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
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The Narrowing of SaaS Valuations
valuation ranges getting tighter
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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.
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Think cars are dangerous? Connected cars are even worse | The Memo
next fertile ground for hackers…
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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
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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
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This Man Makes Founders Cry – Backchannel
great post on old friend Jerry Colonna who is an amazing exec coach for founders
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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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