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

Scalable Startup

is the for-profit company founded by Dries Buytaert, the inventor of Drupal, to support his open source project. Drupal was launched in 2001, and Acquia started in 2007. Because they are open source. Google has optimized this open source to freemium model in almost all of its products. Acquia, Inc.

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Could you be the next Ford, Jobs or Musk?

Berkonomics

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. And innovation is what creates value. Sometimes, innovators enable unfinished visions of others.

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boldstart 2018 recap and what’s hot in enterprise 2019

BeyondVC

Look at 2001 and 2008’s Lehman collapse and Sequoia RIP Good Times deck for lessons learned. When we asked how they find new technology, their answer was clear; research on the web, word of mouth, and their teams, i.e. what are devs using.

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Could you be the next Ford, Jobs or Musk?

Berkonomics

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. Innovation is valued by our society, by investors and certainly by consumers.

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The CEO’s CEO

Ben's Blog

In recognition of his phenomenal vision and execution, BEA named Alfred its new Chief Executive Officer in October 2001. By revolutionizing the enterprise computing market with the Application Server category, Alfred generated ferocious competition from industry behemoths: IBM, Oracle, Sun, HP, and the new, powerful open source movement.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO There are not many to be found. Most likely, this is a person who is a serial entrepreneur and was the chief technology officer for two or more web startups. .&# But I’m not the only person who does this kind of work.

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Do lean startup principles have a place in the enterprise?

The Next Web

WebVan went bankrupt in 2001 after burning through $1 billion on warehouses, inventory systems and fleet delivery trucks. Consider open-sourcing certain aspects of your platform. In other words – build fast, release often, measure, learn and repeat. Real world example: WebVan vs Zappos.

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