Tag: Sequoia Capital

GoodEggs fixes food system

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management, Systems Science

GoodEggs raises $8.5M to fix our food system one egg at a time Rebecca Grant, venturebeat.com If you are a nut for raw nuts, a grass-fed guru, an organ­ic ora­cle, a local-food loon, or a farm­ers mar­ket fiend, today is a good day. Good­Eg­gs has raised $8.5 mil­lion to expand its local gro­cery deliv­ery ser­vice … Continue reading GoodEggs fixes food system

The data factory is the next industrial revolution

by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Sequoia’s Sir Michael Moritz: The ‘data factory’ is the next Industrial Revolution Jolie O’Dell, venturebeat.com Early Bird Tick­ets on Sale SAN FRAN­CIS­CO — Com­pu­ta­tion power, appli­ca­tions, device and ser­vices costs, and stor­age are expe­ri­enc­ing a dra­mat­ic upheaval not unlike the Indus­tri­al Rev­o­lu­tion of cen­turies past. All that adds … http://flip.it/T6dGj Related articles Sequoia's Sir Michael … Continue reading The data factory is the next industrial revolution

Houzz: Crowdsourcing Home Design and Improvement

by timbatchelder, posted in Metadata Masterdata, Systems Science

A new breed of home design sites such as Apartment-therapy and Houzz has sprung up and is proving strangely addictive... Home Improvement Professionals. Related articles Bella Systems Custom Closets & Storage Solutions Wins Design Award (prweb.com) Ownby Design of Scottsdale Receives Houzz's 2013 "Best of Houzz" Award in the Remodeling Category (prweb.com) I Attended the … Continue reading Houzz: Crowdsourcing Home Design and Improvement