Catching Up On Readings: Technology, Privacy, Law Enforcement

Today’s Washington Post addresses the difficulty in balancing safety, privacy and civil liberties, an issue that has again come to the fore following this week’s terrible event’s in Boston. For this week’s blog posts, click on the paragraph link. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: Where the Game Developers Are

Following the annual Game Developers Choice awards, Wired looks at employment in the gaming industry and why some are leaving Microsoft. >>>

What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know (Part 1)

If You Want Me to Invest in You, Get to Know Me First

By guest author Brian S. Cohen

[This is the first in a four-part series of excerpts from Brian S. Cohen and John Kador’s forthcoming book, which is available for pre-order on Amazon.]

If you want me to invest, it really improves your chances if you do your homework and arrange to get an introduction to me by someone I respect. If you can’t do that, the ideal way to get my attention is to approach me at an investing symposium, business plan competition, or other speaking venue where I have my investing hat on.I am amazed how many emails or calls I get from entrepreneurs who want me to invest in their startups but have not taken any effort to find out the most basic information about me. If founders haven’t done this basic homework before calling me, I have to believe they will be just as lazy when it comes to calling prospects or customers. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: Big, Big Data

This cool Intel infographic shows some of what happens on the Internet in just one minute, in a cycle that repeats 1,440 times a day. Click on the paragraph link for the rest of this week’s posts. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: Computers and the Brain

This article from ExtremeTech takes a look at how close we are to computing the human mind. Click on the paragraph link for the rest of this week’s posts. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: Entrepreneur’s Reinvention 2013

Regular blog readers know that we are big supporters of entrepreneurship outside Silicon Valley, and within the United States we have highlighted startups in places such as Michigan, Denver, and south Florida. Now go on a virtual tour with Entrepreneur magazine as it assesses the startup landscape five years after the financial crisis. We start with DC – just in time for the fascinating interview with the Obama campaign’s tech director. Look for it later today! Click on the paragraph link for the rest of this week’s posts. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: EverywhereElse Conference

Members and followers of 1M/1M know that a core part of the program’s mission is to help entrepreneurs from any region gain access to the same quality of resources that those in Silicon Valley and New York City enjoy. Entrepreneurs may want to check out the EverywhereElse startup conference. This year’s conference was just held in Memphis, Tennessee, but tickets are already available for the 2014 conference. Click on the paragraph link for the rest of this week’s posts. >>>

Catching Up On Readings: Online Ads and the Super Bowl

Our Bay Area–based blog couldn’t resist. It’s Super Bowl Sunday, and TechCrunch goes in depth on why entrepreneurs who work in advertising-related technology should care. Click on the paragraph link for the rest of this week’s posts. >>>