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What am I Thankful for This Year?

Both Sides of the Table

2013 has proved to be a wild year. In the market we’ve seen the massive uptick of SaaS valuations in the public markets and commensurate attention on private market fundings and valuations. 2013 was the year of wearable devices and physical products. 2013 was the year of wearable devices and physical products.

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Reachify Rolls Out Healthtech Software for Patient Communications

Xconomy

A healthtech startup founded by two doctors who set out in 2013 to improve the overall management of their respective medical practices is emerging from beta mode Wednesday to offer fellow physicians an office software suite. See below. ]

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As Unicorns Multiply, Bootstrapped Tech Businesses Holding Steady

Xconomy

Founded in 2013 by de Haaff and Chris Waters in the Bay Area, the company announced in July it had surpassed $40 million in annual recurring revenue from the subscribers to its software-as-a-service. Brian de Haaff wonders this sometimes, especially as compared to his own tech business, Aha. Instead, Aha is a bootstrapped startup.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

Both Sides of the Table

I’m going through this situation now with the first investment that I ever made as a VC in Invoca – (Inbound voice call), a SaaS marketing automation company. Unless you’re SnapChat, Instagram or similar this is probably 3-5 years into your existence.

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PacketSled Raises $5M for Automated Cybersecurity Monitoring System

Xconomy

The company raised $3 million in a 2013 seed round. PacketSled plans to use the capital to embark on new marketing initiatives and make additional hires in sales, engineering, and operations, according to a recent statement.

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Tealium Adds $35M to Expand Technology, Sharpen Customer Focus

Xconomy

Lunsford joined Tealium at the beginning of 2013, after a seven-year run as the CEO of Limelight Networks in Tempe, AZ. “For us, it’s never been about tags or Javascript. It’s been about data. It’s about defining your data across the Web and now mobile.”.

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Colorado’s Webroot Buys CyberFlow Analytics, Expands in San Diego

Xconomy

Not long after ViaSat (NASDAQ: VSAT ) acquired San Diego-based LonoCloud in 2013 , former LonoCloud executives Tom Caldwell and Hossein Eslambolchi met for coffee at the Specialty’s Café and Bakery in University City.