Catching Up On Readings: VMWorld US 2018

The VMWorld US conference was held in Las Vegas last week. This feature from TechTarget covers the Best of VMWorld 2018 US awards for the most innovative new products in the server virtualization, cloud and end-user computing markets. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links. >>>

September 12 – Rendezvous Meetup with Sramana Mitra in Menlo Park, CA

For entrepreneurs interested to meet and chat with Sramana Mitra in person, please join us for our weekly and informal group meetups. If you are living in the San Francisco Bay Area or are just in town for a visit, we hope you will add these meetups to your calendar and join us. Pre-registration is required, REGISTER HERE.

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Catching Up On Readings: Asia in Global Venture Financing

This feature from TechCrunch looks at the increasing role of Asian investors in global venture financing. From just 5% ten years ago, Asian funds invested $61 billion or 40% of $154 billion in 2017, versus their American counterparts at 44% or $67 billion in 2017. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links. >>>

Silicon Valley’s Influence on the Entrepreneur’s Journey

Have a listen to me chatting with Andy Davis on the Venturi tech podcast. We discuss Silicon Valley’s influence on the entrepreneur’s journey, as well as morning routines, avoiding burnout, and the joys of being your own boss. You can download the whole show for free here.

Catching Up On Readings: IPOs in First Half of 2018

This feature from Benzinga looks at the best and worst IPOs in the first half of 2018, which saw about 118 companies raising an aggregate $35.2 billion, the most since 2014. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: Black Hat 2018

This feature from Cyber Security Hub covers the highlights of the 21st Black Hat USA, one of the world’s largest information security events, held in Las Vegas last week. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: Local News Crisis

This feature from The Washington Post by Margaret Sullivan examines how the dwindling employment numbers in regional newspaper newsrooms is affecting local coverage and a set of common facts to argue about. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: AI Hype in Media

This feature from The Gaurdian examines the hype in the media about AI that is turning interesting research into sensational crap and leading to an AI misinformation epidemic. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links. >>>