Daily Links 6/04/09: Bootstrapping Booms in Philadelphia

Q&A with Josh Kopelman: I Never Wanted to Be a VC Who Offers “Long, Drawn-Out Maybes” (PE Hub)
One thing from this interview that I did not know was that First Round participated in the StumbleUpon buyback from eBay.

Marvell, InterDigital Optimistic (Sramana
Mitra on Strategy)

IBM expands Information on Demand portfolio (IDG via New York Times)

LLR Partners Boosts I-Many Buyout Price (PE Hub)

Synygy Announces Full Integration with Salesforce CRM
Merges SPM and CRM with Single Sign-On and Seamless, Complete Functionality (Business Wire)

Going For It: Bootstrapping Booms in Philadelphia (Keystone Edge)

Convicted Anchor Sues Philadelphia Newspapers (Associated Press via Editor & Publisher)

NBA TV Jumps To Broader Comcast Carriage
Pro Hoops Network Moves From Sports Tier To MSO's Digital Classic (Multichannel News)

OfferWire Debuts Unbeatable Deals on Services, Products, and Brands People Want Most
Launch of Comparison Shopping and Saving Site Follows $3.5 Million Financing Round by Safeguard Scientifics and Constellation Ventures (Business Wire)

Video tour of Star Trek: The Exhibition at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute (CrunchGear)
Also see More geeky Philadelphia stuff from CrunchGear.

Elsevier to Create New Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Article Reprint, Compilation and Custom Publications (PR Newswire)

Select Greater Philadelphia offers entrepreneurs directory (Philadelphia Business Journal)



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Daily Links 6/03/09: SAP gets closer to open source

A Network for Small Businesses and Start-Ups (New York Times)
On Advanta and Ideablob.

Ballmer Says Tax Would Move Microsoft Jobs Offshore (Bloomberg)
Bentley Systems also speaks out against Obama tax proposals.

Court Tells EchoStar & Dish to Pay TiVo (Contentinople)

Canoe In Discussions On Providing Set-Top Data
Cable Advertising Venture Aiming to Provide ‘Supplemental' Metrics In 2010 (Multichannel News)

Targeted Ads, More Choices in FiOS TV's Future (PC World)

Comcast to offer more access to NHL-NET programs New digital agreement will make NHL Network available to millions more Comcast customers (NHL.com)

Medidata Solutions Sets IPO Terms (PE Hub)
Medidata acquired Fast Track Systems of Conshohocken last year.

INC Research to acquire later-phase clinical trials business unit for $50M (WRAL: LocalTechWire.com)

SAP gets closer to open source with Eclipse (Internetnews.com)

Will SAP buy Tibco? (IT
Knowledge Exchange: SAP Watch)

SAP implementation partners fall short in industry know-how, workforce continuity (SearchSAP.com)

Franklin Electronic Publishers Reports Year End Results (PR Newswire)

Phoenix Integration Reports Strong Q1 Growth (PR Web)

Philly software start-ups to meet investors (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Technology Evolution
New Jersey and Delaware Valley HIMSS chapters collaborate on educational event covering smarter solutions for better patient care. (AdvanceWeb.com)

Cooper launches new record system (Cherry Hill Courier-Post)



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InterDigital, Nokia finish patent fight hearing

InterDigital, Nokia finish patent fight hearing (Reuters)

Daily Links 6/02/09: Technitrol Sells Medtech Components Business to Reduce Debt

The Newspaper Industry's Horrifying First Quarter In 12 Frightening Stats (Silicon Alley Insider)

Young entrepreneurs to watch in the tech sector (Reuters Blogs)
Features Catherine Cook of myYearbook.

Comcast 50Mbps To See Price Cut
To $99.95 when bundled and $115.95 standalone... (Broadband Reports)

Comcast’s Twitter Guru on Comcastcares’s Tipping Point (Wall Street Journal Blogs: Digits)

Comcast Puts Radiance to Work (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Comcast CEO Joins Call For Authentication Gateway To Online Viewing (MediaPost: Media Daily News)

Technitrol to Divest Medtech Components Business, Repay Substantial Debt (Business Wire)
Technitrol stock rose 26% today.

Agilence Receives Additional Series B Financing (Business Wire)

Microsoft-Merck alliance boosts Amalga (ZDNet Healthcare)

SAP, Oracle ask for lawsuit delay to June 2010 (Reuters)

Philly.com Likely to Charge for Access by Year's End (Associated Press via Editor & Publisher)

Philadelphia Bulletin ceases publication (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Infinera Expands Operations in Allentown, PA (Marketwire)

Boomi Adds On-Demand Supply Chain Integration Capabilities to AtomSphere Platform (Marketwire)

Philadelphia hit by major "smart mob" attack (WHYY: Its Our City)



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Daily Links 6/01/09: Vanguard Group Makes Bid for iShares

US fund group launches rival £3bn bid for Barclays' iShares division
Vanguard, one of America's largest fund management groups, has tabled a $5bn (£3bn) bid for iShares, the asset management unit of Barclays. (The Telegraph)
Vanguard's Bid For iShares Raises Questions (IndexUniverse.com)


Bio-Imaging Technologies and etrials Worldwide Merger Agreement Terminated (Business Wire)
Merge buying Etrials for about $18.3 million
(Associated Press via Forbes)

Franklin Electronic Publishers’ officials want to take company private (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Bain Capital Makes Second-Round Investment in Regulatory DataCorp (Business Wire)

Showdown in Texas, as Former Colleagues Fight Each Other Over Clawbacks (PE Hub)

SS&C buys Maximis unit from Unisys (Mass High Tech)

What's the cloud's killer app?
SAP CTO discusses the next big thing in cloud apps (ZDNet Videos)

Green Tech Startup Pitches SaaS Energy Tool (PC World)

Business-Method Patents Get U.S. Supreme Court Review (Bloomberg)

Tyco Electronics Completes The Sale Of Its Wireless Systems Business (PR Newswire)

WiMAX Generates Some Buzz
(Wireless Week)

Motorola Selling DOCSIS 3.0 Modems At Retail
To Offer SurfBoard 6120 At Fry's Locations Across the U.S (Multichannel News)

Cable Operators Mull IPTV As They Roll Out Faster Broadband (GigaOM)

Philly Hospital Uses RTLS to Track Patient Flow, Care and Training (RFID Journal)

OLD CITY SOFTWARE COLLABORATION SHOW BIG CORPORATE THE VALUE OF STAYING AGILE (PR-USA.net)



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Philly Tech Events

Podcast: Exclusive Interview with Greg Bentley, CEO, Bentley Systems (Directions Magazine: All Points Blog)
Bentley says revenue from organic sources down about 1.5% so far this year; no IPO in the foreseeable future.

Questions for Fancast SVP Karin Gilford (ClickZ)

PRINT WILL LIVE IN A DIGITAL AGE (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Born free
Open-source software firms are flourishing, but are also becoming less distinctive (The Economist)

People News 5/31/09

SunGard Higher Education Names New Chief Technology Officer (SunGard Press Release)

Doug Paradis Joins Anexinet as Chief Technology Officer (PR Web)

Two are named to Thermo Fisher's board (Boston Globe)

Finalists Announced for Ernst & Young New Jersey Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) 2009 Awards
(PR Newswire)

As Smartphones Proliferate, Will One Company Emerge as the Clear Market Winner? (Knowledge@Wharton)

Comcast Lighting Up 100 Mbit/s?
(Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Study: Area Teens Wired On Technology, Caffeine

A Drexel University study of 100 Philly area teens shows that many of them are much like adults: addicted to too many tech devices, overloaded on caffeine, and not getting enough sleep.

Technology, Caffeine Keeping Teens Awake
Many routinely get just 3 to 5 hours sleep per night, study shows (US News & World Report)

Quality Systems fiscal 4Q profit rises 1 percent
(Associated Press via Forbes)
Quality Systems in Question (Motley Fool)
My recent post on Quality Systems.
Quality Systems closed the day down about 5%.


Why Comcast Has To Worry About Hulu, Part 2 (Silicon Alley Insider)

After AOL, Is Time Warner’s Next Deal to Sell Itself? (Wall Street Journal: Deal Journal)
To Comcast? Actually, Comcast might be more interested in some of Time Warner Cable's (also spun off) territories if it can win their legal challenge against the 30 % ownership cap.

Comcast CEO: Company remains affected by downturn (MarketWatch)

Infinera, a small tech company, is growing in the Lehigh Valley
It expands Upper Macungie plant amid demand for its fiber optic networks (Allentown Morning Call)

Final Public Meeting on Broadband Stimulus Funds to Be Held June 3 in Philadelphia (PR
Newswire)

Would-Be Entrepreneurs Take Ideas To Open Mic (NPR)
On Bloblive.



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