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Cloud Computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) $160 Billion Market Opportunity

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 -- Cloud Computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) $160 Billion Market Opportunity. Learn how to exploit this huge opportunity as an entrepreneur and use the paradigm shift to benefit existing businesses. MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast. The applications segment (a.k.a. See [link] (more).

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Meet the Investors & Tech Leaders Judging at Startup Night SXSW 2018

Tech.Co

She has created a successful model to bridge entrepreneurs, investors and the federal government. Today, Joanne works with passionate entrepreneurs who use data assets to disrupt business functions and verticals. Andre is an innovation broker, entrepreneur and advocate for inclusion of minorities and women.

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Making Sense of the Stock Market Drops in Relation to Venture Financing

Both Sides of the Table

For starters – we all know the argument that more enterprises are buying SaaS software because it works more easily than on-premise software and that expectations set by our consumer lives to have software as easy and convenient as Amazon, Google or Facebook drives our business lives. Watch the market closely.

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

Tech Zulu Event

Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency.

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Interview with Dale Quayle, FileTrek

socalTECH

Dale's last firm, Integrien, was sold to VMware in 2010. To address that, Los Angeles-based FileTrek (www.filetrek.com) announced a funding round for its cloud-based software for sharing enterprise and business files yesterday. We spoke with Dale Quayle , the firm's CEO, about the funding and company. What is FileTrek?

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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

InfoChachkie

Want to be an entrepreneur? In addition, Entrepreneur Magazine recently included UCSB in its Top 50 Schools For VC Backed Entrepreneurs at number 37. The company quickly pivoted to create a SaaS solution and in less than two years later, it was acquired by Intuit for $30 million. Don''t go to Wharton or Harvard.

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Planning Your Fund Raising — “Measure Twice, Cut Once”

Both Sides of the Table

If you’re a SaaS company and the firm is a “consumer” firm (or vice versa) then don’t waste your time. As an investor I can tell you that when I meet an entrepreneur who knows very little about our fund or me as an individual it’s a huge turn off. In 2010 I didn’t know a single thing about LPs (the people who invest in VC funds).

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