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

This is going to be BIG.

It was written by a guy about my age down in Louisville, Kentucky. We stayed in touch and I got to know a bunch of the Louisville startup and creative crew, like Todd Earwood, Matt Winn, and Ashley Cecil. Venture Capital & Technology' I started reading a great blog called Business Pundit in 2004.

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In Cloud We Trust: First Round invests in Backupify

This is going to be BIG.

He's been in Louisville, Kentucky over the last few years and he's been talking about moving to a more robust innovation community for as long as I know him. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology. Tell him what Backupify can do to help you or your constituents move to the cloud with confidence.

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For Startups, 2012 Swung From Consumers To The Enterprise

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For perspective on 2012, we talked to Jeff Fagnan, partner at leading venture capital firm Atlas Venture and an investor in early-stage startups since 2000. AngelList has demystified the black box of venture capital and flattened the old geographic barriers to funding. It has facilitated over 20,000 talent matches.