Aug. 5, 2006 Blink: The Nonsense of "Thinking Without Thinking" A less-than-generous book review of the allegedly non-fiction bestseller, why George Bush likely read this book, and suggested alternative reading by Christopher Moore.
A 16 year-old with ADHD busts myths about the mental health epidemic.
Aug. 28, 2005 A "Natural Cure" for the Author's Debts Confidence artist Kevin Trudeau tops the bestseller list by playing on people's mistrust of corporations.
Con man Kevin Trudeau is back, cashing in on bizarre corporate conspiracy theories. Meanwhile, Michael Shermer's book Mind of the Market explains how Trudeau gets away with it.
Bessemer's web site has a good overview of our data security practice. Meanwhile, here are my most popular blog posts on data security:
Aug. 29, 2008 Internet Threat Level Red
Dan Kaminsky warns DEFCON that half the internet remains completely exposed to a gaping hole in the Domain Name System that lets phishers divert web and email traffic at will.
October 9, 2007 SaaSy Security Suits SMB
Small businesses are now forced to play security catch up, but with fewer or no IT professionals, ease of deployment and integration trump best-of-breed technology.
August 10, 2007 SPIT and SPAM
As a guest on Talk of the Nation, I predict that we'll soon find ourselves drowning in SPIT.
July 14, 2005 Doomsday Hackers and Evildoing Robots
Security myths that banks succumb to, and why out-of-band authentication of transactions offers the best hope of restoring online trust.
Dec. 19, 2005 Profiling: New Approach to Desktop Security
Transparency is wonderful but overloading users with information leads to WORSE security. Warning: Exception Fault 1002F4E, Stack Overwritten. OK?
MIT Professor Ron Rivest chooses Tilera's Tile64 to develop the new standrad for hashing algorithms. Oct. 5, 2007 There Once Was A Founder Named Scott... A marriage toast for Postini and Google.
July 21, 2007 Is BVP Too Flashy? How the oldest VC firm in the nation tries to strike a balance between Stodgy and Neon.
Aug. 18, 2005 Consumer Investing: Part 1 and Part 2 Why we have turned our attention to consumer investing, and what we look for.
May 14, 2006 Television 2.0 Fianlly, the networks can no longer hold back demand for interactive, on-demand video, and they're sprouting dangerous leaks of ad revenue.
May 26, 2006 Dwight Schrute Bobbleheads! Delivery Agent enables e-commerce for the entertainment industry, selling products seen on your favorite shows.
Aug. 27, 2005 Consumer Driven Healthcare How Health Savings Accounts put US consumers in charge of our own healthcare decisions.
Aug. 28, 2005 Vimo (formerly known as Healthia) Introducing a comparison shopping portal for medical services, enabling Consumer Directed Healthcare. Sep 21, 2006 Finding Vimo Naming internet startups is hard. But we got lucky.
Nov. 17, 2005 How to NOT Write a Business Plan
Entrepreneurs often ask me for a sample business plan they can use as a model for their fundraising efforts. They are surprised when I send them a powerpoint file.
August 23, 2008 My Internet Law
The time and money required to develop a secure, scalable e-commerce application drops in half every 18 months.
November 26, 2006 Bubble Memory
Authentic conversation from 1998, when Silicon Valley service providers were starved for talent.
Aug. 12, 2005 Road Map Investing
A more proactive approach to venture capital that's a little harder to screw up.
Jan. 1, 2006 Control Roulette: A Bet on Red or Black
Crafting the right board of directors has nothing to do with legal structure, and everything to do with getting the right people in the room.
Nov. 12, 2006 Get Big Cheap
"Get Big Fast" didn't work so well, so here's my new motto.
Dec 1, 2005 The Secret of Success
According to one venture capital legend, what is the most common trait of successful investors?
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