TechFlash: Optoro's next steps; Md. health tech firm raises IPO estimate

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Scalability is the name of the game at Lanham-based Optoro The Lanham-based retail company, which uses big data to identify buyers for returned and excess items — a $500 billion market in the U.S. — expects to grow its business primarily with its current client base. ​Maryland health tech firm raises estimate for IPO to $664M The Bowie-based company is scheduled to go public on Thursday. Several locals named to inaugural Upstart 100 Upstart Business Journal honors the most intriguing people driving the new economy. OrderUp has hired a creator of Domino's beloved Pizza Tracker app Chris McGlothlin will lead OrderUp's daily operations and is charged with scaling up the company's online ordering and on-demand delivery infrastructure. National Technology News Netflix says 'Bienvenida Cuba!' New UPS trucks designed to add drone on top Alibaba shows drone delivery ambitions with test in China Sidecar to roll out same-day deliveries nationwide FCC chairman defends push for Internet regulation, net neutrality Silicon Valley VC confidence back up a notch, despite valuation concerns Court approves RadioShack's bankruptcy financing plan Get a look inside nation's first faith-based accelerator This Nashville startup wants to fix your smile from afar

Kasra Kangarloo Staff Writer 703-258-0831 kkangarloo@bizjournals.com     From Upstart Business Journal The Upstart 100: Inventors, visionaries, masters and more One on one with a Kickstarter king The man behind Darpa’s search engine for sex traffickers 20 entrepreneur lessons I wish I knew in my 20s A robot pours a pint of beer and 8 other links worth sharing   Companies in the News Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Ebay Optoro Citigroup Morgan Stanley Goldman Sachs Inc. Inovalon Holdings Vox Media Power 100 The Washington Post Washington Business Journal 2014 Power 100 Detroit Free Press