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Hello Minim

Over the last 25 years, home WiFi networks have become nearly ubiquitous. Fueled by smart phones, connected devices and fast broadband, as prices for technology have plummeted, adoption has skyrocketed. For the past two years I have been obsessed with these phenomena and struck by the absence of any real…

NYC Is the Next Venture Capitol Part 2

My post a couple of days ago was an excerpt from a longer white paper I wrote on the state of the tech startup ecosystem in NYC. In order to conserve space and not make it TL;DR I eliminated some sections, including some more in-depth analysis of the startup…

NYC is the next Venture Capitol

This post is not about comparing Silicon Valley to NYC. That’s tired. Silicon Valley is the gold standard and there is no “next Silicon Valley.” What this post is about is how NYC has become a unique place to build multi billion-dollar startups. First, to frame the…

CSNYC: The NYC Foundation For Computer Science Education

BitSight Revealed

I’ve been an information security junkie since grad school at USC in 1987–88, when I studied under two of the most forward-thinking researchers on the topic, Dr. Len Adelman (the “A” in RSA) and Dr. Deborah Estrin (now at NYC Cornell Tech). Obsessed with what the future might hold for security on…

Cisco Acquires Joulex

Quick post — more to follow

Cisco announced today its intent to acquire JouleX — we’re very excited for Tom Noonan, Rene Seeber, Josef Brunner, Tim McCormick and the entire team. The press release is below -