A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 23, 2020

The live reads ad market for podcasts was in excess of $700mm in 2019 and seems headed to a multi billion dollar ad market in the coming years. Gumball is a subsidiary of the Headgum podcast network. We made an investment in Headgum recently and blogged about it on the USV blog this morning. Or so it seems.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Resources Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse “‘It’s a canon event’ TikTok trend, explained” Chris Dixon’s blog at cdixon.org “ Come for the tool, stay for the network “ “ The next big thing starts out looking like a toy (..)

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 31, 2020

At the age of 21, with a nudge from my mentor, I started teaching myself how to invest in the local stock market and, as I was learning, shared my knowledge with others through a blog. Additionally, I was awarded a travel grant in 2019 to attend a major financial conference in the United States. Create community.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2023

Today, Microsoft confirmed the acquisition but not the purchase price, saying that it plans to use Fungible’s tech and team to deliver “multiple DPU solutions, network innovation and hardware systems advancements.” Nvidia acquired DPU maker BlueField in 2019, while AMD snatched up Pensando late last year.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 13, 2020

Taking a chance on an agricultural area with few visitors, Saito planned to attract foreign tourists (and their funds), creating tours, collaborating with agricultural partners and eventually joining EO North Japan to expand his skills and network. However, disaster struck again in 2019. . Anticipate the next crisis.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 22, 2020

Prashanth wrote a “State of the Company” post yesterday on the Stack blog and I would like to highlight a few sections from it. In 2019, Stack Overflow added over 2.8 Over 40,000 jobs were posted on Stack Overflow Jobs in 2019. million answers and 2.6 million new questions, with over 1.7

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UBI Global

MAY 20, 2019

Activate Your Innovation with the World Incubation Summit 2019 (WIS19) Attending a conference, symposium, or industry event is exciting on a personal and professional level.

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UBI Global

JULY 1, 2019

The World Incubation Summit 2019 is taking place in Doha, Qatar this November 4 through 7, and here are the reasons we found most compelling when choosing the location for this year’s summit. The post Why We Are Going To Doha for the World Incubation Summit 2019 appeared first on UBI Global.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

I learned the phrase “celebrate all mistakes” in 2019, and I have made that my motto! You joined the Austin chapter of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) in January 2019. My motivation when joining EO was to gain more of a support network of business owners around me. Can you share any specifics?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 16, 2019

In a July 2019 episode of the Food Network’s show “ Chopped ,” EO Fort Worth member Juan Rodriguez competed against other chefs in hopes of landing the top stop. I was a sous chef on the show “Iron Chef America” in 2006, so I had a taste of what it’s like to compete on the Food Network. Spoiler alert.).

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Discord’s doubling in corporate value comes as the persistent, inept, American response to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to accelerate the adoption and growth of businesses creating virtual social networking opportunities. Those opportunities are apparent in Discord’s explosive growth.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

At the 2019 GLC in Macau, China, my wife and I had the pleasure of meeting Saurabh Kakkar, former president of EO Jaipur, who truly embodies the spirit of EO and the meaning of connection. An international member worked her network to find a charter plane. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 12, 2019

In fact, the work he does outside of his original business helped him earn the 2019 EO Global Citizen of the Year. EO CARES is designed to address learning, networking, growth and scalability for startups. Ravi Machani , an EO member in Bangalore, India, is one entrepreneur who has done so admirably.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2020

Written by Ruchir Punjabi , the co-founder and chief digital officer of Distributed Energy , a company that matches investors with renewable energy projects across Africa, Middle East and India, and the founder of Langoor, which was sold to Havas Group in 2019. He is also a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) UAE chapter.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

With the world’s attention turning to Japan for the Rugby World Cup 2019 and for the 2020 Olympics, members of EO Japan realized an opportunity to cultivate an international mindset in their families. ” With the global sporting events on the horizon, EO members will certainly be making the most of their global network of peers.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 1, 2019

Anthony recently shared his top tips for employee retention and growth in an EO Melbourne blog post , which has been adapted for this article. . They can often find talent outside your typical network. Anthony has been a member of EO Melbourne since early 2019. Focus on relationships.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2023

Patzer answered that question in 2019, upon the co-founding of Vital with Dr. Justin Schrager, an Emergency Medicine Physician. This keeps patients in-network which bolsters the revenues of hospitals and health systems. Would he remain on the sidelines or again re-enter the challenging entrepreneurial arena?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 24, 2019

As an entrepreneur and angel investor, I’ve built a network that spans dozens of countries. While there’s plenty of positive momentum in Canada’s accelerator ecosystem, the reality is that programs with truly global reach—equipped with battle-tested mentors and a robust partner network—remain few and far between.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 29, 2019

The combination of networking and educational opportunities that a peer group provides ensures members have access to top-level development. With a peer group—even one with a global presence like EO, “The network effect is huge. One such event will be taking place in Charleston: EO Nerve 2019.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 8, 2018

Step Up in Our Community —We can do this first in our EO community by supporting our peer-to-peer network of learning and, second, by sharing stories of all the amazing things our members are doing to support charities in our communities. Rex Hale, EO Utah, Finance Chair FY2018/2019: Perspective.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

No blog post about how Tiger is crushing everybody because it’s deploying all its capital in 1-year while “suckers” are investing over 3-years can change this reality. We’ll just wait until companies that last raised in 2019 or 2020 come to market.” It’s just math. We do deals in NYC, Paris, Seattle, Austin, San Francisco, London?—?but

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 21, 2020

5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the US, most recently as #2,118 on the 2019 list. Learn why industry leaders like Tim choose EO for their entrepreneurship network. . In part 1 of this article, Tim discussed the false assumptions driving B2B innovations that fail. Tim has been an EO member since 2011.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 3, 2024

As the experience of one leading angel group powerfully illustrates , the difference in returns for portfolio companies having a Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) member on the Board was 7x higher than lacking a CTAN Board member. In 2022, 20% of deals had a Board Director from the reporting angel group.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 9, 2019

We’re bringing EO members and non-members behind the scenes of 2019 EO Global Leadership Conference Macau (GLC) as we profile the event’s emcee, Pascal Finette. GLC is EO’s flagship leadership event, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities. Pascal was a tech entrepreneur before there was even a web browser.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

TechCrunch held events in China as recently as 2019 , following several years of hosting conferences in the country’s hardware capital, Shenzhen. In the wake of today’s news, TechCrunch.com is no longer available for regular access in China. How quickly things change.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

CEO Kamal Shah, writing in a company blog post announcing the acquisition, explained that the company made a bet a couple of years ago on Kubernetes and it has paid off. That includes Palo Alto Networks acquiring competitor TwistLock for $410 million in 2019.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The 2019 Deloitte Global Millennial Survey states that “Millennials’ opinions about business continues to diminish, in part due to views that businesses focus solely on their own agendas rather than considering the consequences for society.”. Annie shares her experiences and knowledge through blog posts in a variety of publications. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 12, 2019

In today’s Octane blog, we bring EO members and non-members alike behind the scenes of 2019 EO Global Leadership Conference Macau (GLC), profiling Leonard Brody, one of the event’s carefully selected speakers who is known as “a leader of the new world order.” The post Leonard Brody: The Great Rewrite appeared first on THE BLOG.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

While there are hundreds of marketing channels, they each fall into seven broad categories: Your website and blog : Make the most of your website and blog by sharing educational, helpful, and/or entertaining content with your audience. This may take the form of traditional PR, guest blog posting or podcast appearances, to name a few.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

Christina is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Development Strategies at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at the University of Indiana and Business Development Manager at the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Research Network (EERN). My needs-to-be-updated blog is at www.bit.ly/NKblog2a ESHIPprojects. (2)

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

On Deck, not to be confused with small business lender OnDeck, is a company that provides capital and network support for emerging fund managers and founders. Launched in June 2019, the company first announced a Founders Fellowship and has recently grown to offer more niche programs on specific verticals.

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Continuations

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Here we are again in 2019 debating speech online and specifically the case of Facebook. This made sense in the age of the printed newspaper and the telephone network of yesteryear. The second trap is misunderstanding network effects. Network effects are endemic to the digital realm. Warren quickly fires back on Twitter.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

Photo: Global Climate Strike 2019, Lausanne. Another is Kina Mama , a catering company that delivers food to isolated new mothers in West London (you can find more information on participants in the program’s 2019 Impact Report ). Networks for change. ” The hidden costs of our diets. Photo: Kina Mama. Photo: SuperCoop.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 13, 2020

We support change-makers who come from different backgrounds and are carrying-out various missions all while hosting a diverse network of experts who take on the role of mentors, educators, and investors. December 2019 marked our fifth anniversary, and it made us reflect on the achievements of the past years. 5 years of impact.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 19, 2020

The 2019 Inc. Countless partnership and networking opportunities. 5000: Application Deadline Is Here appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. Each year, Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) celebrates hundreds of its members whose businesses earn a spot on the Inc.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In 2019, the value of arts and cultural production in the U.S. If you choose the alternative route of sponsorship instead of directly employing an artist to create work for your business, your startup can benefit from what’s known as art networking. Shutterstock. In the UK, arts and culture contributed £10.47 billion to the economy.

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Forward Cities

JULY 25, 2019

In my last blog, I talked about the definition and evaluation of two key elements of an entrepreneurial ecosystem – entrepreneurs and entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs). Collaboration between organizations providing various services creates a cohesive network of resources better suited to support innovation. 2019) [link].

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