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The New Order of Silicon Valley: Forget the Silicon Part

Diego Basch

Then social networks, and finally mobile computing. Here are the trends I see in Silicon Valley today: The “Silicon” part of the name no longer applies. The role of most developers at these companies is to glue cloud services together. Why be in Silicon Valley at all?

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Digital Health Becoming a Reality

Both Sides of the Table

I remember reading many years ago about how devices being connected in the cloud would be far more pervasive and have a much bigger impact on our lives than the simple PC’s that we operate. Your measurements are automatically sent via wi-fi to the cloud and stored in a password protected portal viewed on the web or on your iPhone.

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The Consumerization of Business Software ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

The classic delineations of web products for business and consumer (“enterprise” direct selling, on premise vs cloud, etc) are only getting blurrier. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Pingback: silver philharmonic. Read More ยป.

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The Next Bubble โ€“ Donโ€™t Get Fooled Again

Steve Blank

Hiring technology talent in Silicon Valley is getting difficult, and the time it takes to drive across Palo Alto has tripledโ€”all signs of the impending apocalypse. In the case of this bubble, it was social networks, consumer and mobile applications, and the cloud. We have just entered the mania phase.

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Top 20 U.S. Tech Conferences Every Startup And SMB Should Check Out

YoungUpstarts

Whether your organization is a start-up or a large enterprise, SMSS will provide you with relevant case study examples, interactive workshops and engaging sessions to boost your social media marketing efforts and reach your companyโ€™s business goals. Venture Summit Silicon Valley.

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Explaining FNAC: Feature, Not a Company

Both Sides of the Table

We spoke about my interest in cloud computing, digital media and mobile. I love seeing non Silicon Valley markets boom as it broadens our country’s innovation hubs. It’s about 10 minutes long. It’s a fun 10-minute interview that you might enjoy watching. And awesome for NYC that GroupMe will be based there.

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Starting (Up) in the Big Sky: Fund Raising Outside Silicon Valley

ReadWriteStart

FitzGerald is the co-founder and CEO of Submittable , a cloud-based submission platform used by thousands of publishers for accepting and curating digital content. But we did eventually raise capital outside Silicon Valley. This is not a great feeling.). We had a name, and a logo ripped off from a free logo site. in revenue.