Ed Sim - Issue #22

Revue

What's Hot in Enterprise IT/VC

March 24 · Issue #22 · View online

Ed Sim's weekly readings and notes on VC, software, and scaling startups - #enterprise #seed #DeveloperFirst #IntelligentAutomation #DecentralizedComputing

roundup this week: why prof. services and on-prem still matter in cloud world, how to get your customers to love you, what’s hot in developer land from stack overflow, and much more…

boldstart

Thoughts from Mulesoft and AppDynamics IPO Filings - BeyondVC

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Even for SaaS and cloud vendors - prof svces/on prem matter as u scale

February NY Information Security Meetup: VC Panel: "Cyber Security Investing" - YouTube

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was fun participating on this VC Panel: “Cyber Security Investing” Moderator: Robert Hackett from Fortune along with fellow VCs David Aronoff (Flybridge) and Kelly Mak (workbench)

Scaling Startups

How to Build a Product Loved by Millions and Get Acquired by Google: The Firebase Story

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great story on focus and learning from users/customers - “Firebase didn’t try to do everything at once. Instead, they focused on a few core problems and executed brilliantly.”

The State of SaaS Pricing [Infographic] | OpenView Labs

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interesting survey on pricing - conclusion - companies think too late about pricing, thus leaving money on the table

Enterprise Tech

Strategic Technology: Security, Digital Transformation & Cloud Native – Charting Stacks

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move to cloud native - orchestration and scaling is where most of action has been, big belief that security is next to tackle at developer level

How natural language interfaces can solve workflow problems | VentureBeat | Bots | by Amir Shevat, Slack

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great overview on how to start automating repeated, simple workflows in Slacks and out of Slack - one of the areas we are spending time on at boldstart