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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

I’ve convinced the team you’d be perfect, come join us as the VP of Marketing.” My ex-boss was going to be the VP of Engineering and I would report to the CEO whose marketing acumen and sales instincts seemed at the time to be telepathic and sense of theater was legend. We’re building a supercomputer.”

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

Founded in 2000 by Stephen Kaufer and Langley Steinert, Boston-based TripAdvisor is a travel website that provides reviews and other information for consumers about travel destinations around the world. Kaufer originally hired writers to product professional reviews and allowed user reviews on a whim. Magical, really.

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In Cloud We Trust: First Round invests in Backupify

This is going to be BIG.

He'll be heading to either New York, Boston, or Philly in the next few months and I'm sure he'd love to get some insider feedback on these communities. With this round, Backupify is going to be able to sharpen its product and business focus, and make some much needed engineering hires.

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