Renee DiResta
Renee DiResta is the Associate at O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, where she evaluates investment opportunities in early-stage technology companies. Prior to joining OATV, she was a trader at Jane Street Capital. She recently moved from NYC to San Francisco, and has begun the process of becoming more outdoorsy.
Crowdfunding science
Micro-patronage could let researchers step around funding obstacles.
In our first science-as-a-service post, I highlighted some of the participants in the ecosystem. In this one, I want to share the changing face of funding.
Throughout the 20th century, most scientific research funding has come from one of two sources: government grants or private corporations. Government funding is often a function of the political and economic climate, so…
Science as a service
What happens when you apply software-as-a-service principles to science?
Software as a service (SaaS) is one of the great innovations of Web 2.0. SaaS enables flexibility and customized solutions. It reduces costs — the cost of entry, the cost of overhead, and as a result, the cost of experimentation. In doing so, it’s been instrumental in spurring innovation.
So, what if you were to apply the principles of…
Wall Street’s robots are not out to get you
Putting high-frequency trading into perspective.
Technology is critical to today’s financial markets. It’s also surprisingly controversial. In most industries, increasing technological involvement is progress, not a problem. And yet, people who believe that computers should drive cars suddenly become Luddites when…
