Wearable Computing and Augmented Reality

November 25, 2013

First business need I’ve seen for Google Glass–I get it, finally–analysis and overlays http://t.co/N16kY9IUuO — Josh James (@joshjames) November 12, 2013 Wearable computing is another emerging trend. It’s just natural that things we do will continue to be enhanced by convenient computers. As Josh James points out above, augmented reality is a great starting point […]

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My Bitcoin Mining Experiment

November 24, 2013

I should have started playing with bitcoins much sooner than today (a la living in the future). This past week I felt much like Brad Feld described today in, “Bitcoins, Bitcoins Everywhere.” There is a frenzy of information on bitcoins everywhere you look the last few weeks. There are two ways to get bitcoins:  1) […]

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Causing More Harm than Good in Email Marketing

November 22, 2013

Email marketing is a very important lifeblood for a startup. We are fortunate in Atlanta to have some of the best email marketing companies in the world in our backyard. However, there are a few ways you can really damage your company through email marketing mistakes. Here are a few thoughts on nasty email marketing […]

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Our Tradeshow Experience

November 21, 2013

From time to time, I like to share explanatory details about AccelerEyes on this blog to help readers understand more about what we do. For instance, read these background information posts. Today I post more company information covering the big SC13 tradeshow that ended today. On our company blog, there are 2 posts that share more […]

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User Engagement in the NVIDIA Exhibit

November 20, 2013

NVIDIA booth at #sc13 was so packed, fire marshall came by #cuda #gpu #hpc pic.twitter.com/RgP3jV3ZN0 — Sumit Gupta (@SumitGup) November 21, 2013 My team and I were thoroughly impressed with the NVIDIA booth at SC13. Their whole presence revolved around user engagement. Sumit’s tweet above shows the kind of response they received for focusing on […]

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A Great Story of Scrappy Tradeshow Resourcefulness

November 19, 2013

I love stories of scrappy entrepreneurs finding ways to get things done resourcefully. I previously shared a funny story about scrappy resourcefulness from our early days. Today I heard a great story from one of our partners at SC13. The partner sells heavy server hardware. To avoid the thousands of dollars that Freeman charges to move […]

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Two Kinds of Exhibits to Watch at Tradeshows

November 18, 2013

There are two kinds of exhibits I like to look for at tradeshows that have meaningful impact on the way I view our market. BigCo Presence It is always revealing to see how big the BigCo’s go at tradeshows. There is often a correlation between the bigness of presence and the appetite the BigCo has […]

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Ask This: How Is Your Software Tested?

November 17, 2013

If three test cases pass, it’s pretty much proof by induction that it works. — Professor Matthew Might (@mattmight) November 8, 2013 At SC13, highly technical parallel computing software will be discussed, demoed, denounced, and debuted. Whenever I hear about a new software project, one question I like to ask is, “How is the software […]

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Say No to Resume Request without a Term Sheet

November 15, 2013

In the first 2 years of our startup, several BigCos engaged with us in acquisition discussions. At that stage, an acquisition would have amounted to more of an aquihire than a normal acquisition. These early discussions were aimed at low balling our talented team into joining their BigCo, bringing along the IP we had begun […]

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Flipping Internet Privacy on its Head

November 14, 2013

Earlier this week, I enjoyed a lunch with Mike Muller, CTO of ARM. We discussed many areas of technical computing, including the software ecosystem. He and I shared many of the same perceptions of how things work. As we were discussing technology startups, he brought up an interesting point about privacy. He explained that if […]

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