Hunter Walker

MAY 18, 2015

Satya and I approached fundraising for Homebrew as if we were building a company, asking ourselves who were the investors that would give us a solid platform, who were aligned with our values and where we learn from them. The James Irvine Foundation joined us in Fund I and has been a great partner since.

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Tim Keane

AUGUST 20, 2009

.  Or, of course, it's possible that Jason Weaver (who I know - and I think Sway is a neat company) is a bit frustrated about the "rules" dictated by the current investment environment. But what about his comment about "ridiculous terms?"  Now, in some ways, I'm in agreement with Jason. 

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

I attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, a top ten business program year-in year-out and love to pretend to brag about it. If you are interested in learning more about my roller coaster life, you can read About Me further on my Blog. It was an unplanned, but profitable exit strategy for us.

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Jeff Hilimire

MARCH 4, 2014

The second time around we were smarter about not getting too distracted by the process. With my first sale, my partners and I focused all of our attention on the details of the sale (what the valuation would be, how would it be structured, etc) and very little about what would happen with us individually.

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David Teten

MAY 20, 2013

I’ve written in the past about how to identify a great startup opportunity. It gives us instant credibility, high visibility in the search engines, and significant traffic, even apart from the value of the services we have built on top of it.”. 1) A website about all things plates: china plates, replacement plates, etc.,

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David Teten

MAY 20, 2013

I’ve written in the past about how to identify a great startup opportunity. It gives us instant credibility, high visibility in the search engines, and significant traffic, even apart from the value of the services we have built on top of it.”. 1) A website about all things plates: china plates, replacement plates, etc.,

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

If you are interested in learning more about the Bessemer 10 Laws of SaaS, you can listen to the webminar we did earlier this week with Salesforce by clicking on the picture below: You can also download the full white paper on the SaaS section of the Bessemer website or browse quickly through the slides on slidehsare. at 11:09 AM.

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