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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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