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President Trump reportedly has approved the Oracle deal for TikTok’s US operations

TechCrunch LA

President Donald Trump said has has given his stamp of approval “in concept” on the Oracle bid for the U.S. operations from its parent company Bytedance was something that Trump administration had demanded on the grounds that the company’s data handling policies and popularity in the U.S. And the U.S. education.

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How This Startup Kicked Oracle’s A$$

InfoChachkie

How did a small, open source software company from Finland capture billions in market share from Oracle? Marten Mickos, CEO of Eucalyptus Systems , knows the answer and he delights in telling the story of how MySQL ate Oracle's lunch and dinner. A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. Keep Your Enemies Close.

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7 Worst Entrepreneurial Perceptions From Engineers

Startup Professionals Musings

Investors love to fund growth and scaling of a proven business model for entrepreneurs, and they avoid at all costs funding research and development for engineers. Certainly there are many examples of great companies led by engineers, including Microsoft with Bill Gates, Oracle with Larry Ellison, and Google with Larry Page.

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Interview with Damir Davidovic, NEOGOV

socalTECH

We're looking at it as an alternative to Taleo, SuccessFactors, Cornerstone On Demand, and so on. As you know, SuccessFactors was bought by SAP, Taleo was bought by Oracle, and the only independent companies left are Cornerstone OnDemand and Workday. It's also positioned to compete in the commercial sector. READ MORE>>.

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It’s a Big Step from Engineer to an Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Investors love to fund growth and scaling of a proven business model for entrepreneurs, and they avoid at all costs funding research and development for engineers. Certainly there are many examples of great companies led by engineers, including Microsoft with Bill Gates, Oracle with Larry Ellison, and Google with Larry Page.

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Good Times Ahead for VC-backed Tech Companies?

Both Sides of the Table

They have data from surveys they did with corporate development officers (e.g. He thinks demand for IPOs (from buyers) remains high while supply is low because Sarbanes Oxley amongst other things has made less CEOs want to go public. Montgomery expects M&A to rebound to the normal recent levels at 450 deals by 2010.

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Congrats To All The Winners and Thanks To Our Speakers at #REACHNeXT!

Tech Zulu Event

Green Way Labs develops high-performance cleaning products that are 100% non-toxic. EnvoyNow is innovating in the on-demand food delivery space, targeting the underserved college market. Categories: mobile consumer, on-demand, chat. Started at Oracle as one of its first employees. Health & Wellness: Green Way Labs.