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Colorado Tech Weekly #69: Expansion in Colorado Springs, finding things in Steamboat and Colorado has the best ‘Outside’ companies

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Would it surprise you to learn that over 1/10th of the companies listed on Outside’s ‘100 Best Places to Work’ were Colorado tech companies? It didn’t surprise me either, but it’s still nice to hear. It’s like when my wife tells me I’m awesome. It’s something I already know, but it’s nice to hear it from someone else.

A note about my news sources: Lately a lot of the stories I’ve found have come from CTA’s  news aggregation site Digital Colorado. Since they post a summary and a link to the original story I don’t often link directly to Digital Colorado because I don’t want you to have to click a link to click a link to read a story. That being said, If you want your tech news aggregated more often than once a week, you should definitely check them out!

Top Colorado Technology News

  • Big sale, equity rounds, surprises make headlines in 3rd quarter [Xconomy]
  • Denver-based Lassy Project launches updates and new features [LassyProject]
  • Rivet Software and staff to stay in Denver, acquisition aims for growth, CEO says [DBJ]
  • Colorado Springs-based Exelis completes spinoff of Colorado-based unit [DBJ]
  • Booming Colorado Springs software company, Cherwell Software, looks for space to grow even more [Gazette]
  • Technology startup U Grok It celebrates new milestones in Steamboat Springs [SteamboatToday]
  • Franklin Out, VMLogix and Citrix Exec in as SendGrid Replaces CEO [Xconomy]
  • Colorado Technology Association welcomes Suma Nallapati to board of directors [CTA]
  • Insurance software company, Insurance Technologies, expands in downtown Colorado Springs [Gazette]
  • 11 Colorado tech companies make Outside’s 100 The Best Places to Work in 2014 [Outside]

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Colorado Tech Weekly #47: So Much News, There’s News About News

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58. Cincuenta y ocho. That is how many stories I had to choose from to create my list of 10 stories for this week. That’s a ton of news!

Part of the reason for all the news are due to the awesome news sources I follow. Congratulations to Michael Davidson of Xconomy for his 2 first place awards in the “Top of the Rockies” journalism competition run by the Colorado Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Also congratulations to InnovatioNews for their 5 “Top of the Rockies” awards. You can find their stories at http://www.xconomy.com/boulder-denver/ and http://innovationews.com/

Top Colorado Technology News

  • Boulder’s PivotDesk Launches in 23 New Markets in Rapid Nationwide Expansion [Xconomy]
  • Boulder-based Sphero robot maker Orbotix raises $15.5 Million [re/code]
  • Colorado Tech Roundup: News From SendGrid, Zayo Group, and JumpCloud [Xconomy]
  • How Denver-based Ping Identity has achieved its fastest growth yet – without sacrificing culture [BuiltinColorado]
  • Built In Colorado profiles the 7 coolest company culture perks in Colorado [BuiltinColorado]
  • Colorado telecom reforms pass Senate [DBJ]
  • Charter Communications picks Douglas County for new lab [DBJ]
  • Colorado Legislature passes 5 bills on energy, tax, other tech-related business issues [DBJ]
  • TechStars, 500 Startups, Global Accelerator Network companies to get Boulder-based SendGrid technology [DBJ]
  • April New Tech Wrap-up [BDNT]

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Colorado Tech Weekly #45: 3D mapping, Gnip, Makers and Startups

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I’m loving that it’s so easy to find 10 interesting stories about the Colorado tech industry, but I miss sharing the national news I read every week. I think it may be time to consider tweaking the design to this newsletter. A huge congratulations by the way to the Gnip team on their acquisition by Twitter! That is some awesome news!

Top Colorado Technology News

  • Colorado Springs-based Sanborn Map Company releases SPIN for faster, more accurate indoor mapping and inventorying [InnovatioNews]
  • Twitter acquires Boulder-based social data provider Gnip [TechKnowBytes]
  • Denver Mini Maker Faire spotlights tinkerers, inventors May 3-4 at National Western Complex [InnovatioNews]
  • Boulder’s Orbotix launches SPRK, company’s first robotics-based education program for kids, teachers [InnovatioNews]
  • Boulder and Denver firms raise $112M from VCs during first quarter [Xconomy]
  • Monthly Startup Report: Big Moves, Launches, Hires, Oh My! [BuiltinColorado]
  • 3 companies turning Colorado from an ‘e-commerce desert’ into an e-commerce empire [BuiltinColorado]
  • Will Boulder-based JumpCloud help usher In the ‘DevOps’ era of IT transformation? [BuiltinColorado]
  • Signpost founder & Mayor Hancock celebrate tech growth in Denver [BuiltinColorado]
  • The CTA Advocacy Update fills you in on legislation that affects Colorado’s tech industry [CTA]

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Colorado Tech Weekly #39: Taking it one step at a time in awesome Colorado

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I think it’s about time I stop being surprised by the amount of tech news in Colorado. This is the 3rd week in a row that all 10 stories are from Colorado and I love it!

I had a blast volunteering for C-Level @ A Mile High on Thursday! It was amazing to talk to, and work with, so many people who have already achieved milestones in their careers that I can only dream about right now. It’s like running a marathon where the path doubles back on itself. I got to briefly see people who are way ahead of me and I want to be there! I gotta take one step at a time though. I’ll get there eventually.

Top News

  • Boulder’s Gaiam TV video subscription service now available via Apple Store [InnovatioNews]
  • Galvanize is one of 40 global tech hubs to receive $1M from Google to boost women-led companies [InnovatioNews]
  • Report says Denver tech workers earn 3rd highest cost-of-living adjusted salaries [TechKnowBytes]
  • C-Level @ A Mile High event draws hundreds to meet execs, bid on face-time to build business relationships [InnovatioNews]
  • It’s not just the Front Range, check out the Western Slope DTC (Durango Tech Center) [BuiltinColorado]
  • After opening up shop in Denver just last year, Signpost plans to triple its Colorado employee base [BuiltinColorado]
  • BuiltinColorado profiles the 5 coolest tech offices in Colorado [BuiltinColorado]
  • Boulder-based SendGrid hires proven tech leader, Paul Ford, to drive global marketing; relocates headquarters (to another Boulder location) to support growth [BuiltinColorado]
  • State of Colorado wants millions more to fix computer system [DBJ]
  • Douglas County-based TriZetto reports record earnings for 2013 [DBJ]

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I have a break in my courses at Regis University. I am using that time to work on my own projects. During this break I am focusing on learning UX design and how to implement it with my website. You can find all my updates on my website design project here.

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Colorado Tech Weekly #36: Online video innovation. Leadership changes. Student support.

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Two of this week’s national stories have to do with supporting students who want to become software developers. As one of those students it brings up the internal (eternal?) argument between traditional and non-traditional education programs. I got burned by a non-traditional school which is why I’ve decided to go back to a more well-established school in Regis University. That is not to say I am against non-traditional programs such as the DaVinci Coders program in Louisville and gSchool at Galvanize in Denver, but if you’re considering jumping into the software development field it’s something you should spend some time considering.

Local News

  • Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG), Way to Go unveil first-of-its-kind trip planning tool [YourHub]
  • Denver app maker Welltok raises $22 million, featuring first investment from IBM’s Watson Group [TechKnowBytes]
  • Boulder-based Rapt Media releases Site Pairing technology to transform customer online media experience [InnovatioNews]
  • Evergreen-based Wowza launches Wowza Streaming Engine software to improve performance [InnovatioNews]
  • Colorado Technology Association elects Molly Rauzi as its 2014 board chair [InnovatioNews]
  • Boulder’s RoundPegg selects Kevin Grauman as its new CEO [InnovatioNews]
  • Level 3 CEO addresses NSA spying revelations, impact on business [DBJ]

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National News

  • FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler says next move on net neutrality will come soon [TechKnowBytes]
  • How Facebook’s Open Academy helps students to become better software engineers [TheNextWeb]
  • GitHub introduces new discounts to support student coders [VentureBeat]

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Colorado Tech Weekly #35: Developer trends. NoCo makes news. Amazon tax revisited?

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“NoCo” is trendy shorthand for Northern Colorado which incorporates everything north of Denver, south of Wyoming and not called Boulder. Boulder is not NoCo. Boulder is Boulder. It’s always fun when I can shed some light on companies outside of the Boulder/Denver area.

Local News

  • Boulder-based Weather Cloud taps new tech and data to give drivers real-time look at nastiest roads [InnovatioNews]
  • 3DCIC calls for speakers for 2014 event set for May 28-30 in Colorado Springs [InnovatioNews]
  • Louisville-based Bounce.io raises $4.8M to make bounce messages a thing of the past [Xconomy]
  • First ever 1 Million Cups in Fort Collins throws spotlight on Fargreen and Intelivideo [InnovatioNews]
  • “Amazon tax” revisited. Colorado legislator reintroduces bill to tax Internet sales [DBJ]
  • Health care tech business GHX, located in Louisville, sold to private equity firm [DBJ]

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National News

  • Dice Survey: Salaries and confidence rise for U.S. tech professionals in 2013 [InnovatioNews]
  • Top programming languages for 2014 [ImpactLab]
  • Microsoft names new CEO; Bill Gates out as chairman [DBJ]
  • 7,000 app developers in 127 countries say e-commerce is now the best mobile monetization strategy [VentureBeat]

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Colorado Tech Weekly #30: Marijuana? CES? Drones? Colorado has a little bit of everything

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It’s the first Monday of the new year, which means it’s back-to-work time. With Christmas and New Years Day being in the middle of the week, I can understand if you’re finding it hard to focus.

Looking at the headlines this week, it’s impossible for me to come up with a theme for the week. Colorado has a little bit of everything going on. It’s fun to be a part of.

My classes at Regis start back up today. This semester I’m taking Control Structures and a class on Influence and Motivation. Maybe I can figure out how to influence my code to do what I mean and not just what I say.

Local News

  • Andy Vuong previews CES 2014 and features participating Colorado companies [AllOverTech]
  • Denver-based Rivet brings in an old friend for new CTO [RMTechLine]
  • If I could cut the cord I would. Dish and DirecTV to raise rates in February, Comcast hiked fees in October [TechKnowBytes]
  • If you didn’t think the new marijuana laws would have a tech spin, you must be high – MassRoots building digital hub for multi-billion cannabis industry [Xconomy]
  • Innovation Pavilion, in Centennial, celebrates their 2nd Anniversary! [BuiltinColorado]
  • Aw, this would have been so cool – Colorado fails to land drone test-site designation [DBJ]

National News

  • Here’s What Mobile Industry Insiders See Ahead for 2014. Could my Amazon prediction come true? [Xconomy]
  • App development trends 2013: JavaScript, APIs and cloud computing [InfoWorld]
  • A Microsoft OS that isn’t Windows piques my curiousity to no end – Microsoft’s Midori: The M# connection [ZDNet]
  • CES 2014 starts tomorrow: 5 trends the geeks are talking about at gadget show and other news bits [TechKnowBytes]

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Colorado Tech Weekly #26: Celebration, Education and Information

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There are 52 weeks in a year. This is my 26th weekly post. What does that mean? It’s another milestone! I’ve now been doing these posts for half a year and I still enjoy it.

Speaking of weeks, this week is Computer Science Education Week and I get to celebrate it by volunteering at Mortensen Elementary (my daughter’s school) to help out with their Hour of Code program on Tuesday. I’m very excited!

Speaking of Tuesday, this Tuesday is Colorado Gives Day. Colorado Gives Day makes it really easy to donate to local charities by putting all the information in one place. You can get more information on 2 of my favorite charities here: Colorado FIRST and KidsTek.

Speaking of information, here’s what happened in the past week and what’s going on into next week.

Local News

  • A look at Colorado government’s shift to Google, one year later [DBJ]
  • Denver-based Photobucket: Web traffic numbers show 28% increase since site relaunch in Spring [InnovatioNews]
  • Tech Tuesday: Hot startups in Colorado including FlexJobs, HealthGrades and SeedPaths [BuiltinColorado]
  • Boulder-based LogRhythm granted patent for architectural foundation of its AI Engine [InnovatioNews]
  • Ex-Googlers that live and work among Colorado’s digital community [BuiltinColorado]
  • Denver’s T3Media wins Department of Defense contract with strength of metadata tagging [BuiltinColorado]

National News

  • SimCity wants to be the killer app of the classroom [Washington Post]
  • Salesforce Adds $1M prize in disputed hackathon [AdWeek]
  • Intel makes another acquisition: Hacker League, A platform for hackathons, is now a part of Mashery [TechCrunch]
  • House passes Innovation Act by vote of 325-91: a small solution to a big patent problem [GigaOm]

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If you know of any other good news stories or sources about tech in Colorado, please let me know! Also if you attend any of the events listed, I would love to hear from you!

I have a break in my courses at Regis until January. I am using that time to work on my own projects. During this break I am focusing on learning UX design and how to implement it with my website. You can find all my updates on my website design project here.

Colorado Tech Weekly #13: Release dates and conferences all around!

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Is there a major technology company that is not releasing a new product in the next few months? All these new things are going to be awesome next year after they find a fix the bugs.

I am excited to be going to my first Colorado Technology Association Apex Conference this Wednesday. I’m really looking forward to meeting some of the cool people I’ve learned about while doing these CTW posts.

Local News

  • The Rocky Mountain Center for Innovation and Technology (RMCIT for short) signs its first tenant [InnovatioNews]
  • CTA announces the 10 Apex Challenge challengers [CTA]
  • The Defrag 2013 conference will be in Broomfield in November and registration is open [DefragCon]
  • What were some of the biggest stories of the past two weeks? Techstars, Graphicly, RoundPegg and Rally [Xconomy]
  • TindrLabs launches MiniUX, a weekly UX newsletter. Also UX stands for user experience. [BDNT]
  • Boulder-based Parascript gets FDA approval for their breast cancer-detection software [DBJ]

National News

  • Samsung unveils the Galaxy Gear smartwatch [9news]
  • November 22 is the release date for XBox One [TechCrunch]
  • Hershey’s announces new chocolate smartphone OS. Android makes candy. Or Android 4.4. [TheVerge]
  • OS X Mavericks release date set for end of October [9to5Mac]

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