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Tom Erickson of Acquia: How to work with a strong founder

By Marten Mickos | July 1, 2015

How does a professional CEO work with a strong founder? Tom Erickson of of the wildly successful open source company Acquia, commercializing the wildly popular Drupal open source platform shares his advice.

Posted in Boatside Chat, Culture and Values, Startups, Video and tagged as CEO, founder, Tom Erickson. Leave a comment

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