Previously, Alison worked for several awesome technology companies, including Box, Aardvark, Nextdoor, and Google.

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There is also real excitement around still-private companies, including Atlassian, Box.net, DropBox, Lithium Technologies, Vurve, and Workday.

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So far, there's a comforting group of heavy hitters, including Skitch, Box.net, Associated Press, Evernote, eBay, StumbleUpon, Pandora and Slacker Radio.

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