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For Many New Ventures, Location Is The Key To Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by more than 65 percent. Finance has homes in New York, Hong Kong, and London. Energy is still the domain of Houston and Dubai.

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Software Maintenance "Empty Calories"

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At a conference in 2006, I presented a Top 10 list of technology expenses which to me represented "empty calories". Top of that list was Software Maintenance with the likes of Oracle, IBM and SAP Unbelievably, in the dozen years.

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Rustam Gilfanov: “The Business Plan Of A Startup Is A Test Of The Idea’s Survival Potential”

YoungUpstarts

In 2006, Rustam Gilfanov, together with his partners, opened an international outsourcing IT company in Kyiv. Today, this company is the largest software developer for the gaming industry, marketing and finance.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

There were startups and a software industry but barely. Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. They wanted to build new products, solve problems that were unfilled by the last generation of software companies and grow revenue year-over-year while holding costs in check. It was 1991.

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Burning Platform: Enterprise Software in Emerging Markets

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Let me start off by saying I became a fan of Zoho way back in 2006 after this session with the CEO, In the 71st episode of Burning Platform, we host Hyther Nizam, President, Middle East and Africa for Zoho.

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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. Ryan had a vision for an integration web-based system to layer on top of all of this to help support and manage the software development process.

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When Planning A Startup, A Top Priority Is Location

Startup Professionals Musings

Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by more than 65 percent. Finance has homes in New York, Hong Kong, and London. Energy is still the domain of Houston and Dubai.

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