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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. I was in it for the love of working with entrepreneurs on business problems and marveling at technology they had built. Until we weren’t. Nobody cared about our valuations any more. We had nascent revenues, ridiculous cost structures and unrealistic valuations.

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Rally Software Acquired By CA Technologies for $480 Million

Feld Thoughts

Congrats to my friends at Rally Software on the announcement that they’ve signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by CA Technologies for $480 million. Rally started out life as F4 Technologies. The post Rally Software Acquired By CA Technologies for $480 Million appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Going Beyond Facial Recognition – Why The Future Of Security And Possibilities Lie In Video Analytics

YoungUpstarts

The adoption of various biometric solutions as authentication methods are dictated by the technological capabilities available to the general population. And that rapidly evolving video technology will make video analytics integral to that approach. He previously cofounded Scintera, a fabless semiconductor company in 2001.

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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

Columbus Technologies and Services — To NASA and beyond. At launch, the initial trajectory of Columbus Technologies , a California NASA spacecraft initiative business, looked promising, but after NASA downsized the budget available for their services, their revenue plummeted over 60 percent in just two weeks.

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7 Attributes of An Entrepreneur's Startup Dream Team

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if your product is a technological marvel, I look for balanced strength on the team in finance, marketing and operations. Business credentials and functional coverage. If your team has a depth of expertise in software, that won’t help you get funding for a new hardware solution. Fill in gaps with expert advisors to make it whole.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. Technology solutions are now used by authoritarians to monitor and control populations, to stymie an individual company’s economic prospects or to foment chaos through demagoguery. What Has Changed in Financing?

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[The Philippines] Harnessing Apps To Tackle Traffic

YoungUpstarts

trillion since 2001 due to traffic – a massive loss in productivity. Manila Train Guide , a trip-planning app for Metro Manila’s railways, which highlights nearby places of interest, bagged the Inclusive Technology Award. The study noted that the country has lost more than P1.5