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World with Bitcoin

The Startup Magazine

Bitcoin has become increasingly popular since its creation, with the total number of Bitcoin users around the world growing to more than 5 million today from 500,000 in 2013. Bitcoin is also a favourite of political activists in nations with restrictive economies who want to circumvent government controls on their currency.

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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Software Patents

Startup Professionals Musings

This patent holding company has charged infringement and demanded royalties from every app developer for the iPhone and Android, for a feature most agree has been in apps for many years. Software changes fast and the government moves slowly. Yes, the software patent process is a mess. Patents only help the big guys who want no change.

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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

We just announced a few more things. Late last year we passed $100M in annual recurring revenue. We’re less than 8 years old so you can do the math on growth rates and figure out that we’re on an elite trajectory. We remain steadfast in our commitment to continuing to increase all of the above.

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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Software Patents

Gust

This patent holding company has charged infringement and demanded royalties from every app developer for the iPhone and Android, for a feature most agree has been in apps for many years. Software changes fast and the government moves slowly. Yes, the software patent process is a mess. Patents only help the big guys who want no change.

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10,000 Startups – Startup Weekend Next

Steve Blank

More importantly, it makes no demands of you to stand and deliver your weekly customer development progress in front of your peers. The program expands to all of Startup Weekend’s 350 member communities in 2013 where it will be offered up to five times a year in each city. 28 in more than 25 cities worldwide.

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Do You Have The Data Agility Your Business Needs?

YoungUpstarts

data and application integration, metadata management, governance and data quality). Meeting these new and ever-evolving data demands requires that companies create a data infrastructure that is agile enough to keep pace with the market and the needs of the organization. Mike Tuchen joined Talend as Chief Executive Officer in 2013.

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“It’s okay to take profits and not hodl forever.” Does this make Alex Taub a web3 contrarian or just reasonable?

Hunter Walker

When I befriended Alex Taub in 2013 he lived in New York City, didn’t have children, and certainly did not yet have thousands of dollars invested in virtual race horses. Hunter Walk: Ok, we met back in 2013 after we invested in theSkimm and they said you were one of their friends/navigators of the startup world.

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