WebScaleComputing

From StartupCamp

Title: Web Scale Computing

Discussion Leader: Jeff Barr

Description: I would like to talk about the new economic models made possible by pay-as-you go services offered by Amazon and others.

Here are the kinds of questions that I would like to address:

• How do you start your business on a shoestring without hampering its ability to grow?

• How do you take advantage of these pay-as-you-go services?

• What other kinds of services would you like to see?

• Is is possible to build a thriving online business without a huge capital investment?

• What is the new value that venture capitalists will provide when you don't actually need their money in order to grow?

• What do you do up front so that you are overjoyed instead of dismayed when you are on the front page of Digg and Slashdot on the same day?

• What kind of business can you build from the comfort of your dorm room or home office?