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Congrats to Backupify! A Great Exit Story for the First Company I Ever Backed

This is going to be BIG.

I didn''t actually get to meet him in person until SXSW in 2007. I took this picture of Rob, Michael Galpert, and Danny Wen of Harvest. In his note to users, Rob talked of a good future for their combined effort: "In most acquisitions, technology gets neglected, falls behind, or worse, gets shut down.

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Business Week Report on “Radical Future of R&D” Misses Critical Capital Markets Link in Innovation Ecosystem

Pascal's View

These valid observations may be drawn from primary research sources such as the work published by the National Academies, whose most recent report, Assessing the Impact of Changes in the Information Technology R&D Ecosystem: Retaining Leadership in an Increasingly Global Environment , was released several months ago. In the 1990s the U.S.

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12 Terrific Coworking Spaces in Chicago

crowdSPRING Blog

TechNexus is one of the oldest coworking spaces in Chicago and prides itself as being “the gateway to collaboration for Chicago’s technology leaders.” Since 2007 it’s helped find, fund, and nurture technology companies out of its 65,000 square foot workspace in downtown’s Lyric Opera building. 20 N Upper Wacker Dr #1200.

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Working Remotely: Is work From Home Good for Everyone?

Transformify

I started working remotely as a freelancer back in 2007, and then became a digital nomad in 2012, traveling to/living in over 120 cities in 50 countries since then. At Nampora, we use Harvest to track our billable hours and generate invoices. Neville, lots of people dream of becoming digital nomads but few make the move.

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17 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

The motivation to empower others to take control of their food source, to understand the process from seed to plate, and to experience the fulfillment of harvesting their produce was the driving force behind Urban Organic Yield. Thanks to Lindsey Hyland, Urban Organic Yield ! #7- Thanks to Nadia Podrabinek, Why This Place ! #8-

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Episode 11: Business Buzzwords, False Assumptions, and Content Tips from Joe Pulizzi | the Bcast

Up and Running

Jonathan : There’s a version in technology where cutting edge makes sense, and I think it’s when you are actually doing things that are legitimately moving things forward with data and science and things like that. Once we do that, we want to harvest the audience. Peter : Absolutely. Cutting edge is a good example.

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