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		<title>Comment on Intuit to Acquire Demandforce for $424MM by Intuit buys software Demandforce for $423.5 million &#124; TechDiem.com</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] all-cash deal is another win for Benchmark Capital, the largest institutional investor, which is coming off its big payoff in the $1 billion Instagram [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comment on Intuit to Acquire Demandforce for $424MM by Intuit Acquires Marketing SaaS Company Demandforce For $423.5M In Cash &#124; Eric Rice, Lone Wolf Inc</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] to grow Intuit’s customer base and revenue per customer over time.”Demandforce was backed by Mike Maples, Palo Alto Ventures, and Benchmark Capital.Becnhmark partner Bill Gurley wrote an [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] all-cash deal is another win for Benchmark Capital, the largest institutional investor, which is coming off its big payoff in the $1 billion Instagram [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comment on Intuit to Acquire Demandforce for $424MM by Intuit to buy SMB marketing software player Demandforce for $423.5M &#124; VentureBeat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] decided not to even announce the firm&#8217;s investment in the company, which is a first, according to Bill Gurley, the Benchmark partner who led the deal and who is on the company&#8217;s board. Demandforce, based in San Francisco and founded back in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comment on Intuit to Acquire Demandforce for $424MM by Intuit Acquires Marketing SaaS Company Demandforce For $423.5M In Cash &#124; D69.cz</title>
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		<title>Comment on Intuit to Acquire Demandforce for $424MM by Intuit Buys Demandforce for $424 Millon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Intuit Acquires Marketing SaaS Company Demandforce For $423.5M In Cash &#124; Gaster Tech Blog]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Intuit to Acquire Demandforce for $424MM by Intuit to acquire Demandforce for $424m; SaaS for SMBs &#124; ZDNet</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Capital’s Bill Gurley elaborates in a blog post: Demandforce’s success puts it at the forefront of the burgeoning “Local Internet” wave. The [...]]]></description>
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