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Ed Sim - Issue #20
big week for enterprise cloud as Pivotal announces over $270mm rev from Cloud Foundry in 1/3 of Fortune 100 along with some great posts on scaling startups
boldstart
Apps sell infrastructure - BeyondVC
post from my blog - if you are selling infrastructure – stop, sell apps to the heads of business who have a huge sense of urgency to get things done.
Cybersecurity 500 List of Top Cybersecurity CompaniesCybersecurity Ventures
great list including boldstart portfolio cos @securityscorecard @hypr
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The Frequency of Known Vulnerabilities in JavaScript Libraries | Snyk
@snyk well positioned to address this issue - 37% of sites surveyed out of 133k had at least 1 javascript library with a vulnerability
Markets
Disturbing New Facts About American Capitalism - MoneyBeat - WSJ
impact of tech as market leaders continue to gain more market share
The Narrowing of SaaS Valuations
valuation ranges getting tighter
Enterprise Tech
Pivotal Claims Big Revenue Growth For its Software Tools | Fortune.com
awesome sign of cloud and microservices growing in the enteprise - Pivotal says revenue from its Cloud Foundry software development platform grew 130% to $270 million in 2016.
Think cars are dangerous? Connected cars are even worse | The Memo
next fertile ground for hackers…
Scaling Startups
Content Marketing Isn’t Marketing Content – Ross Mayfield – Medium
great post by friend Ross Mayfield on how to use content marketing as part of overall brand narrative - some practicaly how-tos as well
HubSpot’s Playbook for Going From Startup to Scale-up
an oldie but goodie - how hubspot’s decision to focus on the Mary’s (10-1000k employees) vs the Ollies (<10 employees) allowed it to scale
This Man Makes Founders Cry – Backchannel
great post on old friend Jerry Colonna who is an amazing exec coach for founders
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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