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What Mattered in 2012: Marc Averitt, Okapi Venture Capital

socalTECH

What are the technologies, companies, or things we ought to watch in 2013? becomes a reality in 2013 with the consumerization of enterprise software and cloud computing leading the charge. Make sure one's emotional IQ is higher than one's IQ up front. I think "enterprise 2.0"

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Insights and Opinions: A Cynic Predicts IT and Media in 2011

socalTECH

For example, data center companies will continue to take losses, go out of business, or get acquired on unfavorable terms even as all indications point to extreme shortages in data center space by 2013. A large firm will overpay to jump on a bandwagon that has long left reality. Someone will found another content delivery company.

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Kareo the “Doctor’s Cloud” Secures $29.5 Million in Growth Capital

Tech Zulu Event

The funding follows other recent news that the Kareo Practice Management software, with over 20,000 providers, processed over $6 billion in medical billing in 2013 and that its free electronic health record solution EHR achieved more than 5,000 sign-ups in less than 10 months. The post Kareo the “Doctor’s Cloud” Secures $29.5

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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

socalTECH

So, without further ado, here''s the list of this year''s 2013 Socaltech 50 : Basil Abifaker , Transaction Wireless (San Diego, digital gift cards). Thorsten von Eicken , Rightscale (Santa Barbara, cloud computing). Sophia Amoruso , NastyGal (LA, Downtown, fashion). Chance Barnett , Crowdfunder (Los Angeles, crowdfunding).

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.” dot-com bonanza. How little we all knew how ironic that term would become but has nonetheless endured. Ten years on much has changed.

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Microsoft Venture Fund Aims to Harness Early Stage Innovation

Xconomy

The name of the fund—which will back startups focused on cloud computing, machine learning, and security, with an emphasis on technology that complements Microsoft’s own products and services—is Microsoft Ventures.

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Where Is Your Technology In The Gartner Hype Cycle?

Startup Professionals Musings

Late last year, Gartner released their Gartner''s Hype Cycle Special Report for 2013 , detailing some of the biggest trends in technology up to that time. New this year are brain-computer interfaces, autonomous vehicles, biochips, and quantum computing. Investors love this stage.