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Re: Strategy Roundtable: 5 Cloud Computing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

Steve — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:53:41 -0000

All suckers bets for start ups, let's go through a few...

"Cloud-based collaboration among bio-medical researchers around large volumes of data"

So you have an idea that requires massive infrastructure, extreme technical knowledge, tremendous legal risk for HIPPA and other compliance reasons.... You see why the GEs of the world dominate this stuff......

"Cloud-based legal records management, digitization, archival, retrieval" See the first one then add "by definition, they have more lawyers than you have employees.."

"Charge-back accounting solution for large enterprises deploying cloud technologies"

Any entrepreneur that thinks they can get a company off a spreadsheets, I've got a bridge to sell you in Alaska.... People will consume charge back when they buy infrastructure / apps as a service, very few will actually buy. It will require them to have a clue..make decisions and assign costs. Don't confuse the occasional customer with success in changing how the world consumes IT....

"Cloud-based flexible pricing solution for telecom vendors." So a Telecom with billions in cash flow, endless credit lines, and with industry average of 100 years experience delivering voice and data services can't arbitrage the risk, but you can. Hopefully Warren Buffett is your uncle.

"Cloud integration services around specific vendors" I guess you saved the best for last. This is just consulting 101 and I was waiting for captain obvious...."Mon Capitian, you can count on me." I guess this is what MS is telling all their channel parters: "Hey, we'll steal your customers and take your service revenue, not just the license revenue... and we'll leave the migration to you."

What happens when everyone is migrated....

Re: Strategy Roundtable: 5 Cloud Computing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

Pyrameda — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:11:50 -0000

Following-up on Neal's comment, here is an interesting article (for the Canadian folks out there) on some of the legal issues involving cloud computing: http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/The-cloud-ascendant.html

Re: Strategy Roundtable: 5 Cloud Computing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

Neal — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:42:09 -0000

Intellectual property and business law resources for technology start-ups

http://www.pinskylaw.ca/Resources/resources.htm

Re: Strategy Roundtable: 5 Cloud Computing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

Sramana Mitra — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:00:43 -0000

You could go to market with an OEM deal with one of them. Note, these are entrepreneurial opportunities - solutions to open problems - not necessarily venture style, billion dollar company-building opportunities.

In 1M/1M, we support entrepreneurs who focus on small niches as well.

Re: Strategy Roundtable: 5 Cloud Computing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

Ranjit Nayak — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:27:06 -0000

It is interesting that charge back in an enterprise, and flexible pricing for telecoms were identified as areas of potential profits. The question really is why will it be difficult for existing billing solution providers to fill the gap? An entrepreneur could spend all the time and effort to start from ground zero and find that the current billing solution providers for utilities (telcos) have the relationships in place. All they need is an incremental development effort.