The best of the hardware startups at CES 2014
This year’s CES (Consumer Electronics Show) yielded a good number of hardware startup debuts and new product announcements—a positive development...
Perspective
CES envy? The best places to catch up online
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Feeling like you’re missing something by not attending CES? I can relate. While there was too little...
The 5 most thought-provoking guest columns of 2013
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Yes, it’s the time of year when we all look back and reflect on the past 363 days. While I’m not a fan...
DEMO Fall roundup: Making the road safer for motorcyclists, changing the email attachment paradigm, and Google Glass in the operating room
[caption id="attachment_8279" align="alignright" width="300"] The DEMO Fall stage.[/caption] By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Last...
A day at DEMO: Ditching the pager, the credit card, and the password
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor I’m at the DEMO Fall conference in Silicon Valley this week. The show is a platform for new technology...
In search of the early-stage startup, and why it’s important
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor I have plans for a number of what I hope will be exciting new additions to StartUp Beat coming up between...
Why newspapers are dying—and why entrepreneurs may be their only saving grace
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor When I was a freshman in college, I was convinced that I wanted to be a newspaper reporter. It was a goal...
Disrupt SF highlights: Seed money, health…and Bitcoin
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Like many others this past week, I watched and listened intently to the TechCrunch Disrupt SF conference...
