🔥 Hot Takes Tuesday for 2024-08-13
Off the cuff analysis in a rapid fire format.
First… a quick aside.
SXSW 2025 PanelPicker voting started and I gathered some graphs.
Okay. Let’s dig in…
Funds, Funding, and M&A
https://www.techmeme.com/240813/p16#a240813p16
💰 + 👮♂️ There is probably a slice of the funding data from the origins of various Lord of the Rings named companies that could summarize how effective these founders have become at convincing US Government to part with constituent tax dollars while simultaneously claiming the US Government wastes constituent tax dollars. 💸
https://www.techmeme.com/240812/p25#a240812p25
🤑 + 💳 This could have been a lyric to an Alanis Morissette song.
https://www.techmeme.com/240812/p2#a240812p2
💶 + 🤓 It is important to remember that there is more to the world of startups and technology than just Silicon Valley.
https://www.techmeme.com/240809/p22#a240809p22
💰 + 🤖 Seeing the DevX aka developer experience companies getting funding means that software development is going to become even more interesting in the coming years.
https://www.techmeme.com/240809/p13#a240809p13
💰 + 🤖 Again, DevX is happening and the notion of being a software developer ONLY for a technology company is on a slow decline as more kinds of companies just happen to become more technology oriented.
