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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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.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

But, I knew I’d be opening a second location the following year, so I used this opportunity to build the desk-less front desk! Growth naturally comes with obstacles and opportunities. Yes, without the struggle, I feel there is no opportunity for growth. Guests wish to have an open and intimate experience.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 27, 2020

It’s good to see that the government has been extremely supportive, and that has been shown in the attitudes of lenders. This will create numerous opportunities for investors, and I’m spending most of my time now thinking about what the world will look like after this is over, and what role I would like to play in it.

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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. What better time to connect with other countries? And what better way to do so than by reaching out to EO peers?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

In doing so, members forge a strong bond of support and shared experience. Carolyn Lowe, EO Austin, founder and CEO, ROI Swift A thoughtful personal touch GLC provides opportunities to connect with EO members from all over the world. and more articles from the EO blog.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Support for small businesses matters now more than ever. In 2019, an estimated $19.6 Adding your business listing to this map makes it easier for customers to find and support you, both in-store and online. Use email newsletters as a space to share blog posts that educate readers on specific topics. Create value.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

million, including a seed round announced in 2019. The present and future of food tech investment opportunity. Ai Palette supports 15 languages, which the company claims is the most of any AI-based tool for predicting consumer packaged goods (CPG) trends. It brings Ai Palette’s total raised to $5.5

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The company was honored with Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award , recognizing the Best Places to Work in 2019. What kind of organizational structures or programs do you have in place to support employee satisfaction and culture? appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

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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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Impact Hub

MARCH 13, 2020

How Impact Hub Belgrade supports its members. As a team, we are dedicated to supporting and developing the Serbian innovation ecosystem. December 2019 marked our fifth anniversary, and it made us reflect on the achievements of the past years. 5 years of impact. Our birthday was 3 days of events filled with unique experiences.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

In August 2019, Kimberly Hickok Smith spoke at the MyEO Women of EO Summit in Bogota, Colombia. While sharing her professional journey—from tween entrepreneur to international executive—she also spoke to the audience of men and women about supporting each other and making a difference in the world. . I have it all right?

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The pandemic has made life difficult in innumerable ways, but it has also presented business opportunities to savvy entrepreneurs. Census Bureau reported an 18% increase in applications for employer identification numbers by September compared to the same period in 2019. For example, IBM’s U.S. But if you’re one of the 3.2

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2018

If you’re an EO member seeking acquisitions, mergers, partnerships, exit transactions, financing, investment opportunity or member-to-member deal experiences, MyEO DX is for you. When you’re bootstrapping, you have to cover many bases, but there is an opportunity cost for doing so. I’m already looking forward to the MyEO DX 2019 event!

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Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The eight companies we accepted last Fall just finished the Summer 2019 batch. The companies collectively raised over 7M dollars at Demo Day, and now have the funding and support to build their startup right out of school vs. working desk jobs at big companies. We saw the Early Decision blog post a couple days before the deadline.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Ramp doesn’t require college degrees for all hires, and offers lots of “learning opportunities, autonomy with a high level of ownership, and rapid advancement.” From Ivan Mehta: “ Block , the company behind Square and Cash App, now supports Apple’s Tap to Pay for iPhone feature for merchants. See you next week!

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EntreWorks Consulting

DECEMBER 17, 2019

For background on CRA’s impacts, check out this 2019 Urban Institute report. ). Thus, it’s essential that we find ways to ensure that these dollars are invested in a manner that best supports economic and community development. EntreWorks Blog. What’s Next for the Community Reinvestment Act?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

While services like Pachama privilege lower-cost sequestration solutions like reforestation and forest management, Patch offers an array of potential investment opportunities for offsets. The firm led a $9 million investment into Silo last year and backed KoBold Metals back in 2019.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Black Friday holds additional pressure—and opportunity—this year after the challenges many small businesses have experienced due to the pandemic. Traffic to the top 100 shopping sites increased by 137 percent on 2019 Black Friday and companies will be looking to capitalise on this surge in traffic and convert customers to make a sale.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 26, 2019

If you’re running a business in NZ or Australia – whether you’re just getting started or you’ve got a nationwide presence with a large market share – these digital marketing tips will be essential for everyone to not only capitalise on a golden opportunity in the digital space but also stay relevant. 2) Chatbots.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Over 30,000 companies and 40,000 founders participated in 2019 — our largest cohort ever. We’re looking for a driven and enthusiastic community support manager who can help make Startup School an even better experience as it continues to grow in 2020 and beyond. Write and edit blog posts, essays and guides.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 8, 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 one of the event’s carefully selected speakers, Dr. Neville Sanjana. He is holding a session at EO GLC’s Learning Day on 14 April 2019.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 20, 2021

billion in 297 listings—more than all of last year and nearly seven times the value of issuance in 2019. In our view, SPACs aren’t just an exit vehicle to pay off founders and investors, but rather a source of funding for future business growth and M&A opportunities. In the first quarter of 2021, SPACs raised $92.5

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OurCrowd

JUNE 20, 2021

billion in 297 listings—more than all of last year and nearly seven times the value of issuance in 2019. In our view, SPACs aren’t just an exit vehicle to pay off founders and investors, but rather a source of funding for future business growth and M&A opportunities. In the first quarter of 2021, SPACs raised $92.5

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

And that’s what we had the chance to do in early 2019 when Kate Stern joined Homebrew. Homebrew: Looking back at our “ Welcome Kate ” blog post three years ago, what were you thinking at the time. I was super grateful that our dynamic at Homebrew was so collaborative and supportive, but it doesn’t always look like that.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 21, 2021

There is a clear opportunity to upend the status quo, but its intricacies have made freight one of the toughest sectors in which to build an online marketplace. Fragmented supply and demand is a problem for incumbents, but a great opportunity for a digital marketplace. Convoy’s initial strategy was to support only two large shippers.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 14, 2019

The decline doesn’t seem to be letting up in 2019, with retailers shutting down 23% more stores than they did at the start of last year (2000+ store closings), according to Coresight Research. Casper, an OurCrowd portfolio company and new addition to the class of 2019 $1B “unicorns,” is a prime example of this new generation of “born onlines.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

When I first wrote about Retail Zipline in 2019, the startup was focused on building a communication platform that would help corporate decision-makers in retail communicate with individual stores. As you’d probably guess, the startup saw some changes in 2020. The company has now raised more than $39 million, according to Crunchbase.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 8, 2022

I had the support of other business owners in the community who encouraged me to leave. They are constantly thinking about the next step and the next opportunity. We started using Traction in 2019 and created our company core values, vision statement, mission statement and 10-year target. and more articles from the EO blog. .

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2022

The internal teams needed to understand what was coming, and if the changes were substantial or not, whether that’s marketing, sales, support or any other department that was working with customers. They left Atlassian in 2019 and started LaunchNotes to fulfill that goal. They produced version 1 of the product in May 2020.

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Jon Medved writes: The third Ukrainian Israeli Innovation Summit at the end of October will take place in a new format this year combining online and offline communication due to the international pandemic, and will focus on the challenges and opportunities created by the COVID-19 crisis.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 30, 2019

In August 2019, EO Austin member Dr. Max Kerr was the recipient of the Patsy Woods Martin BIG Giver Award in Austin, Texas. He was nominated for his considerable commitment to giving back to the community through dentistry as well as his generous support for the Capital Area Dental Foundation.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

The first three tools are only relevant if you’re going to generate significant content yourself: Teten.com , my blog and content marketing strategy. I typically publish essays in an established media venue, and then cross-post it on my blog. The mailings are just roundups of recent blog posts, so don’t require extra work.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

From Scott Jeffrey Miller with Todd Davis and Victoria Roos Olsson, Everyone Deserves a Great Manager provides the support and strategies you need to be a better leader. Many individual contributors haven’t received training on how to give feedback in the workplace and have few opportunities to practice. Forgive awkward deliveries.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Global Speakers Academy (GSA)was launched in 2019 with the goal of bringing together members from across the globe and world-class speaker coaches for an intense and immersive 4.5-day Stephanie Camarillo : I wanted to amplify my voice, get world-class training, and get feedback and support from my peers.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JUNE 20, 2020

For example, my EDO had “7 wins” (companies that relocated) in 2018, but only “1 win” in 2019. Does this mean we were less successful in 2019? We rocked it in 2019, but our metrics don’t capture the true nature of our work. Metrics can reflect the strengths and challenges of an ecosystem. Ellen Bateman. Goal 5 in the Field.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 2, 2019

On 25–26 June 2019, EO presented a two-day International Entrepreneurial Summit at the United Nations focused on inspiring, educating and connecting business leaders to promote sustainable business practices. Sustainable Development Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

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