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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Claire Cain Miller / The Bulletin
September 22, 2008
From the day he founded Etsy in 2005, Rob Kalin refused to raise money from venture capital firms to expand his company, which hoped to bring the sale of handmade crafts from small local fairs to the international marketplace of the Web.
He met with several top firms, but they all wanted a 20....
