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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

What used to be an “A” round in 2011 is now routinely called a Seed round and this has been so engrained that founders would rather take less money than to have to put the words “A round” in their legal documents. dot-com bonanza. You have seed rounds but you now have “pre-seed rounds.” just to name a few!

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Opening The Cloud: Marten Mickos, CEO of Eucalyptus Systems

InfoChachkie

I recently spoke with Marten Mickos, the former CEO of MySQL and current CEO of Eucalyptus Systems , the leader in private cloud platforms. Eucalyptus’ underlying technology was developed at UC Santa Barbara. They read the documentation. Find some other name than cloud something.”. They just grab the product.

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RingRevenue Creates A New Performance Marketing Revenue Channel

InfoChachkie

The more fascinating thing to me though, is how agile development and cloud computing are influencing how these technologies are brought to market. What are your thoughts regarding Santa Barbara’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and what special accommodations, if any, have you made to keep RingRevenue in Paradise?

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