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

TechCrunch

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.

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What does it take to go carbon neutral as a business?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

When we heard about the EO’s initiative to support the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals , we felt on the right path. How does Amber Media support it? It is also a cross-nation initiative among several African countries and supportive countries. He founded AmberMedia in 2002.

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

Both Sides of the Table

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. What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks?

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

Both Sides of the Table

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. What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? The Present Era.

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Good Times Ahead for VC-backed Tech Companies?

Both Sides of the Table

The total number of M&A deals in the US this year is projected to be a paltry 225 transactions relative to more than 450 deals just 2 years ago, which was the norm between 2002-2007, varying only by around 3% per year. Fred Wilson supports Montgomery’s view in this thoughtful post on the return of the tech IPO market.

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Tim Brady is leaving YC

Y Combinator

grew when I succeeded him as CPO in 2002, as he left in search of new adventures. When we realized that the two of us were going to need to write a whole bunch of infrastructure software in order to support our new accelerator, Tim didn’t hesitate. My connection to Tim and what he meant to Yahoo! And what adventures!

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The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur – A Cautionary Tale

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Our existing investors supported us and a new lead came in. By the time of my wedding in July 2002 I was super fit. We found a way to make our venture capital last when it shouldn’t have, at around the same time one of my all time favorite New Yorker cartoons was published on this topic. At least not externally.