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$43.2 Million That Can Help You

Growthink Blog

Now that summer is officially over, venture capital activity is picking up. I just reviewed the many companies who recently raised venture capital with an eye towards those that are offering products and services that could benefit other entrepreneurs and business owners. Collectively these companies just raised $43.2

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Joining Get Satisfaction

Venture Chronicles

I moved through marketing and sales role, and then venture capital to general management but all along the way I missed the hands on aspect of product and connection of products to people. Tags: Get Satisfaction Azure Capital First Round OATV Social CRM.

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boldstart in 2016, enterprise tech in 2017

BeyondVC

Yes, AWS and Azure will garner a bulk of this, but still requires significant new investment to easily monitor, manage and secure this sprawling infrastructure. And let’s not forget about the ongoing rise of government sponsored attacks, a trend that will only proliferate in 2017. published previously on Medium ).

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FinTech Innovation Lab Launch Event – June 2, 2011

David Teten

Social networking is governed by SEC 17a4, and SEC hasn’t opined on this. Packaged platforms (Force.com/EC2/Azure) are much more likely to succeed than a pure infrastructure play. Java/Azure appliances will come in. BROWN: Impersonation on social networks is a big problem. Ask the senator who was on TV.

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The Startup Pivot

Reid Hoffman

Microsoft went from MS-DOS to Windows to Office to many new reinventions, including Azure. I’m not saying this because I’m trying to pump up the venture capital industry; it’s based on my experiences as an entrepreneur, where I had great VC partners (and some not so great ones). Apple went from Apple II to the Macintosh to iOS.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

November 23, 2010 Entrepreneurs, Using Outsourcing to Obtain Capital Efficiency Needs to be Thought Through to be Effective - Robert Ochtel , June 7, 2010 Teen Entrepreneur, Brian Wong, Youngest Founder to Receive Angel Funding - teenentrepreneurblog.com , October 28, 2010 Build Your Own Silicon Valley? First Principles.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning– Explained

Steve Blank

You succeed in convincing one company and a government to adopt computers and learn to code much faster than their competitors /adversaries. These technologies will transform businesses and government agencies. Today, 100s of billions of dollars in private capital have been invested in 1,000s of AI startups. Carpe Diem.