8 Lessons from 20 Years of Hype Cycles
linkedin.comAs a VC at Icon Ventures and a twenty year veteran of productizing and marketing high tech for VMware, Netscape and others, I've always been fascinated by how new technologies emerge and come to market. One of the major artifacts that tries to capture the state of our market and industry each year i
Spark is the Future of Analytics
At the 2016 Spark Summit, Gartner Research Director Nick Heudecker asked: Is Spark the Future of Data Analysis? It’s an interesting question, and it requires a little parsing. Nobody believe…
What do Wardley maps really map? A settler writes
On the last day of Foocamp 2011, after a whirlwind of other fascinating conversations, Edd Dumbill introduced me to the business strategist and researcher Simon Wardley. Over a tasty Californian st…