It’s an exciting time to be building a startup.

An interesting commentary on all the hats a startup founder needs to have…15 to be exact …the Silicon Valley Insider describes how to combine and reduce them: 15 Roles Every Startup Needs Filled

IT consulting firms are likely to get squeezed out as business issues become a more important component to IT strategy and planning and traditional strategy firms seize the opportunity. While Strategy firms’ investments in IT strategy capabilities have achieved some success, most key IT strategy planning activities have still been left to internal organizations and the IT consulting firms. Kennedy’s research shows, however, that IT strategy is starting to become a significant growth area for certain practices within Strategy firms. Consider that information management is a critical success criterion for some companies, global sourcing decisions require coordination between IT and business operations, and that Strategy firms possess the most sophisticated risk-adjusted ROI capabilities. Since it is an attractive adjacent offering that can be added to existing proposals, IT Strategy is a natural fit that can extend capabilities and fuel additional growth for Strategy firms.

There is some satisfaction in saying, “I told you so.”

Scientists from the RAND Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a “home computer” could look like in the year 2004. However the needed technology will not be economically feasible for the average home. Also the scientists readily admit that the computer will require not yet invented technology to actually work, but 50 years from now scientific progress is expected to solve these problems. With teletype interface and the Fortran language, the computer will be easy to use.

I just can’t imagine what the fancy steering wheel was used for

Most of my CIO friends and clients these days are business managers who currently happen to manage IT, rather than career technologists who have ascended to the role, a trend I have seen accelerate over the past ten years.

Within five years that client had their own web page (yes I did it) and put their materials catalog and service descriptions online. These days, if you don’t have a website, and even worse, an e-mail address, you are a non-entity. From a one-man contractor to a worldwide conglomerate, you need the resources. So I find it unusual to find businesses without either. I still hear, “This web thing, it’s just a fad!” And this I don’t get at all.

Then after you get a website, all I hear is “How do I know who’s visiting?” If you ask, your website is not doing its thing. And, Here’s 50 Reasons more people aren’t using your website.