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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm. Period, full-stop.

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The Top 5 Members of your Startup Team

Austin Startup

Often, the Entrepreneur also takes the leadership role of being a guiding force towards the founder’s vision. As the team builds, you’ll need a few other team members to develop an effective startup: 4. Additionally, your Finance Manager should understand the relationship between data, decisions, and people. Alright, so what?

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups.

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How CareerPlug Saved 25 Days of Work with Chargify Business Intelligence

Austin Startup

“This saves our operations and finance teams hours of manual work each week. CareerPlug had previously tried to build and manage its own billing system within their own database, but it lacked visibility, accuracy, reporting, and everything its operational leadership team needed. Learn more about Chargify at www.chargify.com.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My PR journey started with an amazing position with the renowned Jason Dady restaurant group in San Antonio, Texas. My strength was not in finance, so one of the first things I did was hire someone to handle the books and keep me on a solid financial path, so I could focus on running my business. Image Credit: Saleem Jaffer.

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Out of the Crisis #4: Carl Liebert, crisis veteran and radical optimist

Startup Lessons Learned

39:34) Humility in leadership and learning from the mistakes. (42:07) One of the special obligations of leadership in a crisis like this is both to take the long-term view, but also to recognize we have an obligation to take action now. Stanley McChrystal's Team of Teams. (29:34) 34:28) The mortgage industry finally goes digital. (37:22)