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Quickly Unpacking Microsoft’s Acquisition Of GitHub

Haystack

Not yet profitable but invaluable to developers worldwide, the decade-old company bootstrapped, differentiated from formidable competitors GitLab and Atlassian’s BitBucket, weathered leadership upheavals, and eventually ingested lots of venture capital which helped them weather the challenges they faced.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 20: Nayeem Hussain and Will Zell

Steve Blank

He previously founded N&N Investments LLC, a real estate investment holding company; and is a program leader and fellow of the Startup Leadership Program. . He stressed that your product and company vision needs to match your appetite for funding: One thing that we learned very early on was, have a plan for fund-raising. …

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What To Do When Your Competitor Gets Funded?

Both Sides of the Table

announced they raised $9 million from Sequoia , arguably the best venture capital firm that exists. My guess is that over time you’ll have more in common (like working with big cos, working with regulators, dealing with inertia in the market) than you do have against that company. This morning Clutter.io Congratulations.

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