate and You’ll Thank Yourself Later

Feld Thoughts

His most recent company, Filtrbox, participated in the inaugural Techstars class (Techstars Boulder 2007) and was a win for all parties involved; Filtrbox was acquired in 2010 by Jive Software (NASDAQ: JIVE). Following is his advice to early stage entrepreneurs for creating structure in their company.

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

Altgate

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). The servers are in the cloud, his advertising sales is with Google, etc. We tried to provide a framework for startups to think about what activities should be outsourced and why.

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Book: King of Capital

Feld Thoughts

If you were a seed or early stage investor during this time (+/- two years) your returns over the next decade would be epic. By early 2007, “we told our [investors] that, notwithstanding the fact that everyone else thinks it’s a fantastic time, the economy is rocking, there are no problems, we’re pulling back,” says James.

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Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors

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13) Portland startups at an “Early Stage”: Start-Ups: Silicon Valley, it ain’t (and that’s awesome) (0). Software Cloud Engineer III. Software Cloud Project Manager. Copyright © 2007–2012 Silicon Florist and Return —Views expressed here are not necessarily those of whom I cover.