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My first months at Acquia

Posted on Thu, May 01, 2008 by Dries Buytaert
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Every week, several people ask me what I spend time on at Acquia? What does a co-founder and start-up CTO in a high-tech company do?

In starting a company, there are lots of things that have to be done but my main responsibility right now is to deliver Acquia's first product to the customer. This includes managing multiple threads ...

Acquia to Ship Commercially Supported Drupal Build

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Acquia, Drupal founder Dries Buytaert’s new company, took to the stage last Thursday at the Launch Pad session at the web 2.0 Expo in SF. Although they didn’t win the people’s choice for best startup (this honor went to Triggit), their soon to be released Carbon and Spokes programs are still plenty enticing.

####What is Carbon?
Acquia was formed by Dries Buytaert to provide value-added products and services for Drupal. Their first offering, Carbon, is a commercially-supported release of Drupal 6 that will consists of Open Source Drupal 6 core plus a group of popular contributed modules.

http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-cms/acquia-to-ship-commercially-supported-drupal-...
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We Have Liftoff: The Web 2.0 Expo Launch Pad

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Sunday, May 19, 2013
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TechCrunch

Earlier this afternoon, six startups had five minutes each to present their wares onstage to a panel of VCs and an audience at the Web 2.0 Expo Launch Pad. Panelists gave feedback to the companies in real-time, and depending on how well they did, had the option to “offer these applicants non-binding term sheets for financing”.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/24/prepare-for-liftoff-the-web-20-expo-launch-...
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Finally, some actual Web 2.0 apps at Web 2.0 Expo

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Sunday, May 19, 2013
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Webware

As I've said previously, the Web 2.0 Expo show features a lot of products for developers. But there are still cool new Web apps to find--especially at the Launch Pad, a rapid-fire demo session featuring six relatively new companies. It's kind of like a mini-Demo.

Acquia sells a commercialized version of Drupal, the open-source content management (and Webware 100 winner). If you buy the open-to-commercial model, as executed by RedHat (Linux), and Trixbox (Asterisk), this business makes a lot of sense. I'm glad to see the platform get some business attention.

http://www.webware.com/8300-1_109-2-0.html?keyword=Launch%20Pad
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Vote for Acquia @ Web 2.0 Launch Pad from your desk - in the next hour

Posted on Thu, Apr 24, 2008 by Bryan House
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The Launch Pad session at Web 2.0 Expo is getting started and you can join from your desktop. There's a good number of Drupal community folks here at the show, but you can participate from your desk.

The "winner" will be chosen by live audience voting via mozes. The SMS number will be announced at about 2:25 pm Pacific time. I'll tweet the SMS number on the Acquia twitter feed - here: http://twitter.com/acquia.

Stay tuned & vote!

Big Week

Posted on Tue, Apr 22, 2008 by Jeff Whatcott
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Whew. Lots going on this week.

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Dries Selected as a Business Week Best Young Entrepreneur of Tech

Posted on Fri, Apr 18, 2008 by Jeff Whatcott
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This is really cool and very well deserved. Dries was selected by Business Week magazine as a Best Young Entrepreneur of Tech.

Dries is "among a handful of innovators who are building businesses and products aimed at other companies and who were identified in a survey of venture capitalists and BusinessWeek editors and readers as some of this year's most promising young technology entrepreneurs."

BussinessWeek's Young Entrepreneurs of Tech

Posted on Fri, Apr 18, 2008 by Dries Buytaert
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It is a real honor and privilege that BusinessWeek included me on their list of top 30-and-under innovators for 2008. I'm very happy to see Drupal getting this level of recognition from the business world. What BusinessWeek only hints at, though, is the importance of all the thousands of people, including my new colleagues at Acquia, who are working every day to make Drupal great.

Shining the light on Acquia and Drupal

Posted on Fri, Apr 18, 2008 by Bryan House
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Things are cooking here at Acquia - with lots happening to spread the word about Acquia and Drupal.

First - Dries was named one of Tech’s best young entrepreneur’s today by Businessweek.com. It’s a good piece & Dries got great billing in the article. Congratulations, Dries - well deserved .

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