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Interview Therese Tucker, BlackLine Systems

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It's somewhat unusual in this economy to find companies who are seeing strong growth, so we were intrigued recently in running into BlackLine Systems (www.blackline.com), a firm which develops software for helping in the financial reporting process. First, for our readers who aren't familiar with your software, can you explain what it does?

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. When you account for competition for talent, the difficulty of retention, the cost of living and the difficulty of rising above the noise – there are many advantages of staying put.

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For Many New Ventures, Location Is The Key To Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Maxwell Wessel, in a classic article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5 billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. Finance has homes in New York, Hong Kong, and London. The list goes on and on.

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Data Collective | New Dawn for Big Data Entrepreneurs

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” Matt Ocko also revealed to Silicon Beat that they have been getting a lot more press inquiries due to the number of deals they were doing. Data Collective founders say they still read code and understand chip architecture and how to build racks. Big Data Shift. They say they have run Hadoop jobs and built VM farms. Doors open.

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How To Find The Best City For Your Type Of Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Maxwell Wessel, in a classic article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5 billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. Finance has homes in New York, Hong Kong, and London. The list goes on and on.

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Startup Location Is Still A Critical Success Factor

Startup Professionals Musings

Maxwell Wessel, in a recent article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5 billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. Finance has homes in New York, Hong Kong, and London. The list goes on and on.

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When Planning A Startup, A Top Priority Is Location

Startup Professionals Musings

Maxwell Wessel, in a classic article in the Harvard Business Review on this subject, points out the exception successes of Zappos in Las Vegas, Sendgrid’s massive growth in Colorado, and RightNow’s $1.5 billion dollar sale to Oracle from Bozeman, Montana. Finance has homes in New York, Hong Kong, and London. The list goes on and on.

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