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After bootstrapping since 2002, Articulate raises $1.5B on $3.75B valuation

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CEO Adam Schwartz founded the company with his life savings in 2002 and hasn’t taken a dime of outside investment since. He says that the company started back in 2002 as a plug-in for PowerPoint. Coursera set to roughly double its private valuation in impending IPO.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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The Past (1985-2002). rose to prominence by offering a free, ad-supported alternative to all of the crap your mom got on AOL for a fee. Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. Social Chaos Will Create New Business Opportunities. Social Networking in Web 2.0.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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The Past (1985-2002). rose to prominence by offering a free, ad-supported alternative to all of the crap your mom got on AOL for a fee. Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. FourSquare obviously brings up a lot of interesting commercial opportunities.

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The entire fintech industry is not in distress – here’s who is hiring

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In fact, some companies are finding opportunity in the masses of layoffs. Trading app Public.com is hiring 14 across engineering, supporting, operations, marketing, product and design. With so many fintechs laying off staff , it can be easy to assume that the entire industry is in distress. But that’s not the case.

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Fireside Project manifests a $200K fund to improve access to careers in psychedelic health

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Given the legal status of these substances, people are hesitant to call 911 if they are experiencing a crisis, many don’t have access to peer groups that can offer support and there’s not a lot of other support available either. “How can we have the biggest possible impact using the smallest amount of resources?

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Meet Benchmark’s New Partner: Eric Vishria

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After graduating from Stanford in mathematical and computer science when he was just 19, Eric joined the newly-formed enterprise software company Loudcloud (which became Opsware in 2002). It requires investors to work diligently on the boards of startups, providing advice and counsel and supporting the visions and dreams of entrepreneurs.

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African payments company Flutterwave raises $170M, now valued at over $1B

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The proliferation of fintech services across Africa remains in full swing as investors remain bullish about the opportunities that abound in the sector. Interswitch, for instance, was founded in 2002, which doesn’t necessarily make it a startup despite still being private.

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