Continuing education – 2010-03-05 edition
- Got an invite to TEDglobal the other day, not sure I can attend or even plan this far ahead. #
Continuing education – 2010-02-19 edition
- Seriously cool green screen before and after – http://bit.ly/cBYnTd #
Continuing education – 2010-02-11 edition
- Ugh, trying to update an old WinXP laptop – thank god it's not a primary computer…. #
- Anyone going to MacWorld? #
Continuing education – 2010-01-30 edition
- OECD Oil Demand has peaked – http://bit.ly/94jxCG – It's interesting that demand will be in decline from now on in industrialized countries #
Continuing education – 2010-01-26 edition
- China running out of people? http://bit.ly/8QUxex – Apparently the 20-25 population will drop by half by 2020 to only 68 million… #
- China running out of people? http://bit.ly/8QUxex – Apparently the under 25 population will drop by half by 2020 to only 68 million… #
Continuing education – 2010-01-22 edition
- Great meeting today at Visa of SV Innovation Execs, with Stanford's d.school leading the discussion #
- had an great lunch yesterday at a private equity firm, lots of interesting data – off to an innovation meeting at Visa this afternoon…. #
Continuing education – 2010-01-13 edition
- Is Google big enough to have impact on policy? Google to confront Chinese censorship directly- http://bit.ly/4Ymnml – (via @johnmark) #
Continuing education – 2010-01-12 edition
- Best Slashdot comment of the year? Why copyright is irrelevant – http://bit.ly/6jYBD3 #
Continuing education – 2010-01-05 edition
- 2009 was apparently the year of elephants in the room – http://bit.ly/8zrCMW #
Continuing education – 2009-12-30 edition
- GSM encryption used to secure 80% of mobile calls cracked – http://bit.ly/7H7qaq #
About
I work with business leaders and investors to develop breakaway growth and innovation strategies that deliver high-return outcomes.
Over the last 15 years, I have achieved this by developing and introducing new business models and technologies to new marketplaces, occasionally creating the ecosystem in the process. My clients include 30 Global 1000 companies, 60+ startup companies, three national governments and several widely known foundations.
My current focus is on business ventures that take advantage of the acceleration in the design/build/delivery cycle combined with technology convergence around power/bandwidth/miniaturization. I also continue to work with companies where I have board positions, advising them on business and technology strategies.
I'm always open to discussing new ventures or opportunities. Feel free to contact me at chris [at] chrismaresca [dot] com or via one of the social networks I am on: 
For my background, have a look at my current and past clients, my client quotes or more information about me.
Currently Advising
Over the years, I have been an adviser to numerous organizations. Here is a list of organizations I am currently advising:
EastLake Ventures
EastLake Ventures is lead by Bob Bozeman (formerly of Angel Investors LP) and develops innovative funding and liquidity strategies for mature startups.
International Characters
International Characters has developed patented technology to accelerate stream-based character/text processing using x86 instruction sets, reducing processing time, computational load and power requirements.
Colligent
Colligent provides the music and advertising industries with an advanced social networking metrics, enabling managers quickly understand trends and develop targeted action plans. Clients include Sony, CBS, Hollywood Records and Razor & Tie.
Goldeneye
Goldeneye is a new generation ERP for automotive dealerships that streamlines both dealership operations and customer experience.
Archives
- Continuing education – 2010-03-05 edition
- Continuing education – 2010-02-19 edition
- Continuing education – 2010-02-11 edition
- Continuing education – 2010-01-30 edition
- Continuing education – 2010-01-26 edition
- Continuing education – 2010-01-22 edition
- Client Success – Wavemaker
- Continuing education – 2010-01-13 edition
- VC Math – Or why you’ll never get funding…
- Continuing education – 2010-01-12 edition
- Startup growth metrics for Silicon Valley
- What I look for in a pitch
- Continuing education – 2010-01-05 edition
- Choosing a VPS hosting provider
- Continuing education – 2009-12-30 edition
- Continuing education – 2009-12-29 edition
- Hosted Email – Update #1
- Things that live on forever….
- Hosted email – The task of finding a provider…
- Continuing education – 2009-12-26 edition
- Continuing education – 2009-12-23 edition
- Continuing education – 2009-12-21 edition
- Continuing education – 2009-12-18 edition
- Continuing education – 2009-12-17 edition
- TEDxSV – Not inspiring
- Continuing education – 2009-12-16 edition
- Continuing education – 2009-12-14 edition
- Thunderbird 3 on Mac OSX – Not so great
- The problem with biometrics
- Continuing education – 2009-11-19 edition
- Continuing education – 2009-11-03 edition
- Continuing education – 2009-11-02 edition
- Continuing education – 2009-10-29 edition
- Continuing education – 2009-10-23 edition
- Continuing education – 2009-10-22 edition
- Continuing education – 2009-10-21 edition
- VCs may be exempt from new financial regulations
- Continuing education – 2009-10-14 edition
- New healthcare plan ignores small businesses
- Continuing education – 2009-10-12 edition
- Continuing education – 2009-10-10 edition
- Obama as Nobel-laureate – Not popular
- 34 banks miss TARP dividend payments
- Featured Video – Wim Elfrink on Cisco’s Globalization Strategy
- Cisco’s Globalization Strategy – One year on
- Featured Video – Heather Dawson on finding time to focus and think
- Oracle and Sun – A good fit
- Five ways to survive a downturn
- World in Transition
- Open source and government – A 15 year adventure
- Motion theory, markets and the speed of information
- Deficit Spending for Profit
- Open Source – The Walmart Effect?
- Bad times good for Open Source?
- Precision vs mass manufacturing
- When electric cars were the future
- Free WiFi harder than expected
- High power in small things
- Patent rulings since 2000 invalid?
- Brazil as VC hotspot?
- Failure: Open Source & OLPC
- Tesla & why startups fail
- Tesla vs Fisker – The battle for the electric car…
- Skype, the GPL and the courts
- The coming Linux desktop?
- Linux only 10% of US datacenter installs?
- Open Source vs Intellectual Property Misconceptions
