Pausing to Reflect - Veterans and Technology
Today is Veterans Day. It's a day of rest for some, a day of work for others, and a day of reflection for many. I recently had the pleasure to discuss this meaningful day with Dustan Batton, a...
View ArticleConnectivity Will Build the Next Silicon Valleys
Can Merced be the next Silicon Valley?According to a recent study from the Pew Research Center, 70 percent of Americans now subscribe to broadband Internet service at home, and an additional 10 percent...
View ArticleThe Benefits of an All-IP World
By Mike MontgomeryHere's a bit of trivia from the dusty archives of communication: The first high-definition television broadcast in America wasn't from New York or Los Angeles, it was from a CBS...
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True Peer-to-Peer Rideshare Now a Reality
Larry Downes and Paul Nunes, authors of the seminal book Big Bang Disruption, which details how to strategically navigate our digital world, wrote that every industry is ripe for disruption, even an...
View ArticleWhen Andreessen Talks, People Listen
Marc Andreessen, the biggest name in venture capital, has been on a roll lately lighting up Twitter and blogging like never before.Andreessen, the founder of Netscape, has achieved cult-like status in...
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Danny Boice Speeks Up
Danny Boice is the Founder and CTO of Speek, a startup “dedicated to bringing you super simple conference calling with no dial-ins, pins or downloads.” I started using Speek last summer, just a few...
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Open Data: The Opportunity to Embrace 21st Century Economic Development in...
By Mike Montgomery & Brian Purchia We launched an Open Government working group for the State of California earlier this year – with our most recent roundtable at San Francisco-based accelerator...
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Cautionary Tales of Innovation
by Mike Montgomery There’s no such thing as a bad idea, right?Wrong.Even in San Francisco, the hotbed of innovation where a great idea can launch a legion of billionaires, bad ideas also tend to fly...
View ArticleIs Carpooling Illegal in California?
I’ve written before (and before, and before) in praise of the California Public Utilities Commission. Specifically, their innovative regulatory approach when it comes to ridesharing services like Lyft,...
View ArticleTwitter's Open Internet Hypocrisy
When the FCC was considering whether to regulate the Internet under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934, Twitter came out strongly in favor of the new regulations. According to a post from Will...
View ArticleRaising Music Royalties Takes A Toll On Innovation
The rate hike leaves some streaming startups in danger of extinction.By Mike Montgomery2016 has started out on a sour note for Live365. The online radio service, which specializes in user-curated...
View ArticleDear Presidential Candidates: It’s Time To Listen To Millennials
Our generation can sway this election. But the candidates and the media aren’t speaking to us.By Eli LoveAccording to the Pew Research Center, there are now effectively as many Millennial voters (69.2...
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