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S3 Ventures, Tacora close on new funds to boost Austin startups

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One is S3 Ventures , a venture capital firm that’s been around since 2005, which raised $250 million for its Fund VII, touting itself as “the largest venture capital fund focused on Texas-based startups.” Tacora has signed some term sheets already, but is going through the regulatory due diligence process, Findley said.

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Why We Need To Create A Single, Vibrant Pan-European Stock Market

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The feedback loop of venture funding, entrepreneurial activity, company building, exits and capital return is broken, due to a lack of robust exit opportunities, particularly through initial public offerings, creating a critical bottleneck. ’ three and 16, respectively) create an unsustainable system. The time for action is now.

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The End of Programming as We Know It

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Consumer operating systems were also a big part of the story. That job was effectively encapsulated in the operating system. Big data, web services, and cloud computing established a kind of internet operating system. There were more programmers, not fewer This was far from the end of programming, though.

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6 cybersecurity trends we’re thankful for

The Parallax

And social media and other personal-data sources can be used to profile and manipulate people, including voters.As Even “tough” passwords can be hacked, or the account recovery protocol can be exploited and social-engineered away from the account owner. election security experts grab the attention of influencers in D.C.

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10 fastest growing US tech hubs for IT talent

CIO

Dice defines a growing tech hub as a city with universities and colleges to recruit from, venture funding opportunities, a strong social scene for networking, and existing companies looking to hire talent. These 10 cities are the fastest growing tech hubs by salary, according to Dice. increase from 2021, according to Dice. Sacramento, Calif.

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Austin emerges as a city of unicorns and tech giants

TechCrunch

S3 Ventures founder and managing director Brian Smith notes that when he started the firm in 2005, venture capital in Texas was finally starting to recover from the dot.com bust. It’s even more difficult for minority and women founders with the funding systems in place,” he added.

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3 For Your Leadership Reading List: The Half-Full Book Review

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full 3 For Your Leadership Reading List: The Half-Full Book Review by Starbucker on January 28, 2010 As the big stack on my desk attests, I love to read books that expand my knowledge and offer new insights on topics that interest me.