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In the interest of brevity and comprehension we often abbreviate numbers when talking about large amounts of money. I wonder if seeing all the zeros associated with these large sums will change our understanding:
- Level 3 is planning a $500,000,000 debt offering.
- Latisys just got purchased for $675,000,000.
- Last quarter saw $342,200,000 venture capital deals in Colorado with $134,056,000 of that money going to tech companies.
That’s a lot of zeros. I’m not sure writing out the numbers helped my comprehension at all.
Top Colorado Technology News
- 2014 CEO of the Year finalists include CEOs from 7 Colorado tech companies [CoBizMag]
- Broomfield-based Level 3 plans $500M debt offering [BizWest]
- Why Boulder’s Zayo is Paying $675M for Latisys [DatacenterKnowledge]
- Littleton-based Lockheed Martin exemplifies 2 themes in Hickenlooper’s State of the State address [DBJ]
- Vail cell, wireless service improved [VailDaily]
- Events-app maker Veuvent relocates from Colorado to Texas [DBJ]
- Boulder companies dominate Colorado’s 4th-quarter VC deals [BizWest]
- Wayin Powers Gov. Hickenlooper’s #StateOfKind Challenge [Wayin]
- CenturyLink realigns execs, continues pokey roll out of 1 gig Internet in Denver [DenverPost]
- Denver scores No. 6 ranking on NerdWallet list of ‘Best Cities for Job Seekers in 2015′ [InnovatioNews]
Upcoming Events
- 1/21 – WWC – Ruby Study Group
- 1/22 – CTA – Application Performance Management Lunch and Learn
- 1/22 – GDI – [BOULDER] – Hosting your website with GitHub Pages
- 1/24 – GDI – DENVER: Building Your First iOS App Using Swift [INTERMEDIATE]
- 1/27 – Boulder iOS – Jan Meetup: Indie Game Dev on the Side: Lessons Learned
- 1/27 – CTA – Gov-in-Tech
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