Blog » Archive for December, 2008

Accidental Entrepreneur: Cryptography Research President Paul Kocher (Part 3)

Sat, Dec 20, 2008

SM: You developed this technology as part of your consulting company’s business model? PK: This is some technology I came up with, and it was not something we were in position to monetize. Chini Krishnan used this technology as the start for Valicert. We started that company.

Design That Moves Business: An Unusual Place for Design

Sat, Dec 20, 2008

By guest authors Charles W. Bush and Kathy Hwang of 3Strand Innovation, a brand, design and business consultancy When you look for examples of successful design-driven companies, you typically come across names like Apple, P&G and General Electric. You probably haven’t heard much about Crown Stacker, a warehouse stacker company that won a BusinessWeek International [...]

Accidental Entrepreneur: Cryptography Research President Paul Kocher (Part 2)

Fri, Dec 19, 2008

SM: What was the business model for your new company? PK: It was clear that the consulting model was good for stability, but I like to shake things up. I started putting all the extra money we could into R&D and patents.

Forbes Column 08: ‘Edutainment’ Needs Entrepreneurs

Fri, Dec 19, 2008

This week’s Zero In challenges entrepreneurs to create a scalable education methodology that standardizes and makes universally accessible content across disciplines while personalizing lessons to children’s learning needs. The column suggests that such a system need not depend on widespread access to the latest laptops or broadband technology, or even on initiatives such as Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop per [...]

Accidental Entrepreneur: Cryptography Research President Paul Kocher (Part 1)

Thu, Dec 18, 2008

Paul founded Cryptography Research, where he now serves as president and chief scientist. He has held positions at RSA Security and was a founding member of Valicert, Inc. (Tumbleweed). Among his notable accomplishments are his work on SSL 3.0, the DES Key Search machine, and discovering timing attacks and Differential Power Analysis. He holds a [...]

Adobe Delivers Solid Results

Thu, Dec 18, 2008

This Tuesday, Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE), the leading maker of creative applications, reported its Q4 and FY08 results. Earnings matched the top end of the company’s lowered forecast from earlier this month.

Chronic Entitlitis on Wall Street

Thu, Dec 18, 2008

Read this article on NYT to get a feel for the chronic entitlitis that has plagued Wall Street over the last decade. Beware, it may cause some extreme side effects, including nausea.

From Dyslexia to SugarCRM: John Roberts (Part 7)

Wed, Dec 17, 2008

SM: On a personal level, how has dyslexia impacted your growth and success? JR: When we got our first patent at Sugar my name was typed wrong. It was Johri. I was a bit upset about that, although they corrected it. Then I thought about it longer. If you look at it, the ri looks [...]