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APRIL 21, 2015

million raised, per CrunchBase): It was January of second semester of my second year, and Michelle [Zatlyn, Matt’s co-founder] and I were brainstorming different ideas to enter into the business plan competition. Matt Prince , Co-Founder and CEO, CloudFlare (Web performance and security to protect and accelerate websites; $72.1

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AUGUST 5, 2014

You could count on me to barely listen when you were speaking (too busy planning my rebuttal), bulldoze your suggestions (mine were better!), Say hello to Charlie! Value #3: Directness and Kindness/Respect. I used to be a bit of an a **e. and ignore your emotions (and be unaware of mine).

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

And during that meet we just started typing up the business plan right then and there. We applied for, and eventually won, a business plan competition the next year. Really, at the core of this business, it’s not just about the gear, but there is a sense of greater good behind it.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2015

I remember in the old days when a lot of founders wrote text-based business plans. If you don’t have real meat around a question — or just think it’s not that important to include — don’t force it. Less is still more, even in a set of FAQs.

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