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	<title>FastIgnite, Inc.</title>
	
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		<title>Angel Bootcamp 2011</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FastIgnite/~3/kXmm4eKWEoE/angel-bootcamp-2011</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 18:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am presenting an updated analysis of angel investment returns at Angel Bootcamp 2011. For more information, see my investment research.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am presenting an updated analysis of angel investment returns at <a href="http://seedboston.com" target="_blank">Angel Bootcamp 2011</a>. For more information, see my <a href="http://fastignite.com/investment-research">investment research</a>.</p>
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		<title>Speaking on Big Data</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FastIgnite/~3/0jEtPtynNmU/speaking-on-big-data</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 09:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m speaking at the DC Tech Meetup on Big Data. It&#8217;s going to be a great event&#8211;just the people on my panel include Michael Brown, CTO of comScore, and Tom Lang, CTO of TidalTV and previously CTO at advertising.com.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m speaking at the <a href="http://www.meetup.com/DC-Tech-Meetup/events/16681162/" target="_blank">DC Tech Meetup on Big Data</a>. It&#8217;s going to be a great event&#8211;just the people on my panel include Michael Brown, CTO of comScore, and Tom Lang, CTO of TidalTV and previously CTO at advertising.com.</p>
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		<title>Starting Shopximity</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FastIgnite/~3/cMY4kWr-5XE/starting-shopximity</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 01:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fastignite.com/?p=575</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past ten years, I&#8217;ve spent about half my time being an investor and half my time being an entrepreneur. I&#8217;ve helped start five companies that way. This is the way I approached the sixth but it tricked me. Shopximity got me so excited that I&#8217;m going to slow down my FastIgnite advisory work [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the past ten years, I&#8217;ve spent about half my time being an investor and half my time being an entrepreneur. I&#8217;ve helped start five companies that way. This is the way I approached the sixth but it tricked me. <a href="http://bostinnovation.com/2011/04/01/boston%E2%80%99s-next-big-mobile-startup-shopximity-its-founders-an-exclusive-event-next-tuesday/" target="_blank">Shopximity</a> got me so excited that I&#8217;m going to slow down my FastIgnite advisory work substantially and focus on Shopximity full time.</p>
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		<title>Angel Investing</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FastIgnite/~3/oUdRG4463Bg/angel-investing</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 06:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FastIgnite News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[angel investor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seed investor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[venture capital]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are an angel investor or are interested in seed-stage investing, take a look at the investment research section on the site.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are an angel investor or are interested in seed-stage investing, take a look at the <a href="http://fastignite.com/angel-investment-research">investment research</a> section on the site.</p>
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		<title>Customer Development</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FastIgnite/~3/4yuPkEi_FdI/customer-development</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FastIgnite Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FutureM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Catalyst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lean startup]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[General Catalyst Partners and I are hosting the Customer Development: The Second Decade on Tue, Oct 5 as part of FutureM. This event is for: Entrepreneurs and CEOs who want to build capital-efficient businesses Geeks who want to be founders Marketers who want to find the right customers cheaply Angel investors and VCs who want [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://generalcatalyst.com">General Catalyst Partners</a> and I are hosting the <a href="http://sim.vc/H">Customer Development: The Second Decade</a> on Tue, Oct 5 as part of <a href="http://futurem.org">FutureM</a>.</p>
<p>This event is for:</p>
<ul>
<li>Entrepreneurs and CEOs who want to build capital-efficient businesses</li>
<li>Geeks who want to be founders</li>
<li>Marketers who want to find the right customers cheaply</li>
<li>Angel investors and VCs who want to generate great returns</li>
</ul>
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		<title>Backupify Series A</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FastIgnite/~3/LkUvzCKpfxE/backupify-series-a</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Backupify]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Backupify, a company I&#8217;ve worked closely with this year, just announced it has closed its Series A. The round was co-led by Rich Levandov from Avalon Ventures and General Catalyst founding partner David Orfao who invested in the seed round. If you don&#8217;t use Backupify, you should definitely try it&#8211;it&#8217;s consumer offering is all about [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://backupify.com">Backupify</a>, a company I&#8217;ve worked closely with this year, just announced it has closed its Series A. The round was co-led by Rich Levandov from Avalon Ventures and General Catalyst founding partner David Orfao who invested in the seed round.</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t use Backupify, you should definitely try it&#8211;it&#8217;s consumer offering is all about piece of mind. If you are a business using Google Apps then you should look at the company&#8217;s enterprise services.</p>
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		<title>Cloud platforms</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FastIgnite/~3/R06wJvOSjtk/cloud-platforms</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AWS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GigaOm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PaaS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Maritz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cloud computing becomes particularly interesting when one throws away current assumptions about what is an application and what the relationship between an application and hardware has to be. Here are some thoughts on this from an article I wrote for GigaOm on VMWare and platform-as-a-service cloud computing.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cloud computing becomes particularly interesting when one throws away current assumptions about what is an application and what the relationship between an application and hardware has to be. Here are some thoughts on this from an article I wrote for GigaOm on <a href="http://gigaom.com/2010/07/17/vmware-knows-the-cloud-doesn%E2%80%99t-need-server-virtualization/">VMWare and platform-as-a-service cloud computing</a>.</p>
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		<title>Cloud computing at TIECon</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FastIgnite/~3/mhYqtWHWjCc/cloud-computing-at-tiecon</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FastIgnite Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FastIgnite News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Backupify]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cloud computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CloudSwitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RedHat]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Soon after my workshop on the evolution of cloud computing with Bob Brennan (CEO, IronMountain) and John McEleney (CEO, CloudSwitch) at the Nantucket Conference,  I&#8217;ll be leading another cloud computing panel with another great group of speakers at TiECon East: John McEleney &#8211; CEO, CloudSwitch Scott Crenshaw &#8211; VP/GM, Cloud Business Unit at RedHat Dave [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Soon after my workshop on the evolution of cloud  computing with Bob Brennan (CEO, IronMountain) and John McEleney (CEO, CloudSwitch) at the <a href="http://www.nantucketconference.com/about_advisors.html" target="_blank">Nantucket Conference</a>,  I&#8217;ll be leading another cloud computing panel with another great group of speakers at <a href="http://www.tieconeast.org/2010/" target="_blank">TiECon East</a>:</p>
<ul>
<li>John McEleney &#8211; CEO, CloudSwitch</li>
<li>Scott Crenshaw &#8211; VP/GM, Cloud Business Unit at RedHat</li>
<li>Dave Fachetti &#8211; Managing Director, Globespan Capital</li>
<li>Rob May &#8211; CEO, Backupify</li>
</ul>
<p>The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) events are very well executed. I invite you to join us.</p>
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		<title>Cloud workshop at Nantucket Conference</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FastIgnite/~3/qyPNfiAMQ7w/cloud-workshop-at-nantucket-conference</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is time for the Nantucket Conference again. Scott Kirsner, the organizers and the advisors have put together a great agenda and brought together an influential group of speakers and attendees. Just in the B range of the alphabet we have Bill Warner (founder of Avid), Bob Brennan (CEO, Iron Mountain), Bob Metcalfe (Polaris Venture [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is time for the <a href="http://www.nantucketconference.com/about_advisors.html" target="_blank">Nantucket Conference</a> again. <a href="http://twitter.com/scottkirsner" target="_blank">Scott Kirsner</a>, the organizers and the <a href="http://www.nantucketconference.com/about_advisors.html" target="_blank">advisors</a> have put together a great <a href="http://www.nantucketconference.com/agenda.html" target="_blank">agenda</a> and brought together an influential group of speakers and attendees. Just in the B range of the alphabet we have Bill Warner (founder of Avid), Bob Brennan (CEO, Iron Mountain), Bob Metcalfe (Polaris Venture Partners and inventor of Ethernet), Brad Feld (Foundry Group &amp; TechStars).</p>
<p>I&#8217;m fortunate to be hosting a workshop on the evolution of cloud computing with Bob Brennan and John McEleney, CEO of CloudSwitch. I&#8217;ll share my thoughts on my <a href="http://blog.simeonov.com">blog</a> after the event.</p>
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		<title>Joining AngelList</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FastIgnite/~3/yBtDwYNvYA0/sim-simeonov-angel-investor-angellist</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FastIgnite News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[angel investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AngelList]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I joined AngelList, a great service by VentureHacks.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I joined <a href="http://venturehacks.com/angellist#simeon-simeonov" target="_blank">AngelList</a>, a great service by <a href="http://venturehacks.com">VentureHacks</a>.</p>
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		<title>FastIgnite on VentureHacks</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FastIgnite/~3/k-px8mbWg3U/fastignite-on-venturehacks</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FastIgnite News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entrepreneurship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[founders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fundraising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[venture capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VentureHacks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[VentureHacks provides a great service to entrepreneurs and I&#8217;m happy to support them as a sponsor. I wrote about agile investing and agile founding teams.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.venturehacks.com" target="_blank">VentureHacks</a> provides a great service to entrepreneurs and I&#8217;m happy to support them as a sponsor. I wrote about <a href="http://venturehacks.com/articles/lying-to-investors">agile investing</a> and <a href="http://venturehacks.com/articles/fire-co-founders">agile founding teams</a>.</p>
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		<title>Better Advertising launches</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FastIgnite/~3/aKKajvC3bw0/better-advertising-launches</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FastIgnite News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Better Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startups]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first company I co-founded through FastIgnite, Better Advertising, launched a few weeks ago. The entire process took only a few months. Read more on my blog.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first company I co-founded through FastIgnite, <a href="http://betteradvertising.com">Better Advertising</a>, launched a few weeks ago. The entire process took only a few months. Read more on <a href="http://blog.simeonov.com/2009/11/19/better-advertising-launches/" target="_blank">my blog</a>.</p>
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		<title>Speaking at Cloud3 Forum</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FastIgnite/~3/eHD2UIm3UwU/fastignite-cloud-forum</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will be leading an unPanel (like unConference but smaller) at Xconomy&#8217;s Cloud3 Forum. Great lineup of speakers and the audience will be full of pundits (trust me, see the invite list) so the conversation is guaranteed to be both interesting and educational. This isn&#8217;t yet another &#8220;intro to cloud&#8221; or &#8220;cloud 101&#8243;. Expect a [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/11/05/xconomy-forum-cloud3/"><img title="Xconomy Cloud3 Forum" src="http://www.xconomy.com/wordpress/wp-content/images/2009/11/cloudcubed_logo-300x81.jpg" alt="Xconomy Cloud3 Forum" width="300" height="81" /></a></p>
<p>I will be leading an unPanel (like unConference but smaller) at Xconomy&#8217;s <a href="http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/11/05/xconomy-forum-cloud3/">Cloud<sup>3</sup> Forum</a>. Great lineup of speakers and the audience will be full of pundits (trust me, see the invite list) so the conversation is guaranteed to be both interesting and educational. This isn&#8217;t yet another &#8220;intro to cloud&#8221; or &#8220;cloud 101&#8243;. Expect a much deeper and more engaging and interactive forum. CloudCamp comes right after. <a href="http://xconomyforum16.eventbrite.com/">Register here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Startup Tools</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FastIgnite/~3/k6lCh3QPwX0/startup-tools</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have started a new section of FastIgnite called startup tools. Check it out.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have started a new section of FastIgnite called <a href="/startup-tools">startup tools</a>. Check it out.</p>
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		<title>Joining the MIT E-Center</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FastIgnite/~3/9vOX3RkOGrg/joining-the-mit-e-center</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simeon Simeonov has joined an all-star team of EIRs at the MIT Entrepreneurship Center.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Simeon Simeonov has joined an <a href="http://blog.simeonov.com/2009/09/20/joining-the-mit-e-center/" target="_blank">all-star team of EIRs</a> at the <a href="http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/mission.php" target="_blank">MIT Entrepreneurship Center</a>.</p>
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		<title>Cloud computing</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FastIgnite/~3/UrpN_MB4d2c/cloud-computing</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sim will be leading a discussion on cloud computing sponsored by MassNetComms.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sim will be leading a <a href="http://blog.simeonov.com/2009/09/15/more-cloud-computing/" target="_blank">discussion on cloud computing</a> sponsored by MassNetComms.</p>
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		<title>FastIgnite at MIT EmTech 2009</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FastIgnite/~3/9dLL2GSmD0Y/fastignite-at-mit-emtech-2009</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sim will be leading a panel on funding startups at the MIT Emerging Technologies Conference.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sim will be leading a <a href="http://blog.simeonov.com/2009/09/20/a-new-spin-on-startups-and-fundraising/" target="_blank">panel on funding startups</a> at the MIT Emerging Technologies Conference.</p>
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		<title>FastIgnite advises DubMeNow</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sim Simeonov joined the advisory board of DubMeNow, a startup tackling the challenge of keeping contact information organized across devices. The proliferation of social media and mobile devices has made it more difficult for everyone to manage contact information and initiate conversations using the right channels. I have many contacts and experienced this problem every [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sim Simeonov <a href="http://blog.dubmenow.com/2009/09/15/sim-simeonov-joins-advisory-board/" target="_blank">joined the advisory board</a> of <a href="http://www.dubmenow.com">DubMeNow</a>, a startup tackling the challenge of keeping contact information organized across devices.</p>
<blockquote><p>The proliferation of social media and mobile devices has made it more difficult for everyone to manage contact information and initiate conversations using the right channels. I have many contacts and experienced this problem every day. DUB’s unique technology makes the problem go away. I look forward to working with Manoj and the company to help DUB change the way we think about exchanging contact information.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>FastIgnite travels</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a busy summer. FastIgnite is helping start a couple of new companies. Lots of travel to NYC &#8212; send an email or DM me at @simeons if you&#8217;d like to meet up. I&#8217;ll be at OMMA Behavioral in SF on July 30. There are some big changes afoot in the advertising space driven [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s been a busy summer. FastIgnite is helping start a couple of new companies. Lots of travel to NYC &#8212; send an email or DM me at <a mce_href="http://twitter.com/simeons" href="http://twitter.com/simeons">@simeons</a> if you&#8217;d like to meet up.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll be at <a target="_blank" mce_href="http://www.mediapost.com/events/" href="http://www.mediapost.com/events/">OMMA Behavioral</a> in SF on July 30. There are some big changes afoot in the advertising space driven by the move to exchanges, by advertisers asserting more control over data and by the evolving compliance landscape with respect to online behavioral advertising (OBA), which, to mix metaphors, is just the tip of the iceberg of that can of worms. </p>
<p>Last but not least, very excited that <a mce_href="http://www.thinglabs.com" href="http://www.thinglabs.com">Thing Labs</a> shipped the new, new thing&#8211;<a mce_href="http://brizzly.com" href="http://brizzly.com">Brizzly</a>. I can&#8217;t stop using it.</p>
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		<title>Still in stealth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tollbit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of our companies&#8211;Tollbit&#8211;recently launched its web site. Check it out but don&#8217;t expect any secrets revealed: Tollbit is still in stealth mode.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of our companies&#8211;<a href="http://www.tollbit.com" target="_blank">Tollbit</a>&#8211;recently launched its web site. Check it out but don&#8217;t expect any secrets revealed: Tollbit is still in stealth mode.</p>
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		<title>FastIgnite at Nantucket Conference</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FastIgnite/~3/UCMYsdlYez4/fastignite-at-nantucket-conference</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the 10th Nantucket Conference, Sim and Jana Eggers, CEO of Spreadshirt, will lead a conversation on new strategies for customer acquisition at the Entrepreneurs&#8217; Lunch (Friday @ noon). There is limited space in the room so post a comment here, RSVP to the conference organizers or sign up on site when you arrive. If [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;">At the 10th <a href="http://www.nantucketconference.com">Nantucket Conference</a>, Sim and <a href="http://nantucketconference.com/people/eggers_jana.asp" target="_blank">Jana Eggers</a>, CEO of <a href="http://spreadshirt.com">Spreadshirt</a>, will lead a conversation on new strategies for customer acquisition at the Entrepreneurs&#8217; Lunch (Friday @ noon). There is limited space in the room so post a comment here, RSVP to the conference organizers or sign up on site when you arrive. If you haven&#8217;t signed up for the Nantucket Conference yet, we&#8217;re sorry but the event is sold out and running a good-sized waiting list.</p>
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		<title>Join Sim at the April 15 cloud computing event</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FastIgnite/~3/LqTcmar03ok/join-sim-at-the-april-15-cloud-computing-event</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I helped organize the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge&#8216;s cloud computing event. Beat the Tax Day blues and join us for a candid discussion about the promise vs. reality of cloud computing. The event promises to be great as we&#8217;ve assembled a stellar cast of speakers from both coasts. Adam Selipsky, VP Product Management and [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I helped organize the <a href="http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/" target="_blank">MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge</a>&#8216;s <a href="http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/april.html" target="_blank">cloud computing event</a>. Beat the Tax Day blues and join us for a candid discussion about the promise vs. reality of cloud computing. The event promises to be great as we&#8217;ve assembled a stellar cast of speakers from both coasts.</p>
<p align="left">Adam Selipsky, VP Product Management and Developer Relations at <a href="http://aws.amazon.com/">Amazon Web Services</a> will start off with a short keynote followed by a fireside chat with me and audience Q&amp;A. Amazon continues to lead in the infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) part of the cloud services spectrum but they are also pushing deeper into the platform-as-a-service (PaaS) space by improving <a href="http://aws.amazon.com/simpledb/" target="_blank">SimpleDB</a> and driving additional innovations such as the recently-launched beta of <a href="http://aws.amazon.com/elasticmapreduce/" target="_blank">Elastic Map Reduce</a>. Adam is a dynamic speaker who&#8217;s got his finger on the pulse of cloud computing.</p>
<p align="left">The goal of the event is to showcase what&#8217;s possible today with cloud computing. This is where the demos come in.</p>
<p align="left">My friend and former co-worker <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/spikewashburn" target="_blank">Spike Washburn</a>, who recently founded <a href="http://www.stax.net/">Stax Networks</a>, will show off his company&#8217;s PaaS offering targeting Java applications. While <a href="http://www.engineyard.com" target="_blank">Engine Yard</a>&#8216;s amazing management of Ruby apps is impressive and Google&#8217;s <a href="http://code.google.com/appengine/" target="_blank">AppEngine</a> shows how one can manage Python-based apps in the cloud, there are a lot more Java developers and many more Java applications out there. Stax Networks is going for the sweet spot of enterprise cloud hosting.</p>
<p align="left">Following that, <a href="http://www.allurent.com/#company/leadership">Fumi Matsumoto</a>, founder/CTO of <a href="http://www.allurent.com/#company/home">Allurent</a> will tell the story of how Allurent migrated its <a href="http://simeons.wordpress.com/2006/09/21/e-commerce-20/" target="_blank">e-commerce 2.0</a> platform from on-premise to on-demand delivery and changed its go-to-market approach in a matter of months by leveraging cloud computing. Fumi will also share some of the hard-to-come-by data about the real costs of running a product in the cloud.</p>
<p>Frank Gillett, Vice President &amp; Principal Analyst at <a href="http://www.forrester.com/rb/research">Forrester Research</a> will close with a panel<strong> </strong>including <a href="http://www.gooddata.com/about/management.html">Roman Stanek</a>, founder/CEO of <a href="http://www.gooddata.com/">GoodData</a> , <a href="http://www.enomaly.com/Management.432.0.html">Richard Reiner</a>, CEO of <a href="http://www.enomaly.com/">Enomaly</a> and Josh Fraser, VP of Business Development at <a href="http://www.rightscale.com/">RightScale</a>. This will be a real treat.</p>
<p><a href="https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/public/Register.dyn?eventID=30603&amp;groupID=298" target="_blank">Register</a> for the event now and leave a comment if you&#8217;d like to join me at the VIP reception before the event (very few invitations are left).</p>
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		<title>FastIgnite is born</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sim Simeonov</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fastignite.com/?p=44</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After more than seven years at Polaris Venture Partners, it was time for me to move on. I had co-founded or helped start four companies Polaris invested in and the pull to become more entrepreneurial grew stronger over time. My relationship with the firm will continue as a technology advisor. FastIgnite came to life as [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After more than seven years at <a href="http://www.polarisventures.com">Polaris Venture Partners</a>, it was time for me to move on. I had co-founded or helped start four companies Polaris invested in and the pull to become more entrepreneurial grew stronger over time. My relationship with the firm will continue as a technology advisor. <a href="http://fastignite.com">FastIgnite</a> came to life as a vehicle for my work with existing companies I&#8217;m involved with and my new projects. Subscribe to the <a href="http://fastignite.com/?feed=rss2">FastIgnite RSS feed</a> to stay in touch.</p>
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