The Gang starts off talking about the net neutrality town hall meeting from Thursday night (Sen. Al Franken kicked it off with FCC Commissioner’s Michael Copps and Mignon Clyburn in attendance to hear from the community. Next we have on our main guest, Steve Nielsen, to discuss his next adventure MacroVentures, an investor in early stage companies in the technology and medical spaces.
Most recently, Steve served as President and CEO of PartnerUp, a wholly owned subsidiary of Deluxe Corporation (NYSE: DLX) and is a veteran internet and technology executive, having started and led a number of technology-focused ventures since 1996.
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson (Tim Elliott is off this week).
Music: Rusty Wright & their song “Toppy” via the podsafe Music Alley.
Discussed during the Show:
+ Net neutrality Town Hall recap by Ann Treacy on Blandin on Broadband
+ Steve & Beth Nielsen in StarTribune
August 21st, 2010 at 7:10 am
Thanks for the nice mention!
I think you guys are on track (no train pun intended) – it is helpful to think of Net Neutrality from the consumer and business perspective – because I think it makes the point that sometimes a tiered service is akin to adding HBO or not to your cable bill – but sometimes it not. As you point out it, sometimes it’s more like the train. I think the un-served communities feel that most acutely. We might visit a town without broadband – but would you ever live or start your business there?
August 21st, 2010 at 7:59 am
Thanks for commenting Ann. Once a technology has become integrated in to our lived like transportation, telephone, TV, radio and now the ‘net, most of us can’t imagine life without it for the most part. I’d never start or run a business—or live within—a town without broadband!