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Domestika raises $110M on a $1.3B valuation to expand its learning community for creative types

TechCrunch

In one of the latest developments, Domestika — a popular site that creates and sells online video tutorials and courses covering a range of visual arts and related skills, building a larger community around that content where members can also interact and learn from each other — has raised $110 million in funding on a $1.3

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Fireside Project manifests a $200K fund to improve access to careers in psychedelic health

TechCrunch

Given the legal status of these substances, people are hesitant to call 911 if they are experiencing a crisis, many don’t have access to peer groups that can offer support and there’s not a lot of other support available either. But psychedelics became a bigger part of my life around 2010.

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Hambleton Lord and Christopher Mirabile Are Changing the Face of Angel Investing

Angel Capital Association

With their shared dedication to professionalize angel investing, commitment to educate the angel community and decades long friendship, it is easy to understand why Hambleton Lord and Christopher Mirabile have been so successful at changing the face of angel investing.

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After bootstrapping since 2002, Articulate raises $1.5B on $3.75B valuation

TechCrunch

But Articulate , a SaaS training and development platform, is not your typical company and today it announced a whopping $1.5 CEO Adam Schwartz founded the company with his life savings in 2002 and hasn’t taken a dime of outside investment since. He says that the company started back in 2002 as a plug-in for PowerPoint.

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Saving Lives, One School at a Time

Entrepreneurs' Organization

My first visit to Bangladesh was in 2002, and I had no illusions about this country. For example, Bangladesh is one of the few developing countries that is on target for achieving most of the Millennium Development Goals. I was very impressed, and we decided to support the foundation.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

The Past (1985-2002). But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. rose to prominence by offering a free, ad-supported alternative to all of the crap your mom got on AOL for a fee. AOL was closed, the Internet was open.