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How to build an agile and scalable SaaS for long-term success

The Next Web

James Kenigsberg is the Chief Technology Officer and a founding team member at 2U , an educational technology company that partners with universities to offer online degree programs. Create accessible technology. The most amazing outcomes start as lofty ambitions. In other words, keep it simple.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

But the founders also recognized – as many great founders do – that they were going to have to build out an experienced management team to become the billion company everybody believes this can be. Another major hire was Ryan Lissack who joined as CTO. Babe Ruth vs. Lance Armstrong.

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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business

www.informationarbitrage.com

Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing. Too often, however, I have found CTO / Founders paired with business people who not only don't add value, but frequently detract from the value of the business.

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Accel APX conference: short take aways

Cracking the Code

gathered at the event. It is not very polished but was designed for a fast read.

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Digital Revenue Expert – Vince Thompson

SoCal CTO

Vince: I’m an author, speaker and management consultant with a special expertise in online media sales. My management book, Ignited, was released in 2007 and serves a guide and champion for middle managers. Our current focus is Actors and Actresses and we are moving into other verticals. Am I thinking big enough?

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: athenahealth

Seeing Both Sides

The theory is that with the advent of the cloud in the digital age, small businesses can leverage a suite of services from a technology vendor to manage all aspects of their work – from payments to record-keeping to marketing to customer communications. In effect, they have become the Salesforce.com of the health care vertical.

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Success story: how startup Augury determined its market opportunities

Where to Play

Founded by Saar Yoskovitz (CEO) and Gal Shaul (CTO), and backed by leading venture capitalists, the company was recently recognized for its standout contribution, named one of CRNs Internet of Things top 50. As we looked closer at the market, many verticals were underserved by the existing solutions that were expensive and complicated to use.