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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

Commercial open source companies – being open source is a powerful way to gain developer adoption and sell to enterprises a lot sooner. Transform financial and accounting software from databases to context-aware, proactive processors.

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Has Blockchain Fever Died Down In 2018?

YoungUpstarts

There has been a lot of speculation around cryptocurrencies and this has in many ways obscured the fact the blockchain, the open-source and decentralized ledger that drives these digital currencies has the potential of radically transforming how ownership is verified.

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The Other Amazon Deal this week. Drupal founder attracts over $100 Million in 3 months.

Scalable Startup

is the for-profit company founded by Dries Buytaert, the inventor of Drupal, to support his open source project. When Open Source software projects are launched, the progenitors often start a for-profit sister company to garner some income from training, support and consulting. Because they are open source.

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What type of capital should you raise, and from who?

David Teten

Since then, I’ve talked with a number of other firms, and greatly expanded my database: Who are the major Revenue-Based (RBI) Investing VCs? That said, venture capital is just one of many options to finance your business, and it’s typically the most expensive. The first step is to decide the right capital structure for your financing.

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What is the worst startup pitch ever?

Gust

CluelessCo is an internet startup company seeking $2 million of equity financing to fund our company for at least one year. A Software-as-a-Service company using open source and cloud computing technologies. Web-based Database Management System. Web-based Productivity Applications. Department-level Business Applications.

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Greenplum closes on $27million round of financing

BeyondVC

We certainly had some fits and starts tackling this data problem by utilizing a software-only approach built on top of open source software and delivered on commodity machines, but with this funding and our continued customer momentum, we are certainly on the right track.

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HOW TO: Connect with Other Entrepreneurs Online

mashable.com

Topics are divided into IT, marketing, sales, finance, customer service, operations and human resources sections, which makes it easy to search for the latest discussions on your interest area. There are also advanced search options that allow you to browse the database of previously asked questions.