Ben's Blog

APRIL 27, 2011

When Alfred presented the acquisition to BEA’s board of directors, one prominent board member said: “if you think that this company is going to pay $150M for a company with $150K in revenue, you are out of your f&%!$n’ So how would Alfred, coming off a role managing thousands of people, billions of dollars in revenue, and achieving an $8.5B

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. So it is unsurprising that an over-funding environment and the commensurate returns hangover would have lasted until about – well – 2012.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Entrepreneurial Development Firms. Thoughtbot - Web application development and design. Wayfair - $350M + revenue, 300 employees. Most of our portfolio companies are hiring too, so I won’t single any particular one out: 30 To Follow (Being edited on the fly, so not exactly 30 anymore). Ruby specialists.

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