Tag Archives: foundry group

October 24, 2012 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Mentoring TechStars Cloud, and an Invitation to Apply

By Ben Kepes

A month or so ago I wrote a post laying out the different roles I fill across the various organizations I help – in part this was in reaction to some concerns expressed by colleagues about my using the moniker “analyst”. Partly though it was to place a stake in

Tagged Brad Feld, cloud computing, foundry group, San Antonio, Startup company, techstar, TechStars Cloud, Texas |

September 5, 2012 Posted in Business Leave a comment

In the Quest for TCO, We Lose Sight of the Real Issue–Part Two

By Ben Kepes

In part one of this post I talked about the lack of insight that currently exists over ROI for users of cloud computing. I actually contend that this is an underlying problem for IT generally and not just for cloud. IT departments have traditionally been seen as a cost center

Tagged cloud computing, cloudability, erp, foundry group, Information technology, jason mendelson, Series A round, Trinity Ventures |

July 12, 2012 Posted in Business 3 Comments

Cloudability Scores Huge Series A

By Ben Kepes

Note – As detailed below, I’m an investor and adviser to Cloudability – disclosure is important so feel free to peruse my disclousre page. It’s exciting times at Cloudability HQ as the team announces an awesome $8.7M Series A round led by the awesome crew from Foundry Group. I first

Tagged cloud computing, cloudability, foundry group, jason mendelson, Platform as a service, Software as a Service, TechStars, Trinity Ventures |

June 29, 2010 Posted in Business 9 Comments

On Influence, Playing Nice and Duty to Expose

By Ben Kepes

So to recount a sorry tale, recently Jason Mendelson, VC with The Foundry and prolific (and widely read) blogger, posted about a certain PR firm and why exactly he didn’t consider them an exemplary example for the industry. It’s an interesting read but to summarize, The PR firm in question

Tagged foundry group, google, jason mendelson, public relations |

Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. Ben covers the convergence of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.