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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm. That revenue is in on 75,000 customers, earned through the hard work of 500 employees across six offices on three continents.

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Book: King of Capital

Feld Thoughts

On Saturday, I gobbled down King of Capital , which is the story of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone from inception through 2011. While 2011 is only eight years ago, it’s a lifetime in the world of finance, private equity, venture capital, and business. It was indeed private equity’s moment.

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The Boston Consumer Tech Year In Review

Rob Go

And that’s true pretty much across the board – from exits, late stage financings, scaling companies, and seed activity. So I thought I’d jot down some of the highlights I have seen from my vantage point in this 2011 Boston Consumer Web Year in Review. IPO’s/Exits. Tripadvisor: An amazing entrepreneurial story.

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April 4-Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO

David Teten

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

Finance | Tuesdays. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. The 2011 Inc. The 2011 Top Lists. Will Work for Equity. Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Theres a huge opportunity cost in not taking equity," he says.

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[US] 48% Of Small Business Owners Turn To Bank Loans For Funding

YoungUpstarts

The Summer 2011 report also revealed that despite the high rate of banks declining loan applications, 71% of private business owners who responded to the survey said they did not seek friends and family financing after being denied from a bank loan. The result is that small business owners are left without access to capital.”.

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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

2011. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. They have a standard presentation on bootstrapping, which they present around the country. Older Post.