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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. 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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2022 Predictions

Eric Friedman

4/ Streaming equity – venture funds + employee stock becomes more liquid. Startups pave the way for in person only monthly, quarterly, or bi-annually and large corps have 2 day a week in offices. Startups are more likely to pay mercenaries with expertise (like me!) 9/ Hubs vs. Offices. Many switch to the hotel or hot-desk model.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World, ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. Are lean innovation and the Startup Way a failure in large companies?

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Twitter Link Roundup #235 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 3 Surprising Interview Questions You Should Ask Every Potential Employee – crowdspring.co/1s051td. Are startup burn rates out of control? Hiring startup engineers?

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments In 2021

Hearpreneur

Personally, I’m proud of the way I prioritize my health and that of my employees this year. Aside from protecting our health, this also provided me and my employees with more time with our families and less of a commute. 9- Empowered employees. We had a great year from a balance sheet standpoint.

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Hard Decisions Require Empathy

Both Sides of the Table

Is there a viable path to raising money / strengthening my balance sheet as one solution? The inevitable decisions may mean you shed employees, suppliers, offices, bonuses, contractors?—?you In times like these your friends, family, associates, colleagues, employees and business partners need you more than ever.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

And they should be; the feeding frenzy in the innovation economy is in some cases because startups are eating the lunch of more established companies. Teten: For a large corporate, what are the advantages and disadvantages of a dedicated fund (possibly with external investors) vs. a 100% on-balance sheet investor?