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Digital Transformation And The Evolution of Apps – What’s The Link?

YoungUpstarts

While data serves as the backbone to digital transformation, software applications (apps) are where the magic happens, because businesses are already using an average of over 200 applications. In addition, our sharing economy is quickly gaining traction across the region due to the speed and convenience it delivers.

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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

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I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). I’ll explain in detail below. Enter Burstly. I like that. What does it do?

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

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We’re clearly in the early stages on Twitter monetization but let me offer some views on why we find Ad.ly Wordpress), video (YouTube), pictures (Flickr), review sites (Yelp) and collaborative content (Wikipedia). But 70% of my investment decision in early-stage companies is the team. Just ask MySpace.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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If you haven’t noticed from my web site or blog, I work as a web applications developer and a consulting CTO. Investors use a consulting CTO for technical due diligence. A consulting CTO is an expert on the current state of the technology and can suggest the most appropriate development platform for your business.

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Daddy, What Does a Chief Technology Officer Do?

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But if it’s wrong, the CTO has solid documentation to review. The firm’s development team must be able to integrate primitive, early-stage technologies. I believe that SMEs, due to financial constraints, settle for a CTO with hybrid responsbilities that also include CIO duties. code quality. (1).

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community, Sept 2011

Rob Go

Capitalize - Regular pitch events where early stage companies get direct feedback from local VC’s. Applications due Nov 20 th ! Entrepreneurial Development Firms. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design. Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Invite only.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.