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Colorado Tech Weekly #85: New. Better. More. Bigger. Faster.

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Every week, things in Colorado are new, better, more, bigger and faster. It can be intimidating when you’re looking to get into the software development world. However instead of it being intimidating, I choose to think of it as a good sign. As long as the industry continues to grow and change, there’s room for new developers.

I may be saying these things more for myself than anyone else. Make this week better than last week! I may also be saying that more for myself than anyone else.

Top Colorado Technology News

  • Golden-based Wowza flies under radar as it become the content streaming provider of video management industry [InnovatioNews]
  • Greystone acquisition of Fort Collins’ Pixel Rebel follows expansion into Boulder [BizWest]
  • Boulder-based LogRhythm releases new tools to speed detection of cyber attack threats [InnovatioNews]
  • 7 hot Colorado tech companies hiring this month [BuiltinColorado]
  • Xcel would raise Colorado electric rates slightly under settlement [DBJ]
  • Boulder’s Agribotix launches first on-demand data processing platform for agricultural drones [BuiltinColorado]
  • Louisville-based DaVinci Coders seek to ‘level-up’ careers with game development [CTA]
  • Dan Lynn named new CEO of Broomfield’s CodeFutures to advance agile big data strategies [CodeFutures]
  • Boulder links with Code for America to improve community engagement [BizWest]
  • Boulder-based FreeWave Technologies picks up M2M Evolution IoT Excellence Award [InnovatioNews]

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Colorado Tech Weekly #55: It’s not always unicorns and rainbows

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Last weekend Andy Vuong with the Denver Post pointed out a seemingly unfair tax on Denver’s web and app developers. Then I read this article “Do You Believe in LIfe After Startups?” that says all this excitement over startups, accelerators and VCs could just be a bubble priming to burst. Then after that my alternator goes out on my car making me question whether maintaining my car is more expensive than buying a new one. Things were not looking so bright.

But then Greg Avery with the Denver Business Journal put Vuong’s article in some context that Denver’s tax is more old than bad. I realized the startup “bubble” is tempered by the fact that good, experienced VCs and developers won’t fall for bad projects more than once… or twice. And my car? It’s fixed now. I’m also looking for some part-time work so I can get a new car.

If it was always unicorns and rainbows, then we wouldn’t need innovators and disrupters. We wouldn’t need to fail faster or be more agile or lean. Sometimes we need to celebrate these as the opportunities they are.

Top Colorado Technology News

  • Denver’s tax on web and app development draws ire from software execs [DenverPost]
  • New open source starter kit, from Denver-based AppIt Ventures, saves developers a week of time [BuiltinColorado]
  • Fort Collins-based Bulb raises $1M in Series A funding from angels, prepares for launch of first major digital product [InnovatioNews]
  • Westminster online ad firm Trueffect raises $5 million in funding [TechKnowBytes]
  • Louisville-based CodeFutures rethinks databases, offers AgilData to help companies cope with Big Data management [InnovatioNews]
  • CEOs discuss Colorado’s advantages, challenges, and Boulder vs. Denver [Xconomy]
  • Boulder’s Foundry-backed Mocavo bought by a London family history company [BuiltinColorado]
  • Boomtown Demo Day showcases first six startups to come through unique Boulder accelerator program [InnovatioNews]
  • Lockheed Martin Space Systems gets $1.9 billion missile-detection satellite contract [DBJ]
  • Denver’s taxing of software again draws ire of local companies [DBJ]

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Colorado Tech Weekly #46: Doing big things in Colorado

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Uber moves out of their Galvanize workspace. Dish reinvents mobile broadband. RoundPegg anticipates 10 fold growth in 2 years. This week’s headlines are all about doing big things and it’s all happening here in Colorado and that is pretty awesome.

Top Colorado Technology News

  • Uber Technologies exits Galvanize to anchor Industry Denver workspace in RiNo [TechKnowBytes]
  • Boulder-based CodeFutures granted patent for Continuous Replication technology for database functions [InnovatioNews]
  • Douglas County-based Dish partners with Artemis, a San Francisco tech upstart aiming to reinvent mobile broadband [TechKnowBytes]
  • 5 Questions with Kevin Grauman, CEO of Boulder’s RoundPegg [BuiltinColorado]
  • Open source wins again: Boulder-based OpDemand closes 3rd seed round [BuiltinColorado]
  • Twitter says Gnip deal will lead to tech giant’s first Colorado office [BuiltinColorado]
  • Going Local: Elyse Kent profiles 5 local tech companies for your business [BuiltinColorado]
  • Tax break for data-center equipment introduced in state Legislature [DBJ]
  • Colorado loses its CIO to Deloitte [DBJ]
  • Denver-based FORETHOUGHT.net expands internet and hosted PBX services in Grand Junction [PRWeb]

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