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Austin in San Francisco

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

So when Austin said he wanted to move to San Francisco from eponymous Austin (Texas), supporting his move was a no-brainer. But wait, what if Austin finds a hot new startup in San Francisco and bails on us? So welcome to San Francisco, Austin. But wait, isn’t that an HR no-no? We love you.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

I would see Marc Benioff in the line for Starbucks at One Market in San Francisco and probably few could pick him out of a line up then. If they didn’t care about him they certainly didn’t care about me or Jason Lemkin or Jason Calacanis or any of us.

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Progress of Bitcoin in North Carolina

The Startup Magazine

The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Blockstack was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, New York. The Bitcoin trading platform Coinbase has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of North Carolina’s progress. Coinbase has been very successful in North Carolina.

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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

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. After the success of Smart Bear, I should be setting my sights on something big, not this.

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My Advice To Entrepreneurs: Consider Canada For Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

Sure, companies in the Bay Area – particularly Silicon Valley and San Francisco – consistently receive the highest percentage of venture money nationwide. It was there that we founded and grew the company until we raised our venture round in 2013. By contrast, San Francisco, the top ranked U.S.

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10 Startups That Changed The Narrative In 2013

ReadWriteStart

That’s what ReadWrite predicted would be the hottest of hot startups in 2013 and, for the most part, we were right. 2013 showed us new hardware built by smaller companies for what seems like the first time in a long time. Evolution and innovation continue in 2013, unabated and unafraid. Or it could be the next Facebook.

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Putting an End to the Dark Ages of Local Businesses

Both Sides of the Table

We spent a year (2012-2013) building a merchant acquisition machine and all of the systems to support bookings, calendar integrations, location services, etc. We then spent much of 2013 proving out the merchant model in one city – Los Angeles. We built “book it now” functionality in LA and then San Francisco.