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

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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. million Raised. Yesterdays’ equity round of $1.6 million, brings the company’s aggregate amount of capital raised to $2.5

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Why You Shouldn’t Launch Your Startup at a Major Tech Event

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These are tech launch events designed to see new startups unveiled. And ever since then every year we are subjected to the tech press corps writing the annual, “What will the hot company at SXSW be? If you were at TechCrunch 40 in the early days and you won: Mint, Yammer, RedBeacon – you were an instant darling.

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On Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness

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“Imagine you were a Phd wireless chip designer out of UCSD and then Qualcomm. Are you looking for a Phd wireless chip designer?&#. I’ll write that post one day – it is a very interesting story. I love the design of your product. He is still not sure. Leaders are intelligent, for sure.

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