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Silicon Valley’s Start-Up Machine

Photo illustration by Bobby Doherty | Source: NY Times

Emma Clark

06 May 2013

"Last year at Brown University, Walker Williams and Evan Stites-Clayton created Teespring, a crowdfunding Web site that sold custom-made apparel — 'Kickstarter for T-shirts.'... When the investors called with their offer of $100,000, Williams and Stites-Clayton also moved to Mountain View."

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