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Re:Weebly Valued at $455M Amid Website-Building Boom by funkyy on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @01:44PM (#7629151)
afaik SS is claiming it is profitable and it was always breaking even. There was an interview somewhere where the owner said until recent the only outside money was $30K loan from his dad (I think it was one with Alexis Ohanian).
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Re:Weebly Valued at $455M Amid Website-Building Boom by callmeed on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @04:13PM (#7630113)
They raised $40M last week [1] ... $78M in total [2]

Almost 300 employees, spending a ton on ad/marketing, and raising that much money–I can't see how they're profitable. I could be way wrong though.

[1] http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/04/15/squarespace-r...

[2] http://www.crunchbase.com/company/squarespace

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Re:Weebly Valued at $455M Amid Website-Building Boom by zachb on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @02:34PM (#7629467)
Got a link? Wikipedia confirms the $30K loan from dad, but can't find the interview on google.
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Re:Weebly Valued at $455M Amid Website-Building Boom by funkyy on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @02:48PM (#7629559)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGPj5SOUrn8 I think thats the one. Anyways - imo its extremely interesting and worth watching.
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