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

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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. After that it quickly gained credibility and spread throughout government, and corporate America.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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Loading… Personal Finance. Personal Finance. Ritter, a finance professor at University of Floridas business school. Netscape and Opsware, which he helped found, went public with single-class share structures in 1995 and 2001, respectively. Finance Jobs |. » More. Loading… Markets. » More.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

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In 2001, I came home to find my apartment on fire. I never want renters to find themselves in my situation – scared, displaced and worried about my finances. We built the first database of successful college and grad school application files so applicants can finally see who is getting in and get insight from accepted students.