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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Web service architecture that provides a content management platform for the Internet. We will hopefully close on a $2-3 million financing round at some point in January and I can get back to the full time work of running my business. Page 2: What’s unique about Koral.

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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. Red Hat was one of the first of these types of companies bridging open source with big finance, leveraging Linux support into a profitable business, also leveraging the enterprise. Acquia, Inc. They kind of invented this business model.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&# Most likely, this is a person who is a serial entrepreneur and was the chief technology officer for two or more web startups.

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Bubble Trouble? I Don’t Think So

Ben's Blog

Lately, everybody seems to be talking about a new technology bubble. Similarly, in recent high profile private financing rounds for private technology companies with valuations over $1B, the valuation multiples were at or below corresponding multiples for publicly traded companies such as Google. LL Cool J, Going Back to Cali.

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CIOs Are from Mars; CMOs Are from Venus: Seven Ways To Bridge The Great Divide

YoungUpstarts

These new marketing channels mean CMOs command a growing share of their company’s investment in technology, and CIOs are none too happy about that. Stoddard recognizes, as all CIOs must, that a CMO’s requests for greater technology budgets are not power grabs, but a reflection of reality. But still, it’s only part of the story.

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Helping Startups And Small Businesses: A Good Idea From D.C. (Can You Believe It?)

YoungUpstarts

by Dean Zerbe, alliantgroup National Managing Director, and former Senior Counsel to the Senate Finance Committee. It is meant to support all levels of technological advancements to improve a product or manufacturing process. Senate Committee on Finance. When it comes to U.S. Good News for Startups.