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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

I’m a huge fan of William and his writing as you can see from my review of his book Avogadro Corp. There seem to be two schools of thought on how to predict the future of information technology: looking at software or looking at hardware. By day he works on web and social media for HP. Take a look – and take your time.

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Cracking The Code: Death Sentence for SaaS.or for Lawson?

Cracking the Code

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. So where does Salesforces profitability stands today compared to the most successful on premise public software companies? traditional software is like cocaine--youre hooked.

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On Going Public: SPACs, Direct Listings, Public Offerings, and Access to Private Markets

Ben's Blog

Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, I held several executive positions in a publicly-traded software company and was previous to that an investment banker. Before offering some suggestions about how we might improve capital formation, I’d like to review the current state of the IPO market. 1990-1998 13.3% 22% 1990-1998 13.3%

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Israel’s central bank, Morgan Stanley and other financial institutions have forecasted 3.5% Billing software company Amdocs has acquired mobile payments and messaging firm MX Telecom for $104 million in cash. and was founded in 1998. AMDOCS BUYS LEADING UK MOBILE COMPANY MX TELECOM. Net-Aye is a subsidiary of Bar-Tec Ltd.

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