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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

We’ve come a long way from switching this blog to WordPress in 2009, my systematic vetting of the business idea in 2009 (after needing it myself due to the success of this blog crashing my dedicated server every time I got on Hackernews), the “ coming soon ” pre-launch in April 2010, our Series A 3-minute pitch in 2011, our incredible CEO Heather Brunner (..)

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

Both Sides of the Table

While many of my friends bragged about their 5 condos in Florida I kept talking about how the real estate market was in a bubble – their gains an illusion. above inflation yet in many markets in the US & Europe prices were rising at 10-25% per year. “Yeah, but there is a shortage of supply.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. 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. It all starts with people?—?talent. When people think, “Where should I move?”

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The Top 5 Members of your Startup Team

Austin Startup

The Entrepreneur: From the inception of an idea, you need someone who can make this idea marketable, talk to others, and begin building the team. The Financier (Finance Manager): Assesses the viability & profitability of the business and product — This is vital when looking for investors. So Who’s Who? in English.

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What is a CTO?

Austin Startup

A CTO will guide your product strategy, market validation, architectural decisions, process optimization, recruiting, and hiring. The latter are strategists and evangelists and focus on product-market fit, market trends, and product planning. They adopt, measure, and manage key product performance metrics.

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How CareerPlug Saved 25 Days of Work with Chargify Business Intelligence

Austin Startup

CareerPlug was one of the first companies to adopt the new product from Chargify to better manage its billing data and overall business financials. The self-service Chargify Business Intelligence analytics suite enables users to create custom dashboards with real-time billing and revenue management data. and Canada.

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Do my startup’s lawyers need to be local?

Austin Startup

Even with modern technology that enables casting a wider net for your market reach, most professionals rely significantly on a local client base. If that local base doesn’t exist, they move to where one does, or they change their practice to mirror the local market. See: “ How to avoid ‘captive’ company counsel.