How startups became safe for the enterprise
A combination of factors have made smaller vendors more appealing to corporate IT buyers. The big question is whether the fun will last.
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TOTVS, GoodData eye Latin America big data growth
TOTVS, a Latin American enterprise software giant akin to SAP, invested in cloud analytics company GoodData in a $22 million venture round.
Q&A: Upstart CEO Dave Girouard
Upstart's model includes a mix of crowd funding, a dash of Kickstarter meets peer-to-peer loan company Lending Club and algorithms that project future income and allow "someone to borrow from their future selves."
Now playing at Pandora: Net losses, rapid growth, IPO plans
Pandora has filed for an initial public offering and the streaming music service shows rapidly accelerating advertising revenue, but losses remain on the playlist.
AOL acquires Pictela, rounds out ad lineup
Since becoming independent from Time Warner, AOL has focused on smaller acquisitions instead of the big deals such as Bebo that historically have been a disaster.
VC funding in third quarter falls off pace; Early stage deals stable
In the third quarter, VCs invested $4.8 billion in 780 companies, down from the second quarter and year ago figures.
SmartPlanet: Real time monitoring of your energy consumption
Would you conserve energy if you could monitor your consumption by the hour? Lucid Design Group has developed new software that provides users with instant feedback on how much energy they're using. SmartPlanet visits the start-up to see their dashboard up close.
Churchill Club: Breakfast with California State Controller John Chiang, in conversation with Michael Moritz
In this installment of the Churchill Club podcast series, California State Controller John Chiang talks with legendary venture capitalist Michael Moritz of Sequoia Capital about the state's financial crisis and the implications for venture capital, business and technology in Silicon Valley.
Check out Enterprise Alley
Programming note: We've launched a new blog called Enterprise Alley that's designed to give a forum to startups that are targeting the businesses with new and novel technology and approaches.The blog, manned by Dennis Howlett, is designed to give some play to startups that are targeting the enterprise.
Vonage buyout? It wishes
Russell Shaw notes that Vonage chairman Jeffrey Citron appears to be open to a buyout to enhance shareholder value. Memo to Mr.