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26 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2017

Hearpreneur

2017 was a bad year for some and for some it was a great year. In the last few days of 2017, we took some time to ask a few entrepreneurs and business what their biggest business accomplishments were. #1- We finally found a reliable partner and I am very confident that this service will be as successful as the others we deliver.

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boldstart in 2017, enterprise tech in 2018

BeyondVC

2017 Recap. 2017 was another year of growing, learning, investing and partnering with amazing founders. Before diving into yet another year and list of predictions for enterprise in 2018, we’d like to recap a few thoughts and moments from 2017. Our partners include IBM and one unannounced Fortune 50.

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Roundup of 2017 VC Predictions and Tech Industry Reports

VC Cafe

2017 Predictions. Hope your 2017 is off to a great start. Below is a selection of themes and predictions for startups/venture/tech in 2017. 2017 VC Predictions. 2017 VC Predictions. Accel 2017 state of the union – [link]. predictions-for-2017-4304a3127d25#.xulj07ub3.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

GE made a $4 billion bet on connecting industrial equipment via the Internet of Things (IoT) and analytical software with a suite of products called the “ Predix Cloud ”. — In June 2017, the board “retired” Jeff Immelt and promoted John Flannery to CEO. In 2015 Trian Partners, an activist investor, bought $2.5

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Miami’s Cloud Summit offers founders fresh opportunities to scale globally

The Startup Magazine

As Miami aims to compete with NYC as a startup capital, it’s simultaneously earning another title: “the capital of cloud.” The average growth rate for Cloud Summit attendees from the previous year was estimated at 25% by Ingram Micro, and this year’s full lineup of growth-centric topics will be held between May 17th to 19th.

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Mark Hauser’s Hauser Private Equity Spearheads Major Deals in Industrial Sector

The Startup Magazine

Hauser Private Equity partnered with the Denver-based private equity firm Revelstoke Capital Partners to make a growth investment in DataLink Fund Solutions, a leading provider of integrated population health management applications.

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Why We Invested in Toya

VC Cafe

As we are spending more of our resources online, we believe that a “new Internet” is being created – with the consumer at its centre – on top of a strong tech infrastructure: 5g/6g, cloud, edge computing, new powerful GPUs, spatial computing, decentralisation etc. . Enter Toya . Opportunities & Challenges for Roblox .