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Tailscale’s $113M success with Avery Pennarun

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Avery Pennarun, CEO and co-founder of VPN serviceTailscale, has first-hand experience with this criticality after launching his first startup, Net Integration Technologies (Nitix) back in 2001. The startup was later acquired by IBM in 2008.) “We Luckily, Pennarun is a quick study. Here are a few of his key takeaways.

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The History and Downfall of a German Wholesale Company “Wollschläger” – Part 1

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In 2001 Frank Wollschläger hired Frank Haberstock, to manage his newly open Hanover branch office. Also in 2001, Wollschläger merged with Georg Noll Werkzeug- und Maschinenhandel and opened Wollschläger Maschinentechnik in Bochum. Andrea Schröder: Wollschläger: Investor zieht Kaufangebot zurück – 420 Mitarbeitern wird gekündigt.