VMware is paying a whopping $1.26 billion for Nicira Networks in an attempt to get a piece of the emerging markets – software defined networks and software defined data centers. Two video from our Structure conference archives get you upto speed on those two trends. Read more »
Lots of founders wear sleep deprivation like a badge of honor. Eli Luberoff thinks this is silly and has implemented a “don’t come to work tired” policy at his company, Desmos. In this video interview, he explains how rested employees are more productive. Read more »
Anyone trudging through another meaningless day at the office should watch this video with Brian Lam. He left Gizmodo to pursue writing about gadgets his way, and get to what he’s really passionate about. He also offers up practical advice for anyone pursuing their dream gig. Read more »
Remind101 co-founder, Brett Kopf’s dyslexia and ADD led him to create a text messaging service for students. After failing to find an audience, Kopf starting talking to users. In this video, Kopf explains how important that communication was to finding the right business. Read more »
Jacob Morgan, author of The Collaborative Organization, talks about the evolution of corporate collaboration platforms, what collaboration resources young workers entering companies will expect, and how to get people to actually use the tools provided. Read more »
What the pros and cons of working with technical founders, and how do you coach them? With so much innovation happening in the cloud space, what are the enterprise opportunities? Peter Levine, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz sits down for a video interview to share his thoughts. Read more »
Working with small municipal governments doesn’t have to suck. In fact, according to Code for America founder Jennifer Pahlka, between the open data movement and a new generation of government workers, making your community better has never been easier. Code for America works with 26 fellows […] Read more »
A good mentor is invaluable for the modern startup founder or tech exec. But what makes for a good mentor relationship, and how do you find one? Get Satisfaction CEO and mentor Wendy Lea explains her approach and what she looks for in a mentee. Read more »
Advisors may not be as sexy as angels in the startup ecosystem, but the right one can provide a ton of value for young companies. InternMatch Co-Founder and CEO, Andrew Maguire, shares his thoughts on finding and working with the right advisors to help any startup. Read more »
Daemonic Labs was built from the ground up as a distributed company. It’s headquartered in San Francisco, but also has offices in Argentina. In this interview, Daemonic co-founders explain how they built the company, what they look for in employees, and the benefits of building this way. Read more »
Is your city thriving, or does it lag behind? If it lags, can it catch up? UC Berkeley economics professor, Enrico Moretti’s new book, The New Geography of Jobs examines how innovation clusters are causing massive shifts in where jobs, people and wealth are distributed. Read more »
Business relationships, like personal ones, go through ups and downs. The big difference is that business relationships involve money, which changes everything. That’s why you need to partner with the right co-founders. Lisa Stone, co-founder of BlogHer shares her tips for picking the right one(s). Read more »
What are the big differences between the mid-west and San Francisco for an entrepreneur? DotLoop founder and CEO, Austin Allison explains the challenges of founding a company in Cincinnati and why he’s making the move out west. Read more »
Startups shouldn’t only think about the federal government when thorny legislation like SOPA and PIPA arises. Engine Advocacy’s Mike McGeary sat down to share his thoughts on what startup founders should be thinking now to prepare for when they do encounter Washington D.C. Read more »
Do you put yourself in your customers’ shoes? Not literally, of course, but are you able to step our of your hectic workday and really imagine what it’s like for someone to use your product? MindSnacks CEO, Jesse Pickard believes empathy is an important and overlooked trait for entrepreneurs. Read more »
In his new book, The Digital Workplace, author Paul Miller doesn’t take a dogmatic approach to web working by hailing the death of the traditional office. Rather, he sees a more symbiotic relationship between the physical and digital work spaces. Read more »
How many apps on your phone do you use on a daily basis? Moving your product from a novelty to a habit is tricky, but Localmind CEO, Lenny Rachitsky thinks he’s found a way to make it happen and open up in this video interview. Read more »
When serial-entrepreneur-turned-college-professor Steve Blank talks entrepreneurship, people listen. His new book, The Startup Owner’s Manual is bound for CEO bookshelves everywhere. Blank talked with us about the current and future state of entrepreneurship, the myth of Steve Jobs, and more. Read more »
Sahil Lavingia has a gift for building what people want. His resume reveals work with Pinterest, Turntable.fm, and now he’s founded Gumroad, a startup empowering people to sell anything to anyone. He sat down to share his thoughts on a wide range of topics. Read more »
There’s no shortage of places that will recommend a new gadget. But how do you manage all the gadgets you get? ItemBase, a new startup out of Berlin, wants to help. Read more »
In his quest to map the connections in the brain, MIT professor Sebastian Seung is turning citizen science into a game. In this video, he talks about his project, Eyewire, and how prior experience with coloring books is all you need to play. Read more »
Finding a recipe is easy. Cooking it can be tough. Startup YumvY hopes to change that with a GPS-style step-by-step Web app that takes those of us who haven’t been to culinary school through the process of getting dinner on the table. Read more »
In this video Q&A, Daniel Raffel shares how he assembled the right team to build and launch Snapguide, a mobile app. He also shared what he learned working for famous chef, Thomas Keller. It is must see TV for startup founders. Read more »
Want to release your inner creative genius? Check out this video chat with Jonah Lehrer, author of the book Imagine: How Creativity Works, and learn how to generate insights and foster a more creative workforce. Read more »
VIDEO: Jetpac and Dipity founder, Derek Dukes sat down on camera for the first episode of our new video show “See Founders Run.” Dukes shares how he runs product cycles in his company and how to tell when iterations become pivots. Read more »
The holidays are just about here. And for many of you, that will probably mean there is a shiny new tablet computer waiting to be unwrapped. What better way to enjoy your new (or even old) tablet, than firing it up to do some reading over […] Read more »
Will the future of work be filled with robots powered by remote humans? Will there even be a “place” to work, or will that shift online, too? Elance CEO, Fabio Rosati gives us some big thoughts on where the workplace is headed. Read more »
Dr. Paul Jacobs, CEO of Qualcomm will sit down for an interview with Om this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. PT, and you can watch the whole thing live, right here. Read more »
Steve Jobs was the ultimate showman. With the news of Jobs’ resignation from Apple, we’ve collected of some of his best presentations, caught on video for the ages for us to appreciate (and learn from). Read more »
Because GigaOM Pro is a fresh approach to market research, the concept of all-you-can-eat technology insight is new to some people. To introduce the idea of our network and analysts, we’re launching a series of short video ads to illustrate the different features of the service. Read more »
We’ve created a series of video ads to walk users through our subscription research service, GigaOM Pro; to visually represent how the service disrupts traditional research; and to show how big our expert network is. And we did it all with paper cutouts and bouncy music. Read more »
Redpoint Ventures’ Satish Dharmaraj was an investor in Cloud.com, which just got bought by Citrix. We thought now would be a great time to bring back an in-depth chat we had with Dharmaraj where he discussed the future of cloud computing. Read more »
Should you buy an Internet-enabled TV? Before you get all app-happy on the big screen, read this cautionary tale of a so-called smart TV from Vizio crashing, crashing and crashing some more. Read more »
Stars from across the tech world smiled for our video cameras in 2010. From Jay Leno to Max Levchin to a father finally winning at Xbox, here are ten of our favorites. Read more »
GigaOM TV rock-tobered this month, delivering a bevy of videos that will engage, entertain and quite possibly inspire. From business insights and optimal work habits, to cutting-edge inventions, see what you may have missed. Read more »
All the streams from the social web have created a flood of information. With this influx of life and data streams comes the desire to stay on top of it all. But this is a bad idea, according to Clifford Nass whom Om interviewed on the topic. Read more »
Summer may officially be over, but to say good-bye to the first round of our BBQ&A video series, we invited Zuora CEO Tien Tzuo to show us how to grill up some delicious eggplant and bulgogi beef, a traditional Korean barbecue dish. Read more »
Just in time for the Labor Day weekend, we bring you the second installment of our web TV series BBQ&A. In this episode, oDesk CEO Gary Swart turned up the heat with a homemade feast fit for a Silicon Valley king. Read more »
Mika Salmi has literally been starting businesses since he was a kid. He’s learned a lot from his time as an entrepreneur and investor and sat down with us to share some of his expertise. Read more »
Dave Pell might be best known for chronicling tech’s ups and downs through his Davenetics newsletter. But he’s also an entrepreneur and has angel-funded more than 30 companies. He shares his insights on investing and startups in this video interview. Read more »
