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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. When Open Source software projects are launched, the progenitors often start a for-profit sister company to garner some income from training, support and consulting. Plus, there are tons of expenses like servers, bandwidth, office space, travel and the time of many professionals.

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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

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These professionals can help with anything from finance to marketing, but you wont find any software engineers volunteering their services. If you want to build a business that requires software, be prepared to invest a little money. Im trying to create a technology enabled recruiting service for an unproven business model.