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The Other Amazon Deal this week. Drupal founder attracts over $100 Million in 3 months.

Scalable Startup

Drupal was launched in 2001, and Acquia started in 2007. It gained recognition during the 2004 presidential campaign when Howard Dean’s IT director decided to use it as a platform for community and campaigning. Acquia, Inc.

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

This lasted from about 2001-2004. Also offers premium ad campaigns to publishers by tracking reader intent, behavior, and demographics. Founded in Sunnyvale, CA in 2001. This probably wasn’t a fun period of time for a new VC but nonetheless probably made Mike stronger than having started in 1997.

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The Best Books for Marketers (New and Old)

ConversionXL

Published in early 2001, Positioning remains as relevant and actionable now as it was then. You’ll get an inside look into some of the most successful marketing campaigns of all time. Mauborgne (2004). In general, the mind accepts only that which matches prior knowledge or experience. – Al Ries. Chan Kim and Renée A.

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How to Avoid Being Part of 90% of Failed Companies

ReadWriteStart

The data says otherwise) it was indicated that, according to global investment firm Cambridge Associates, the failure rate for startups has not exceeded 60 % since 2001, based on the monitoring of venture capital investments of 27,259 startups between 1990 and 2010. Data Says Otherwise. Why do so many companies fail?

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Want to write a better blog? Learn from a comedian

The Next Web

After the success of the original iPod campaign, Apple used callbacks in their slogans. 2001) iPod 1st generation. 2004) iPod 4th generation. It all comes together in the end.”. Look how these slogans play off the iPod 1st generation slogan: “1,000 songs in your pocket.” 10,000 songs in your pocket.”

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

online.wsj.com

ignited the current trend by adopting a dual-class voting structure before its IPO in 2004. Netscape and Opsware, which he helped found, went public with single-class share structures in 1995 and 2001, respectively. Campaign to Set Sail for Fastest Ocean Liner. Zynga went public last December with three classes of stock.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

We have enough problems without opening the door for YASPFC (Yet Another Software Patent FUD Campaign). We wrote all of our software in VB6 and then ported it to.NET in 2001/2002. Take note of what Paul Graham said in 2004: [link] — he is talking along similar lines. March 27, 2011 at 1:07 pm. Serdar IRMAK. Michael Chan.

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