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Startup lessons

Building Acquia from a startup to a company with over a thousand employees taught me lessons I wish I had known earlier. These posts share practical insights for founders and startup teams.

2022

  • Acquia, what is in a name? July 20th

2021

  • On having to let go to optimize for impact April 7th

2019

  • Should Product Marketing report to Product or Marketing? March 11th

2018

  • Optimizing your product strategy for the short- and long-term December 16th
  • Failure often paves the way for success July 25th
  • Mollom: The story of my first SaaS startup April 30th

2017

  • Acquia's first decade: the founding story Featured June 29th

2016

  • The long path to being understood June 21st
  • Investing in Open Source startups June 10th
  • Founder dilution Featured March 4th

2015

  • How much money to raise for your startup? [Flowchart] March 2nd
  • On the hard choices we make every day January 26th

2014

  • Attitude beats experience December 22nd
  • Business model innovation beats technical innovation Featured December 1st
  • Entrepreneurship is 80% sales and marketing March 28th
  • Entrepreneurs, not the government, will save Europe's economy January 2nd

2013

  • Three important start-up lessons I learned September 11th
  • Can Europe copy Silicon Valley? January 17th

2010

  • Drupal benefits from venture capital Featured December 13th
  • The right amount of venture capital to raise December 8th
  • Stock options and employee equity Featured November 16th
  • The history of MySQL AB March 8th
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