Ed Sim - Issue #17
back from a few days at RSA, security industry has board level awareness, lots of other great reads on scaling and market for VC
boldstart
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Thoughts from RSA and the Climate for Security Startups - BeyondVC
sharing some of my notes from this year’s security conference - the year ahead in security tech and VC
Scaling Startups
Numbers that Actually Matter. Finding Your North Star
optimize for user engagement and growth and revenue will follow - great shoutout for boldstart portfolio co, Front!
12 Key Levers of SaaS Success – Matrix Partners Viewpoints – Medium
some key metrics to evaluate for SaaS scaling
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SF engineering salaries…wow!
State of Salaries: 2017 State of Global Tech Salaries
Enterprise Tech
Microsoft Azure Gaining Traction in Business | Fortune.com
RightScale survey shows Microsoft Azure gaining steam in public cloud adoption, while Amazon Web Services holds steady.
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Here's how Evernote moved 3 petabytes of data to Google's cloud | Network World
why Evernote chose Google; more for Goog’s expertise in unstructured data and Evernote’s strategic approach to do more Machine Learning
www.networkworld.com • Share
How AI is stopping criminal hacking in real time | CSO Online
hackers are using AI and Machine Learning now and the stakes are higher - great quote from George Avetisov from portfolio co @hypr
Markets
As Goldman Embraces Automation, Even the Masters of the Universe Are Threatened
fascinating - almost all equity traders replaced with engineers - what’s next on wall street?
www.technologyreview.com • Share
Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?
overview of VC landscape from Mark Suster at Upside - lots of money from China and Corporates but the negativity was short lived
bothsidesofthetable.com • Share
By Ed Sim
Ed Sim's weekly readings and notes on VC, software, and scaling startups - #enterprise #seed #DeveloperFirst #IntelligentAutomation #DataInfra #CloudNative #Cybersecurity
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