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

A Smart Bear

We’re less than 8 years old so you can do the math on growth rates and figure out that we’re on an elite trajectory. 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. We just announced a few more things.

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EO and Flow

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I launched Flow Forum in September 2014 and since then, we’ve held nine meetings and our activities have included a one-mile swim in San Francisco Bay, snowshoeing up a 10,000 ft. Bowen Dwelle is a member and former chapter president of EO San Francisco, the founder and former CEO of AdMonsters , and the founder and CEO of 8 Meter.

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6 Things Alexis Ohanian Wishes Someone Had Told Him Before He Started Reddit

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Ohanian returned in November 2014 as chairman, and Huffman eight months later as CEO. The site is now far more sprawling than when they left, with 230 million monthly active users who click on 8 billion pages per month. The post 6 Things Alexis Ohanian Wishes Someone Had Told Him Before He Started Reddit appeared first on THE BLOG.

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NewsLetter: Revolutionizing Blood Tests + Covid-19 Tracking and Testing

OurCrowd

OurCrowd has been an investor in Sight Diagnostics since 2014. Join us this Wednesday, August 12th for our next webinar Protecting Your Data Encryption in the Age of Quantum Computing at 8:00AM PDT, 11:00AM EDT, 6:00PM IDT. The company is researching the detection of new diseases and blood factors affecting the severity of Covid-19.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. Profitability.

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Gumroad wants to make equity crowdfunding mainstream

TechCrunch

Up until this point, Gumroad has raised more than $8 million from investors, including Kleiner Perkins, First Round, Max Levchin and SV Angel, as well as others, since 2011. I preceded this fundraise with a blog post that I’m the only person who works on Gumroad as an employee,” he said. “I Don’t give up.

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Flashback Friday: How to Raise Financially Intelligent Children

Entrepreneurs' Organization

This article was originally published in the March 2014 issue of Octane magazine. You don’t need to teach them to be bankers by age 8, but the building blocks are a good start. The post Flashback Friday: How to Raise Financially Intelligent Children appeared first on THE BLOG. By Clint Greenleaf. I’m a lucky guy.