I just read through some of the comments. So much negativity!
Goes to show how all the little negative "suggestions" and "comments" DO NOT matter. If people pay you for your service/product that is all that matters...
On the first month I signed up with WP Engine I had a few of my mission critical WP installs go down for over 6 hours and very spotty performance. I was contemplating on going back to running it on my own VPS again but everything has been smooth ever since. I'm pretty glad I stuck it out since I work by myself it has saved me a lot of time in sys admin work.
I really hope that they add better developer tools. Sometimes I miss the freedom of self hosting.
According to Brunner, WP Engine still had a good amount of its earlier funding in the bank, but decided to go ahead and raise now in order to be able to grow its service quickly.
Are businesses taking on any funding they can now for fear of rough times ahead? It's as if Janet taking over in Feb is making people nervous and times seemingly uncertain.
you get better terms this way and is a way to shut out competitors that are considering entering your space (because they know you can burn money to stop them getting traction)
Http://blog.asmartbear.com/nut-up-or-shut-up.html
Congrats to Jason and the team. Very well deserved success.