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Gluecon 13: 2023

Feld Thoughts

My Foundry partners and I helped Kim and Eric Norlin create Gluecon in 2009 because we saw the need for a developer-focused event to explore emerging technologies around the cloud and APIs. The first year that GlueCon occurred, it seemed like nearly every session began with someone defining “what cloud computing is.”

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A Look At Some Popular, Trending Business Ideas

YoungUpstarts

With the 2009 economic crash, entrepreneurs and startups flooded the market (for better or worse!). Technology has also dramatically shifted how we do business as virtual offices, telecommuting and “the cloud” are moving us towards a global market as the norm — not the exception. It’s never business as usual. Get on the SEO bandwagon.

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Cracking The Code: Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud.

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Tuesday, November 10, 2009. Unveilling of the Bessemers 10 laws of Cloud Computing and SaaS - Winter 2010 Release. The Cloud computing stack is currently defined by three levels: SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS.

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7 Business Travel Hacks To Keep You Productive And Stress-Free On The Road

YoungUpstarts

With 15 years of experience in sales and marketing, Leavitt creates targeted and effective marketing strategies for companies of all sizes in the B2B tech space, especially the telecom, IT, and cloud industries.

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2012 Will Be The Year Of The Empowered Merchant, says Schedulicty

YoungUpstarts

Small businesses move to the cloud. The ability to self-publish quickly via the cloud is moving businesses out of traditional media. According to a survey by Aberdeen Group , almost 40 percent of small business have adopted cloud computing. 2012, the year of Creativity. Mobile, Mobile, Mobile.

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Microsoft’s Purchase Of Minecraft Maker Mojang Shows Comitment To Building Cross-Platform Appeal

YoungUpstarts

billion acquisition of Sweden-based software company Mojang, the developer behind the popular building game ““Minecraft”, which has sold over 100 million copies since its release in 2009, illustrates the degree to which Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s long-term vision for Microsoft is taking root at that company. Microsoft’s $2.5

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A review of the first eleven Techstars Unicorns

David Cohen

1: SendGrid (2009). The three founders (Isaac, Tim, and Jose) were based in the Los Angeles area when they moved the company to Boulder for the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2009. 2: Uber (2009). 3: Twilio (2009). Today, the cloud communication platform is valued at around $33 billion. #4: 4: Zipline (2011).