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After the acquisition: 3 startup founders share their exit experiences

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If being acquired means losing the brand and identity you have worked so hard to build — or perhaps worse, losing your cultural identity — it probably will suck. His startup was a member of the YC Winter 2011 cohort, and was sold to Rackspace a year later. The last company, a 72-year-old operation, was the exception.

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GV’s Frederique Dame on product-market fit: ‘You have one chance at a good experience’

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In a fireside chat at TechCrunch Early Stage, we discussed her experience validating product ideas, gathering actionable customer data, creating user-centric work cultures, and handling some of the unique challenges that come with scaling teams from a few dozen people to several thousand employees.

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Cloudbolt announces $35M Series B debt/equity investment to help manage hybrid cloud

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Kumolus, which was founded in 2011 and raised $1.7 Kukowski says that going remote because of COVID has allowed the company to hire from anywhere, but he still looks forward to a time when he can meet face-to-face with his employees and customers, and sees that as alway being part of his company’s culture.

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Australian startup Pyn raises $8M seed to bring targeted communication in-house

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His co-founder Jon Williams was previously a co-founder at Culture Amp, an employee experience management platform he helped launch in 2011 (and which raised more than $150 million), so the two of them have been immersed in this idea. In a nutshell, we radically personalize employee communications,” Luijke explained.

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Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of audiovisual startup Chroma

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In 2011 , as Twitter hit the 100 million active users mark, the entrepreneur left to pursue new projects with Obvious Corporation , a startup incubator and investment vehicle that had included fellow Twitter co-founder Evan Williams and former Twitter exec Jason Goldman. “The [web3] culture doesn’t appeal to me.

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Cato Network snags $130M Series E on $1B valuation as cloud wide area networking thrives

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He co-founded Check Point Software, which went public in 1996 and Imperva, which went public in 2011, and was later acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo in 2018. The company reports it has now raised $332 million since inception. Kramer is a serial entrepreneur. He helped launch Cato in 2015.

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A Worthy Goal for 2011 and Beyond

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer A Worthy Goal for 2011 and Beyond New year brings with it new predictions, agendas, resolutions and trends. From Seth Godin’s post “ What is Excellence ” at Tom Peters website So, seeking/delivering excellence in everything you do is a goal worth chasing in 2011 (and beyond).