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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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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

When Marc Cenedella first started TheLadders, he build the first version himself after investing $350 in MySQL and PHP books to teach himself to code. Teach ‘em Finance and Chase or Accenture will come and pick ‘em up 30 at a time. 3) Open source your real estate. Step #2: Pitch investors. It was easy peasy.

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Standing Cloud Raises $3 Million

Feld Thoughts

My friends at Standing Cloud have closed another $3 million financing from us ( Foundry Group ) and Avalon Ventures. They’ve also added a long time friend, co-investor, and amazing entrepreneur Will Herman to the board. Standing Cloud is a great example how one of our funding strategies plays out.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

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View Comments Watch Facebook, Groupon and Quora’s Founders Speak at Startup School [VIDEO] View Comments Mashable Weekend Recap: 19 Stories You Might Have Missed View Comments Groupon’s Founder on How to Get Super Rich View Comments PHP, MySQL & AJAX Developer at Comentum Corp. Mozilla Wants You to Build Your Own B.

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We’re all coders

Start Up Blog

And no, I haven’t gone out and learned PHP or Ruby or the latest groovy language. It is totally open source and varies in its use dependent on many things including the geography in which it is used. entrepreneurship business code developing entrepreneurs Finance startups technology' Yes, we’re all coders.

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Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

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10 Beginner Tips from PHP Masters Mozilla Jumps into the App Store Game. View More » Dev & Design 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable. Mozilla Wants You to Build Your Own B. 10 Fresh Blogger Templates for Any Ap. View More » Apple 5 Vintage Apple Products That Time Fo. Steve Jobs Speaks Candidly About the.

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Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

mashable.com

10 Beginner Tips from PHP Masters Mozilla Jumps into the App Store Game. View More » Dev & Design 5 Innovative Uses of an API [Mashable. Mozilla Wants You to Build Your Own B. 10 Fresh Blogger Templates for Any Ap. View More » Apple 5 Vintage Apple Products That Time Fo. Steve Jobs Speaks Candidly About the.

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