A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

We’ve come a long way from switching this blog to WordPress in 2009, my systematic vetting of the business idea in 2009 (after needing it myself due to the success of this blog crashing my dedicated server every time I got on Hackernews), the “ coming soon ” pre-launch in April 2010, our Series A 3-minute pitch in 2011, our incredible CEO Heather Brunner (..)

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

And we completed our Series C round here at WP Engine on Dec 23, 2013. And no fewer then three other companies I was previously an investor in also raised a round that closed in December of 2013. .” Except, my previous company Smart Bear was sold on Dec 20, 2007.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

DECEMBER 16, 2014

— Eric Jackson (@ericjackson) November 14, 2013. As IronFire VC Eric Jackson put it: @carney Systrom has to be feeling like he totally missed this wave. Instagram likely worth $15B today minimum. You know, Kevin, minimum. It’s your turn to be depressed, and dammit you had better take your turn !

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 15, 2013

In 2013, in the tech world, with our opportunities and capabilities, we must do more than just build another big company. Good, but you’re not done. A startup must be an enabler, otherwise you’re just building another big company, exactly like the one you as a founder refused to devote your life to.

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