I have been working on three startup ventures with some incredibly people since graduation and see no sign of slowing down anytime soon. It is definitely a tradeoff not being able to hangout with good friends all the time, but I am learning an incredible amount in the startup realm in the mean time.

Monday, March 22, 2010. Unrelated to b-school - my new company VMTurbo launched a new website. Apologies for the non-b-school related content, but I am very excited to announce that my company VMTurbo. We had a stellar team supporting the project including WordPress. Coding guru extraordinaire Jason Siffring. And Bill Kaligiros of becreative. On the layout and design side of the house. We also have a whitepaper available.

Ruminations on business practices, venture capital and the joy of life. THE GREATEST DISCOVERY SINCE FIRE. The Inverse of Price Gouging. As a footnote, in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew, Home Depot stores in South Florida sold their wares at cost for one month. The brand equity and loyalty this engendered was felt for years afterwards. A couple days ago I went to a panel on revenue-share.

Learn from the experiences and insights of a Stanford MBA graduate and former McKinsey consultant. I am a business leader with a broad set of educational and career experiences grounded in Business, Strategy, Corporate Development, Technology, Private Equity, and Education.

SOA and Cloud Computing in the real world. Just finished listening to a podcast by David Linthicum- CTO of Bick Group, and Bryan Doerr, CTO of Savvis. The performance and cost advantages of Cloud Computing make it unstoppable. However, David Linthicum emphasized how poor security and governance can be hazardous to your Cloud Computing efforts in the long run. You can listen to the full podcast here.

Thoughts on startups, products and venture investing in Silicon Valley. It happens to every founder at some point. Selling your company always seems like an attractive option. Instead of working harder you can get out now for a few millions dollars, pay back your investors and pocket a little extra for the few years of hard work. You read about it happening everyday in Techcrunch so why not you? You have a great team and an awesome product, some large company would surely pay for that. That being said, s.

While virtualization has hit main stream, the lessons learned from the main frame days still hold true. Consolidation leads to bottle necks in performance and capacity planning. This blog will attempt to address the concerns and issues facing the virtual world from the perspective of performance and capacity planning. Saturday, March 15, 2014. Application Awareness Part II Service Level Agreements. One way is to ensure we understand the value of both util.

I am picking an interesting time to step away from Portugal as each month more and more is taking place in Portugal. Money is moving around the country, companies are hiring and the speed at which things are happening is picking up. This all adds to the excitement and the opportunities. That are available in the startup space. So as I fly out, know that I am sti.