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Upside: Not your everyday dotcom [Eazel]

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 6, 2000

When is a startup more than a startup? When that startup is
kissed with the golden glow of success long before it retains a
public relations firm or the first PowerPoint presentation is
drafted. What does such a firm look like? It might have $13 million
in startup funding based on a handful of phone calls.

“It might have some of the most talented programmers the world
has produced to date. It might have the kind of seasoned
management, with a little gray at the temples, that makes venture
capitalists nod sagely and move along to the next and more
troublesome funding project.”

“And once in a very long while, the founders might have the
missionary zeal to want to change the world in very seminal ways.
Eazel is one of those startups.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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