I was invited to participate in a panel discussion regarding cloud computing at the Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference in Phoenix this past week.

The event attracted a cross-section of young people seeking to build careers as entrepreneurs, older people hoping to restart their careers as entrepreneurs and current entrepreneurs looking for new ideas to accelerate their success.

The topics ranged from new market opportunities such as eHealth and clean technology to management best practices for building successful businesses.

My panel was moderated by Bob LaLoggia, CEO of StormSource, a Scottsdale-based company which offers an assortment of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions, including Appointment-Plus, MessageRover, ZipLine, and Virtual Assistant Manager.

The other panelists represented various perspectives of the cloud computing world– Kimbro Staken, CEO, JumpBox; Dave Rice, CEO, TrueCloud; Marc Chesley, VP of Development and Technology, InfusionSoft; Sam Pietrofeso, Senior VP of Product Development, GoDaddy; and Dave Wallace, … Read More »