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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

Topics have included “Leveraging Pinterest”, “Mobile Commerce”, and “Facebook Advertising”. Entrepreneurial Development Firms. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design. Belmont Technologies – CAD in the Cloud (backed by Northbridge and NEA). Plastiq – Payments (NextView Portfolio Company).

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

Three revolutionaries will replace the current IT dictators: Cloud , Mobile and Social. While the cloud concepts first emerged in the late 1990s, the technology only recently matured to the point where it is poised to break the chains of handcrafted infrastructure and enterprise application software. So what will become of IT?

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

Three revolutionaries will replace the current IT dictators: Cloud , Mobile and Social. While the cloud concepts first emerged in the late 1990s, the technology only recently matured to the point where it is poised to break the chains of handcrafted infrastructure and enterprise application software. So what will become of IT?

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The CEO’s CEO

Ben's Blog

If you start out building automobiles, you won’t likely pivot over to become an online advertising network. The transition from today’s web back-end architectures to tomorrow’s cloud computing will result in profound benefits. Over time, every existing application will be rewritten to take advantage of the cloud and these benefits.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. It’s also worth noting as data would suggest from this SVB venture funding report, lower costs to build tech & operate businesses implies the possibility of lower loss ratios in portfolios.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

online.wsj.com

As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio. Videogames Reach for the Cloud. Funds Slide Hits Paulson Ally A former employee who helped John Paulson make billions has lost a large chunk of his personal portfolio by investing with his old boss. Advertising.

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Special: 72 Israeli Companies Exhibit at the 2010 Mobile World Congress

VC Cafe

After a somewhat disappointing congress in 2009, in which companies showcased products from previous years, this year is expected to be faster, greener and ‘cloudier’ Looking at the conference agenda , it’s not hard to spot the trends for 2010: Mobile Clouds – additional storage and new revenue streams to operators.

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