resume worthy roundup

And what got our attention last month for Resume-Worthy Companies?

• Appconomy – They're taking mobile service to enterprise apps.  A smaller horseman of the CorpTechPocalypse – but with a chance to go big.
• Bay Citizen – They've got a nonprofit news model and funding.
• DocuSign – Thy do something dull (electronic signatures), but that dullness is practacal and got them some nice venture capital.
• Flipboard – They keep adding features – and I expect them to be on Android eventually.
• Groupon – Because everyone wants them or gives them money.  I'd warn though this might be a case of overvaluing.  Also note below they have a rival.
• LivingSocial – As they got a gigantic investment from Amazon.  Oh and they're a rival to Groupon . . . so keep that in mind.
• Lookout – Venture capital investments and company that does cloud security?
• Media6Degrees – Interesting marketing tech, and of course, venture capital.
• MeLLmo – They've got mobile business intelligence software and some investors.  Nice combination
• Mobyling – They're doing games in HTML 5 and getting venture capital. 
• Rovio – Because look they're all over our news and can make you buy a game where you use a slingshot to use birds to attack pigs.
• Zendesk – Easy tech support tools for your company and they got some venture capital.  Also another CorpTechPocalypse company . . .

And don't forget lots of money is flowing to Massachucetts.

– Steven Savage

Let's see what companies did Resume-Worthy things in November . . .

• ANY publisher involved in the Japanese Manga portal.
• Game Ground – They got $5.3 million in investment, and though they're in the seemingly overloaded space of game social, they seem to have it together in the form of investors and management team.
• Gazillion – Someone gave them $60 million.  One of their studios made Lego Universe.  What are you waiting for?
• Glam Media – They're hiring.
• Marketo – They got $25 million in investment and do marketing and email work.  Also they've got a nice location.
• Meebo – Someone invested $25 million in them.  And they're Meebo.
• Netflix – Look, just trust me at this point.  They're all over the news.
• Next Issue Media – They want to be the 'Hulu for Magazines' and I appreciate the boldness.
• Plastic Jungle – Their gift-card exchange site is either brilliant or stupid, but I'm leaning to brilliant, and investors seem to agree to the tune of $10 million.
• Real Gravity – They got $3.2 million in investment and are working on video content distribution.
• Rovio – They made Angry Birds.  They are everywhere.  They are going on console.
• Samsung – Smart company, and though the Galaxy tablet didn't have the greatest review, sales look good. (And having handled one, I think some of the negatives were A) Due to earlier android issues, and B) That they targeted a specific form factor).
• Sunmerlight – I reccomend them as they have a pretty contrarian strategy which could be bad – or brilliant.
• TokBox – They've got some years under their belt, and $12 million in investment – and video conferencing is a cool area to work in.
• Turbulenz – They have an online game platform in the works, and $5.3 million in investment.
• Yammer – Someone gave them $25 million. (What, is $25 million some magic number?)
• Zuora – They have a rational business idea (billing/subscription management) and $20 million in investment.

What are you waiting for?  Get cracking!

– Steven Savage

And what companies got our attention this October?

• Andys Pharmeceuticals – Great investment, great product, good location.
• Apture – They're involved in a technical partership with Scribd that shows promise.
• Asus – Not just a crush object, their tablets look promising.
• AOL – Because, look, seriously.  They're up to something.
• BNI – Raised $16 Million.
• Brightcove – A new CEO and a bunch of investment makes them resume-worthy.
• Buddy Media – $23 million in funding is worth making this social media company your buddy.
• Care.com – $20 million in funding, a family service rating system, and a prime domain.
• CyberSports – Raised $6.8 million and has an interesting business model.
• Eventbrite – They raised $20 million, but I'm also positive on their business model.
• Exelixis – They got a nice amount of VC and are in the bay area.
• Kabam – They're on a roll.
• InfraReDx – Got $21 million and works in the area of coronary imaging.
• Intel – Spending on factory upgrades – and of course whatever they're doing with MacAfee may be resume-worthy.
• MBA Polymers – $32 million in investment and helping the environment!
• Nimbuzz – Quietly growing, in Silicon Valley, and competing with Skype.
• PlayFirst – They have hit games and got $9.2 million in investment.
• Samsung – Look, just follow the news.
• SeatGeek – They've got a good niche (ticket deals for events) and a deal with the Wall Street Journal.
• Study Blue – They raised $3.65 and are in the area of online study tools.  Have an interesting pricing plan as well.  Intriguing enough you may want to check them out.
• Research In Motion – They appear to be up to something tablet wise, and they're stock is up.
• TubeMogul – $10 Million in investment.
• Twitter – They're on a hiring spree.  They're also not going anywhere.
• VeeBeam – Award winning and got $6 million in investment.

Location Notes:

• It appears a lot of money is flowing in Seattle and Massachucetts (y'know, beyond IBM buying everything).
• A list of the 100 most innovative cities for your consideration.

Now go forth!

– Steven Savage