Accidental Entrepreneur: Cryptography Research President Paul Kocher (Part 5)

SM: You can gage a key from power consumption?

PK: Yes. This is one of our biggest business areas. At the lowest level you have transistors, which are just voltage-controlled gates. >>>

Deal Radar 2008: Revolabs

I have written extensively about eliminating unnecessary business travel and using technology such as conference calls and web conferencing to meet with colleagues in other cities or countries. LifeSize, Telenetix and Dimdim are three Deal Radar companies working to encourage the use of such collaboration technology. One of today’s covered companies, Revolabs, offers plug-and-play systems and applications for web- and tele-conferencing, but also focuses on wireless microphones designed to facilitate interaction among participants and allow for greater mobility in business and professional applications so that, for example, users can make calls from even noisy environments. >>>

Deal Radar 2008: Neulio

My most recent Forbes column challenged entrepreneurs to develop technologies to enable the delivery of educational materials to all learners, even those whose only platform is an inexpensive handset. Today’s Deal Radar post looks at technology in education from another angle: in communities where the use of rich media for learning purposes has already gained critical mass, how can entrepreneurs help educators and learners tap its full potential by offering infrastructure solutions? One company tackling this question is Orlando-based Neulio, an educational video platform and hosting provider. >>>

Accidental Entrepreneur: Cryptography Research President Paul Kocher (Part 4)

SM: What kinds of people come to you, and how do they find you?

PK: Hiring is our most difficult problem. If I were to pick the thing that most limits us in doing the things we want, it would be finding people who simultaneously meet our three criteria: we want people who are technically brilliant, communicate well and are fun to work with. >>>

Designs of the Week: The Hearth

The hearth is a concept that has become lost or at best fractured as microwave ovens and Trader Joe’s frozen section have replaced cooking homemade meals in the kitchen. Some claim that as ready-made foods continue to increase in quality and decrease in price, home cooking will eventually become obsolete.
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Accidental Entrepreneur: Cryptography Research President Paul Kocher (Part 3)

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

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 Design Excellence Award (IDEA) for its design innovation. We like the Crown Stacker as an example because, really, who thinks about making cool warehouse stackers? And why on earth would a warehouse stacker company care about design? >>>

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

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. >>>