Philly EnterpriseTech Highlights 1/23: BuzzCuts, Cerner cuts, SAP beats GlassDoor at its own game #BuzzFeed #Cerner

BuzzFeed is laying off around 250 people, its second round of cuts in 14 months
“Unfortunately, revenue growth by itself isn’t enough to be successful in the long run,” wrote BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti.

Cerner offers buyouts to some employees (anecdotal reports that higher paid ex-Siemens employees were targeted - Philly more expensive than KC)

Qlik Acquires CrunchBot and Crunch Data to Augment Conversational Analytics Capabilities

Comcast stock rises after an earnings beat

Philly Storage startup Termaxia stares at clouds

SAP one of several who game GlassDoor

BuzzFeed is laying off around 250 people, its second round of cuts in 14 months https://t.co/5MfrAd0RCD

— Recode (@Recode) January 24, 2019

Churchill Capital Corp and Clarivate Analytics Merger Agreement Clarivate Analytics to Become a Publicly Listed Company (Press Release) https://t.co/vJTKm74ZKE

— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 23, 2019

@beckershr Cerner offers buyouts to some employees https://t.co/J37nO059Pr

— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 22, 2019

$IBM is a growth company once again:

• Revenue of $79.6 billion, up 1 percent (flat year to year adjusting for currency)

— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 22, 2019

How to avoid lengthy SAP detours on your digital transformation roadmap https://t.co/LsaUwLZYns via @diginomica

— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 22, 2019

How to avoid lengthy SAP detours on your digital transformation roadmap https://t.co/LsaUwLZYns via @diginomica

— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 22, 2019

Excited to announce our acquisition of @crunch_data & CrunchBot AI! Qlik extends our AI and natural language capabilities, continuting to enhance user #dataliteracy. https://t.co/rYYUaCgN3d

— Qlik (@qlik) January 22, 2019

Comcast stock rises after an earnings beat https://t.co/QwzK6L8h72

— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 23, 2019

Exclusive: Vox Media is acquiring The Coral Project https://t.co/9NrfP5JmCJ

— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 22, 2019

All iPhones are expected to be OLED in 2020 https://t.co/senZtkTvmM

— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 22, 2019

Philly Storage startup Termaxia stares at clouds https://t.co/jFFioFSCCv via @searchstoragett

— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 22, 2019

Exclusive: NBC/Telemundo stations sign Comscore to measure local TV https://t.co/3LEvTnH5uX

— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 22, 2019

https://t.co/IshKDq3su8 No Boundaries to Fund and Incubate Over 200 Startups Led by Women and Minorities https://t.co/BMGwZMcYon

— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 21, 2019

Hollywood Predictions 2019: Wheeling, Dealing and (for Some) Reeling
What will Comcast do with BuzzFeed and Vox, if anything?https://t.co/Xj5EvxX36E via @thr

— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 21, 2019

Craig Moffett on Comcast's Sky:
"The key questions are around strategy," Moffett said in an email to Investor's Business Daily. "They've given no hint at all about what they plan to do with their new toy. It can't possibly be that they will pursue a business-as-usual strategy."

— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 21, 2019

Apple should buy private digital health records operation Epic Systems, says Jim Cramer https://t.co/mZuFNKUspQ

— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 19, 2019

$BEAT - BioTelemetry Tops The List Of 2019 M&A Candidates https://t.co/lfw0Xb1bOF

— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 21, 2019

Philly EnterpriseTech Highlights 1/19; New pre-seed fund powered by First Round Capital targets recent graduates; Drexel University Leveraging NLP to Improve Clinical & Research Processes; Will regional approach work for Philly? https://t.co/dPnt0xNtOt

— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 21, 2019

Berkshire's lithium venture may supply U.S. automakers, including Tesla - FT https://t.co/MZ80FMJBCv via @YahooFinance

— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 21, 2019

Thanks to Hulu, Disney lost $580 million last fiscal year https://t.co/wpgGXCkHMl via @techcrunch

— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 20, 2019

Thank you. But I wouldn’t make anybody’s business strategy, since I basically think it’s a waste of time. My “strategy guru” is the late Herb Kelleher: “We have a strategy at Southwest. It’s called doing things.”

— Tom Peters (@tom_peters) January 20, 2019

From November: Ametek buys into industrial IoT#
AMETEK Completes Two Acquisitions https://t.co/fFVdstaQOA

— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 20, 2019

Top 2018 Home Tech Mergers & Acquisitions: IoT, Security, Smart Home, A/V, CE - CE Pro: https://t.co/gFXGKlNiLH via @ce_pro

— Tom Paine (@phillytechnews) January 20, 2019