Pius Uzamere argues that virtual reality will succeed first in business applications instead of gaming: (more…)

Technological revolutions happen in two main phases: the installation phase and the deployment phase. Here’s a chart (from this excellent book by Carlota Perez via Fred Wilson) showing the four previous…

Andrew Parker had a great post a few years ago where he sketched out all the startups going after pieces of Craigslist: (more…)

There’s been a lot of speculation lately about why big companies spend millions of dollars acquiring startups for their technology or talent. The answer lies in the…

Until last week’s announcement of the new Surface tablet, Microsoft had taken the same approach to mobile devices that they had with PCs: build the software themselves…

Before World War 2, the middle-class in the developed world struggled to afford basic needs. In the post-war boom, standards of living rose dramatically, and people consumed…

Startups usually succeed because of a single major product or business innovation. Google is unusual in that they succeeded because of two major innovations: their core search…

Every week a “we are in a tech bubble” article seems to come out in a major newspaper or blog. People who argue we aren’t in a…