Microsoft cloud chief: Our early IoT investment sets us apart from Amazon (ZDNet)

Salesforce Rises in Benioff's Shadow to Become a Force in Venture Capital (Bloomberg)
Although the dollar volume of its deals has slowed.

Unisys at 30: Selling cybersecurity, cloud service to its old hardware customers (Update) (Philly.com)




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Links 9/15: Oracle's profit forecast misses estimates; Infor working with Morgan Stanley after investment interest - sources




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Links 9/14: SAP's Concur Buys Hipmunk; Sapphire Ventures Joins the $1 Billion Club




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Links 9/13: First Round, Edison & Osage in deals; DraftKings CEO leaves door open for possible FanDuel merger




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Links 9/12: Boomi outgrows its home, but plans to stay nearby; Analysts: Set-Top-Box Maker Arris Won't Be Hurt By FCC Opening Up Market




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Crazy Eddie's Eddie Antar dies


Tom Paine



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If you're too young to remember Eddie Antar, who died Saturday in New Jersey at 68, and his Crazy Eddie electronics chain, it was a trip. While it lasted.

I think people got high just to watch the ads.

But it was way too crazy to last.

By the way, Eddie Antar did not play the Crazy Eddie character in the ads.








Eddie Antar, Retailer and Felon Who Created Crazy Eddie, Dies at 68 (New York Times)



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Sunday highlights: QVC cuts 100 jobs at West Chester HQ; Salesforce COO Keith Block has SAP on the brain again




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Philly Tech People News 9/11/2016: Howard Morgan stepping down from First Round; Lentz of Osage Venture Partners is new PACT Chairman





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First Round Capital Says Goodbye to Co-Founder, Hello to New Fund (Fortune)

Nate Lentz of Osage Venture Partners Announced as New PACT Chairman; PACT welcomes five new Board Members, new Executive Committee Members and Board Emeritus (PACT)

Comcast's Theresa Hennesy Honored With Women in Technology Award (Cablefax)

Seth Winter Steps Down as Head of NBCU Sports Ad Sales
(Ad Age)

Coupa Hires Global Business Software Executive Steve Winter as Chief Revenue Officer (VentureBeat)
Coupa just filed for an IPO; Winter joins from Marketo, and before that was with SAP.

IntegriChain Adds Philadelphia Tech Veteran Geoffrey Young as Vice President of Engineering (Integrichain)

As VP of Recruiting & Talent Acquisition, Mark Constan helped to bring eMoney Advisor's (acquired by Fidelity) headcount from 150 to over 400 in 4+ years.
Now Constan has moved on to Moven, the New York-based fintech startup that houses much of its development staff in Radnor, as Director of Recruiting. He says they are hiring (of course). Moven is a 'disruptive' mobile-centric banking app.

Fox Rothschild announces management transition (Philadelphia Business Journal)

PEI-Genesis Names Jonathan Parry Managing Director -Europe (Business Wire)



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Saturday highlights: How Pittsburgh Became Uber’s Testing Ground; Google Fiber ‘Very Pleased’ with TV Sign-Ups




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Links 9/9: SAP Ariba competitor Coupa files to raise $75mm in IPO; Rovi Seals Deal for TiVo




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Links 9/8: Howard Morgan stepping down from FRC; Curalate initial partner in Google's 'Shop the Look' ads




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