TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

Demand surged and its ARR grew by 200% in 2020. Student Information Systems and Learning Management Systems are optimized for traditional K-12 schools and university workflow, but vocational schools are stuck relying on pen and paper or trying to shoe-horn in solutions that aren’t built for them,” Hu wrote in a blog post.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 8, 2020

This is due to two elements: the Bootcamp nature of the program and the large sum of grant money involved; and 2020 marks its 10 anniversary. In 2020 the tour will be repeated, so keep an eye out on further information. There are currently no changes to the CEMEX-TEC Award and it is continuing as planned (at the posting of this blog).

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 1, 2020

My partner Rebecca wrote about our most recent education investment, Sora , on the USV blog today. USV TEAM POSTS: Rebecca Kaden — Oct 1, 2020 Sora Albert Wenger — Sep 24, 2020 Fear is the Mind-Killer Nick Grossman — Sep 23, 2020 No Wasted Footsteps. ” Sora does that. ” Sora does that.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 19, 2020

For a chance at a place on the list, you must first apply—and the application deadline is Friday, 22 May 2020. To qualify for the 2020 Inc. ” So, do you think you have what it takes to earn a place on the 2020 Inc. The post 2020 Inc. The post 2020 Inc. The annual list curated by Inc. 4 Reasons to Apply.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 8, 2021

3,901 on 2020 Inc. 1,124 on 2020 Inc. 4,827 on 2020 Inc. 3,467 on 2020 Inc. 4,761 on the 2020 Inc. 2,036 on the 2020 Inc. 2,463 on the 2020 Inc. 4,906 on the 2020 Inc. 1,610 on 2020 Inc. 622 on the 2020 Inc. A fellow EO member turned me on to a home boxing app called Fight Camp.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Ramon hosted his 2020 holiday party with some of the best industry experts out there. So whether it's podcasts, webcasts, speaking, or blog posts, (and more) they need in order to connect to any part of the market, they are supported. “So Many companies spent a lot of time figuring out where they wanted to be at the end of 2020.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 10, 2020

This is the fourth funding friday blog post in which I’ve suggested good causes to contribute to during this pandemic. That way they will be able to track the supporters who came via this blog post. March 20th – restaurant workers. March 27th – health care protective gear. April 3rd – feeding people in need.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 13, 2020

As Sandy Kemper, founder and CEO of our portfolio company C2FO puts it in this blog post : The greatest financial relief we can give small and mid-sized businesses in this economic crisis is faster payment of their outstanding invoices — liquidity. It makes a lot of sense.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

“While we certainly can’t draw causal lines directly to our efforts, I love that our awareness campaigns that started when Mark and I first shared our story on our 1-year transplant anniversary in 2020 and accelerated when we formed the Living Liver Foundation in 2022, coincide with the increase.” and more articles from the EO blog.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 15, 2020

But it is possible that there is and I missed that in my blog yesterday. USV TEAM POSTS: Albert Wenger — Oct 10, 2020 Innovation Upends Extrapolation: Urbanization. We continue to see, and fund, great woman founders so I am hoping that there is not some fundamental change to the market that is hurting women founders.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 24, 2020

In early April 2020, larger financial institutions including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Citigroup, vowed to hold off on making layoffs. In April 2020, Alex Yastrebenetsky and fellow leaders at his organization, InfoTrust , decided to launch a No Layoff Pledge which will last through 1 July 2020.

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 12, 2020

13, 2020) appeared first on OurCrowd Blog. Sabah Al-Binali, CEO, Universal Strategy, Abu Dhabi – Faris Mesmar, Managing Partner, Hatch & Boost – Motaz Abu-Hijleh, CEO, World of Farming – Ralph Debbas, CEO, W Motors – Mohamad Kaswani, CEO, Urban – Jon Medved, CEO, OurCrowd.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The post [Brodmann17 in Analytics Insight] THE 100 MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES OF 2020 appeared first on OurCrowd Blog. Read more here.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 8, 2021

The chaos of 2020 will definitely be remembered in the tech industry as the year of acceleration, and possibly none felt the impact more than the telemedicine sector. The post [DreaMed in Geek Time] Israeli remote medical solutions stepped up to the challenge that was 2020 appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 28, 2020

I just posted about USV’s investment in Justworks on the USV blog. I have known Isaac Oates for over a decade and he’s a terrific entrepreneur and has built a great company which offers a fantastic HR solution to small and mid sized companies.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 26, 2020

In January 2020, when the COVID-19 crisis hit China, I was busy planning a two-week spring vacation to Europe with my 14-year-old daughter. Cruise lines were having issues, and it seemed unlikely that the summer 2020 Alaska cruise season—for which we were about to start production production—would happen at all. Living the Learning.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 21, 2020

I woke up to this tweet this morning: @fredwilson someone has hijacked your cap table link in this post – it now goes out to some random company rather than your template [link] — John Henderson (@johnhenderson) April 21, 2020. USV TEAM POSTS: Albert Wenger — Apr 18, 2020 A Plan for Rapidly Ramping COVID19 Testing.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 23, 2020

We made an investment in Headgum recently and blogged about it on the USV blog this morning. USV TEAM POSTS: Hanel Baveja — Jul 23, 2020 Headgum Albert Wenger — Jul 21, 2020 Help Stop Fascism.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 1, 2020

He took notes throughout the entire two week experience and is sharing them on his blog, called Only Once. You can subscribe to his blog and get the posts via email. USV TEAM POSTS: Albert Wenger — Mar 29, 2020 Privacy, Power and the Commons Nick Grossman — Mar 24, 2020 Post-COVID: Which Behaviors Will Stick?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Zippia’s 2020 Job Seeker Report reveals that the youngest generation of workers—people under 25—have distinct needs and desires when it comes to the workplace. For more details on this up and coming generation of employees—plus the survey methodology—go to Zippia’s 2020 Generation Z Job Seeker Report. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Widespread layoffs during the pandemic contributed to an initial rise in female entrepreneurship in 2020, along with the need for flexibility. and more articles from the EO blog. The post 5 EO Australia Women Share How To Make Entrepreneurship More Inclusive first appeared on The EO Blog.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 18, 2020

The post [Ripple in WFMZ] Ripple Foods© Accelerated Growth in 2020 Spearheaded by New Executive Leaders appeared first on OurCrowd Blog. Read more here.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The video does a great job of showcasing what Westbeth is and so I am embedding it here on the blog. USV TEAM POSTS: Albert Wenger — Oct 10, 2020 Innovation Upends Extrapolation: Urbanization. That project was funded and is over now. If you are reading this in email you can go here and watch the video.

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Deskmag

JANUARY 30, 2020

São Paulo, Bali, Seattle, Erfurt, Basel, London or Vienna. those were the locations where the next large coworking gatherings would have taken place before the Corona virus changed almost everything. This article is contiously updated including postponed conferences, starting with the next event.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 7, 2021

We were in a growth year in 2020, with the most trips we had ever sold, excited about the new travelers we would meet. But in early March 2020, they were not yet common. On March 18, 2020 we launched our first virtual, interactive cooking class with my friend, Alain, who lives in Pistoia, Italy. Our revenue stopped.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 18, 2020

As is our tradition, they have each written a “hello world” blog post on usv.com introducing themselves. Innovation FTW Bethany Crystal — Mar 12, 2020 Keep Calm and Stay Human. We onboarded our new analyst team over the last few weeks at USV. They are: David.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 13, 2020

(Nasdaq: DRIO), a pioneer in the global digital therapeutics market, today announced that an emerging science industry poster has been accepted for presentation at the virtual Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (ADCES) 2020 Annual Conference, Read more here.

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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. There are many more out there but you get the idea. Stack has a new leader and his name is Prashanth Chandrasekar.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Devin Salinas joined the Entrepreneurs’ Organization in early 2020. and more articles from the EO blog. . The post Financial planning during a pandemic appeared first on THE BLOG. What is your advice during this time of uncertainty? . Seek professional advice.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 22, 2021

In March 2020 when the pandemic hit and the US shut down, the events industry was completely disrupted. I am very proud to say that, since March 2020, we have produced over 130 virtual events. The post My Pandemic Pivot: From 0 to 130 appeared first on THE BLOG. The entire industry ground to a halt. Going from 0 to 130.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 14, 2022

Well buried deep in a 66 page blog post on the Flow blockchain by Packy McCormick lies the answer. In a section called Kitty Down , Packy describes the challenges that the Dapper Labs team went through between late 2017, when CryptoKitties launched, and the summer of 2020, when Top Shot launched.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

On 15 March 2020, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa–like many other world leaders–declared a national State of Disaster. That was my 2020: I wrote, I designed and I delivered. and more articles from the EO blog. . Contributed by Rich Mulholland, an EO member in Cape Town and founder of Missing Link.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 13, 2020

I used this title for possibly the most regrettable blog post I have written on AVC back in 2011. My friend Alex’s post on the topic this weekend has made me revisit my thoughts on the subject of marketing. Alex starts off his post with this assertion: 2019 was the year when VCs and startup founders soured on paid acquisition.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 20, 2020

I wrote a blog post on March 12th called Open For Business and thought I would return to the topic. David Kelnar sent me a blog post he wrote addressing some of these trends this morning and I saw this chart in it. USV TEAM POSTS: Albert Wenger — Apr 18, 2020 A Plan for Rapidly Ramping COVID19 Testing.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 4, 2020

We have spent much of the last week at USV talking about that and we talked about it publicly on our blog and Twitter yesterday. USV TEAM POSTS: Union Square Ventures — Jun 3, 2020 An Appraisal Nick Grossman — Jun 3, 2020 Listening Albert Wenger — Jun 2, 2020 American Carnage.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A total of 233 EO-member companies were named to the 2020 Inc. 4,694 on 2020 Inc. 3,091 on 2020 Inc. 3,467 on 2020 Inc. 3,901 on 2020 Inc. 2,463 on 2020 Inc. 4,827 on 2020 Inc. 5000 company founders share how being a member of EO has fueled their success appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 28, 2021

During an online business workshop in December 2020, the presenter asked me whether our venture was a hobby or a business. In 2020, I took a bold step that I had been considering for years. Making the mindset shift appeared first on THE BLOG. With a business, the owner is all-in and committed to making it a success.

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