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THE SHIRAZI TIMES. September 23, 2013. IN THE NEWS. 5 Things You Should Know About Angel Money In 2014 Healthcare Will Be King Going Into 2014 Looking Back On Failure Mobile Payments Are Hot The Northeast Is Where the Money’s Headed Optimism in 2014
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THE SHIRAZI TIMES September 23, 2013
IN THE NEWS 5 Things You Should Know About Angel Money In 2014 Healthcare Will Be King Going Into 2014 Looking Back On Failure Mobile Payments Are Hot The Northeast Is Where the Money’s Headed Optimism in 2014 http://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2013/09/16/5-things-you-should-know-about-angel-money-in-2014/?utm_campaign=techtwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social NYC's Next Mayor's Tech Challenge Six weeks from now, New York will have a new Mayor. It was twelve years ago that Michael Bloomberg took office, and it was for the tech world a very different time. http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenrosenbaum/2013/09/23/nycs-next-mayors-tech-challage/ PayPal Nears Deal for Braintree Payments http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/09/22/paypal-nears-deal-for-braintree-payments/ Apple Generated More iPhone Revenue In One Weekend Than All Of BlackBerry Will Sell Forhttp://www.businessinsider.com/sai#ixzz2fk4Yr5cP Here's a long list of promising startups Salesforce.com alumni have started. http://appmesh.blogspot.com/2013/09/benioff-latest-success-salesforcecom.html AngelList raises $24 million at a heavenly valuation http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2013/09/22/angellist-raises-24/
The Software Revolution Since the dawn of Silicon Valley, large shifts in the computing and provisioning of software have led to opportunities for significant wealth. But when we examine the history of large tech businesses over the last 25 years, two different narratives begin to emerge. In the first, young venture-backed upstarts offer a new product or service and experience explosive growth. They disrupt an existing industry, but at the same time create opportunities for those few incumbents nimble enough to adapt to the new environment. The second narrative is more familiar to observers of the venture capital industry. Instead of revitalizing, many of the old incumbents wither away. Today, another enormous technological shift is underway: a revolution in how software is created, sold, delivered, and utilized for business. This is the next massive wave in enterprise computing, and it has Silicon Valley buzzing. http://www.forbes.com/sites/truebridge/2013/09/17/the-software-revolution-a-sector-trends-series/
VENTURE CAPITAL California Gigya raises another $25M to add social & gamification to brand name apps Deliv raises $6.8M to beef up its same-day delivery network Plaid raises $2.8M for API that opens banks up to developers Turkish engineers get $2.5M for HazelCast, an open source in-memory data grid for Java App Annie gets $15M to evolve app analytics and expand worldwide Remind101 raises $3.5M to help teachers wield the power of texting Lively raises $4.8M to keep grandparents out of dreaded nursing homes California Blue Jeans raises a massive $50M round to continue pounding Cisco, Microsoft, and Polycom Illumio gets $34M for its secret security technology Okta gives IT managers tools to oversee employees across all devices with $27M Can StrongLoop steal Node from Joyent? VCs bet $8M on it Pipedrive announces a $2.4M deal Boston Skillbridge- Platform for hiring freelance professionals in finance, strategy and marketing Funding- $25,000 Gradeable- Digital grading and analysis platform to give students faster feedback and reduce teacher workload Funding- Not disclosed Codeship- Platform allowing companies to automatically deploy changes to their online software. Funding- Not disclosed Benu Networks- Billerica-based networking technology firm Benu Networks announced it has raised $26.6 million Series B round. New York Unmetric blasts your company with social media data, gets $5.5M Cyanogen goes from Android mod to legit startup with $7M from Benchmark Complex Media Raises $25M
STARTUP WATCH Meet BenefitFocus: A ‘bootstrapped’ cloud company that crushed its IPO http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/20/meet-benefitfocus-a-bootstrapped-cloud-company-that-crushed-its-ipo-interview/#Kd2LxHHWvPewQrfh.99 Growing 10% Weekly, Grocery Delivery Service Instacart Expands To Chicago http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/17/growing-10-weekly-grocery-delivery-service-instacart-expands-to-chicago/ How Was School Today? ClassDojo’s Software Looks To Make That Question History http://www.forbes.com/sites/jjcolao/2013/09/19/how-was-school-today-classroom-software-looks-to-make-that-question-history/?utm_campaign=forbestwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social Why startups should look to Google, not Facebook, as a role model http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/17/why-startups-should-look-to-google-not-facebook-as-a-role-model/ JLo's Dad Lends A Hand In Silicon Valley http://www.forbes.com/sites/giovannirodriguez/2013/09/22/jlos-dad-lends-a-hand-in-silicon-valley/ Distill Raises $1.3M To Make Technical Recruiting, Hiring Dead Simple http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/17/distill/ Seven Reasons Why Startups Won't Save The Economy http://www.forbes.com/sites/krisztinaholly/2013/09/20/seven-reasons-why-startups-wont-save-the-economy/ Startup Fundraising Is About To Get A Little More Public http://www.forbes.com/sites/markrogowsky/2013/09/23/startup-fundraising-is-about-to-get-a-little-more-public/
UPCOMING BOSTON MEETUPS HTML5 Game Development Monthly Meetup Wednesday, October 16, 2013 7:00 PM Bocoup Loft 355 congress street2nd FloorBoston, MA http://www.meetup.com/Boston-HTML5-Game-Development/events/119451812/?a=mr1_grp&rv=mr1&_af_eid=119451812&_af=event September Boston Sports Tech Meetup Wednesday, September 25, 2013 7:00 PM Game On! 82 Lansdowne Street, Boston, MA http://www.meetup.com/Boston-Sports-Tech-Meetup/events/134565782/ Java and Edge Networks Tuesday, October 15, 2013 6:00 PM Akamai Technologies Inc 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA http://www.meetup.com/boston-java/events/136859182/ The Strip Meetup Group • Cambridge Meetup • Tuesday, September 24, 2013 • 8:00 PM • John Harvard's • 33 Dunster Street Cambridge, MA 02138 , Cambridge, ma • http://www.meetup.com/Stripe/events/141352712/ Drupal presentation with Moshe Weitzman Wednesday, October 2, 2013 7:00 PM Microsoft N.E.R.D. Center One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 1st floor http://www.meetup.com/bostonphp/events/138420962/ IT Job Seekers Greater Boston Meetup Wednesday, September 25, 2013 6:00 PM Tavern in the Square - Central Square 730 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA http://www.meetup.com/BostonITJobSeekers/events/137238222/ App Development Meetup • General networking & Open Discussion • Thursday, September 26, 2013 • 6:30 PM • Au Bon Pain (Kendall) • 238 Main St, Cambridge, MA • http://www.meetup.com/App-Development-Meetup/events/137447592/ MIT Museum Startup Showcase Mobile Monday Boston Tuesday, October 8, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT) Cambridge, MA http://momomitmuseum2013-eorg.eventbrite.com/
UPCOMING NYC MEETUPS NYC Mobile Forum GLASS Tuesday, September 24, 2013 6:30 PM AOL Ventures 770 Broadway, 6th FloorNew York, NY http://www.meetup.com/NYCMobile/events/136866072/ NY Tech International Meetup Israeli Tech Made In NY Thursday, October 3, 2013 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM Morgan Stanley 1585 Broadway, New York, NY http://www.meetup.com/NY-Tech-International/events/139388282/ TechSeri.es Networking! (Happy Hour #10 | September) Tuesday, September 24, 2013 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Galway Hooker 7 East 36th Street (b/w 5th and Madison)New York, NY http://www.meetup.com/TechSeries/events/139355512/ Capital City: A VC’s Take on NYC Tech General Assembly Thursday, October 3, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM (EDT) New York, NY https://www.eventbrite.com/event/8419646389 October 2013 NY Tech Meetup Tuesday, October 8, 2013 7:00 PM NYU Skirball Center For The Performing Arts 566 Laguardia PlaceNew York, NY http://www.meetup.com/ny-tech/events/110038572/ Test-Driven Development Meetup Wednesday, October 9, 2013 7:00 PM New York, NY http://www.meetup.com/FullStack-General-Assembly-NYC-Ruby-on-Rails/events/139676612/
UPCOMING CHICAGO MEETUPS CloudCamp Chicago Roof Deck Social Wednesday, September 25, 2013 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM TechNexus 20 N Wacker Drive - 15th floor roof deck, Chicago, IL http://www.meetup.com/The-Chicago-Cloud-Computing-Meetup-Group/events/139295772/ Start-Up to Grown-Up Social Enterprise Alliance-Chicago Chapter Tuesday, September 24, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (CDT) Chicago, IL http://www.eventbrite.com/event/8043511359/es2/?rank=9 "One C++" by Herb Sutter and "Broad-spectrum C++/C++14" by Bjarne Stroustrup Tuesday, September 24, 2013 7:00 PM to 9:45 PM Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel -- Grand Ballroom 1 West Upper Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL http://www.meetup.com/Chicago-C-CPP-Users-Group/events/120695052/ • Chicago Innovation Showcase • Wednesday, October 2, 2013 from 12:30 PM to 7:00 PM (CDT) • Chicago, IL • http://2013cis-es2.eventbrite.com/?rank=4 • Tech Cocktail's Chicago Mixer & Startup Showcase sponsored by Cars.com Speaker Series • Tech Cocktail • Thursday, September 26, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (CDT) • Chicago, IL • http://chicagosept2013-es2.eventbrite.com/?rank=6 Prototyping Will Be Your Next UX Skill with WebVisions & Friends Wednesday, September 25, 2013 6:30 PM Groupon - 3rd Floor 600 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL http://www.meetup.com/Refresh-Chicago/events/133657622/