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Grouparoo snares $3M seed to build open source customer data integration framework

TechCrunch

The company announced a $3 million seed investment led by Eniac Ventures and Fuel Capital with participation from Hack VC, Liquid2, SCM Advisors and several unnamed angel investors. Grouparoo can grab this data and transfer it to a marketing tool like Marketo or Zendesk and these tools could then learn who your VIP customers are.

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Leaving Spotify

Erik Bernhardsson

I joined Spotify in Stockholm in 2008, mainly because a bunch of friends from programming competitions had joined already. Pushing the button, launching Spotify to the world (late 2008). . Febrary 6 was my last day at Spotify. In total I spent more than six years at Spotify and it was an amazing experience.

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Leaving Spotify

Erik Bernhardsson

I joined Spotify in Stockholm in 2008, mainly because a bunch of friends from programming competitions had joined already. Pushing the button, launching Spotify to the world (late 2008). . Febrary 6 was my last day at Spotify. In total I spent more than six years at Spotify and it was an amazing experience.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

And, told publicly for the first time, Siemiatkowski reveals how he once sought out PayPal co-founder Max Levchin as an advisor, only to learn a little later that he had started Affirm, one of Klarna’s most direct U.S. Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online.

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20 influential women in software development

Apiumhub

Founder and lead mentor at eJavaGuru.com, Mala Gupta has been actively supporting Java certification as a path to career advancement. A sought after speaker and coach, Mala Gupta’s Java books with Manning Publications, USA, are top-rated for Oracle Certification around the globe. by Fast Company Magazine in November 2008. .

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Map of VC Investments

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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Realistic Entrprenuers Guide to Venture Capital

SoCal CTO

Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?