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CapLinked Raise $1.6m Series A Round & Appoint Adam Sroka As VP Technology

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Jackson added, “FinTech has traditionally lagged behind the innovation that’s happening in other areas of enterprise software. million which was raised from Thiel, David Sacks (CEO of Yammer), and Joe Lonsdale (co-founder of Palantir), 500 Startups and 7th Rig. 25 Years of Writing Code. 25 Years of Writing Code.

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Is Silicon Valley Really Coming to an End?

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By now you probably know that David Sacks , co-founder of PayPal and founder of both Geni & Yammer made some observations on Facebook that Silicon Valley “as we know it” was coming to an end. We once thought Microsoft was a monopoly on the Internet due to IE. Where I Might Expand the Argument. Laughable now.

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6 Tips for Building Relationships with Journalists

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File this under both Startup Adivce and Sales & Marketing Advice. If you’re Yammer , Mint or RedBeacon (all winners) you’re knighted with wonderful coverage. Imagine if you had to release your software daily in order to keep your job or to have the traffic numbers you need to earn your paycheck.

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On Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness

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I’m looking for somebody who can sell, but not better than our head of sales. You want somebody who can raise $15 million to build out your R&D, business development and sales organizations. million, a live product that was featured in iTunes and has gotten rave reviews. You have beautifully executed software.

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Data is the Next Major Layer of the Cloud & A Major Victory for Startups

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That is excluding a single line of code or paying any salaries. Imagine that you can develop software on your local computer but the entire service is delivered virtually through a partner in the same way people consumer energy with all of the scale benefits that go with that. We raised $16.5 million in our A round. Think about it.

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