TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

Ajay has been an instrumental investor since joining Bain Capital Ventures in 2003. Long-time, early-stage investor Ajay Agarwal is hosting a roundtable to discuss lessons learned with other Early Stage attendees. If you haven’t already, book your pass soon as we’re quickly approaching capacity.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

As TechCrunch’s Amanda Silberling wrote on Friday about the company : Holmes founded Theranos in 2003 after dropping out of Stanford. I would argue what she did helped undermine the entire venture compact, and that’s why she’s going to jail.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Taylor spent four years at Google starting in March 2003 before undertaking an entrepreneurial journey, founding early social network FriendFeed in 2007, right after leaving Google. “I’ll be setting out with Bret on this next adventure in March, and will have more to share once we get started.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Cradle, established in 2003, holds a rich legacy of supporting more than 1,000 Malaysian tech firms, making contributions amounting to over 3.4 Simultaneously, Bursa Malaysia will leverage the data shared by Cradle to work collaboratively on programs designed to streamline and improve funding access for budding entrepreneurs.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 19, 2022

Just as important, though, Amazon managed their finances well. Net Income, $m. Cash & ST Equivalents, $m. Before the dotcom crash, Amazon grew at 68% and lost -$1.4b in net income.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Army from 1999 to 2003. I’ve been involved in workforce and economic development in Wyoming for the last 10 years, from helping disabled veterans find good jobs to helping small business owners around the state start or grow their enterprise. A bit of my background: I am born and raised in Wyoming and served as a paratrooper in the U.S.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 18, 2023

Founded by Ashok Babu Kunjukannan, Harishankkar Subramanyam, and Maharajan Veerabahu in 2003, e-con Systems partners with key sensor makers like Sony, Onsemi and Omnivision, and lens makers like Commonlands and Corning, and ISP partners like NVIDIA and Socionext. For more information on e-con Systems, please visit their website at www.e-consystems.com.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2023

LMS365: Tracking and reporting Image Credits : LMS365 The story so far LMS365’s history can be traced back to 2003, when dentist Bjarne Mortensen founded a company called Elearningforce that was focused squarely on on-premise deployments of Microsoft Sharepoint.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 2, 2014

I tried to write a book for college kids in 2002-2003, couldn''t get it published, so I started blogging in February of 2004. I started a business newspaper in 1998 in college covering the stock market and the economy. I got my first job in venture--at GM--in February 2001.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 22, 2023

When reviewing the ET30 framework that includes sub-categories and tags, by tags, 33% of ET30 2023 companies are generative AI-native (the companies’ origins are rooted in generative AI technology) and an additional 13% of ET30 2003 companies are generative AI-launch (companies having recently launched generative AI features or products).

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

in 2003, Sebastian Thrun had just won the DARPA Grand Challenge, right? ” Like, autonomous vehicle is a solved problem back in 2003. And one of the best examples of this is autonomous vehicles or robotaxis. So, when I joined Stanford to do my Ph.D. So, he had driven a van autonomously across the desert and won this.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 29, 2019

As the founder of Poe Group Advisors , a company that has been facilitating the sale and transfer of accounting firms since 2003, Brannon is no stranger to connecting people and growing an organization. “I really wanted to connect with other local business people, so I decided to contact EO about getting a chapter launched here.”.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

David Vincenzetti, who launched Hacking Team in 2003, was arrested when police showed up to his apartment after his cousin called the police, local media reported, because […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 17, 2021

After assisting in founding four angel groups - the Frontier Angel Fund (2006), Vegas Valley Angels (2003), Tech Coast Angels (San Diego - 2000), and Aztec Venture Network (1999) – it was clear to Bill that angels needed comprehensive education, no matter where they were in their investing journey.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2022

By 2003, that was gone and the company quickly introduced fees accross its markets. Below are a couple examples how companies did all they could to stay afloat, and eventually, thrive: In 2001, MercadoLibre employed a freemium strategy to gain market share in the highly competitive Latin American online auction market.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

In 2003, FreshBooks’ co-founder Mike McDerment was running a small design agency. After relaunching its accounting platform, FreshBooks has raised another $43 million. As in the case of many startups, FreshBooks was started to solve a pain point for one of its founders.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Of course, why that happens is down to a complex set of reasons, but Ocelot’s bet is that one of the biggest is money. So, better facilities to communicate options to those first-generation students could help close that gap.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

The first company to go public was Callidus in October, 2003, though it wasn’t the most successful exit. The EV/revenue multiple of IGV — a measurement that shows how much every $1 of revenue translated into valuation — dropped by 57%. The IPO market stayed shut for about 15 months. In June 2004, eight months later, Salesforce went public.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 15, 2017

In 2003, Moisés started a food voucher business, Vale Panama. Moisés would go on to work for the Panamanian government as a maritime adviser and as a corporate lawyer at the Interoceanic Region Authority of Panama. He later worked at a local bank, where he became the general manager.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

I’ve seen friends (and family members) lose much of their savings that way over the years because “Black Swans” happen and in 1987, 2001, 2003 & 2008 (just to name a few from my memory) huge market gyrations caused much financial distress to people seeking short-term gains.

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OurCrowd

APRIL 12, 2021

Established in 2003, the Globee Awards are the world’s premier business awards, and the Security awards are an international competition judged by analysts and industry peers. Read more here. .

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 21, 2019

Founded in 2003 and acquired by current management in 2011, THG Energy developed and markets the Energy Intelligence Suite platform that collects electricity, gas, water and waste data for more than 50,000 commercial accounts in all 50 states, providing best practice benchmarking and analytics. About THG Energy Solutions, LLC.

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

That’s why I created a career development model for developers and engineers when I was an Intel Fellow at Intel between 2003 and 2013. This framework has since been put into practice at the three subsequent companies I worked at — Google, VMWare, and, now, Juniper Networks — through training sessions and HR processes.

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Hunter Walk

JANUARY 27, 2023

Google was about 1,000 people when I started in 2003, which means last week’s layoffs were more than an order of magnitude larger than the entire company I’d originally joined. Originally Published June, 2013 [and lightly edited/updated] hunter@google.com: From 2003–2013, it was a pretty powerful email address for me.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

While the Netherlands was first to legalize medical cannabis in Europe in 2003, the legalization wave really didn’t happen until much later, when Italy legalized, followed by Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom and many more.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Berkeley in 2003 through the Interdisciplinary Studies Field program, Andrew writes and consults for numerous clients in the field of product design, software, and professional services. Andrew Armstrong is a freelance writer, technology enthusiast, and digital strategies consultant based in the San Francisco Bay Area. A graduate of U.C.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Shelley joined the EO Brisbane chapter in 2003. Read as she recounts five tips for failing forward that detail course-correcting strategies for maximizing each of our 30,000 days of life on Earth, accepting failures and moving forward to discover the next exciting chapter life has in store.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

She served as the first woman president of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, (2003/2004), one of the largest Rotary Club in the world. McGee Award and was the 2003 Journal Record Woman of the Year. Salyer was inducted into the Oklahoma Woman’s Hall of Fame in 2017. She has been recognized by Downtown Oklahoma City with the Dean A.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

While building a company here between 1994 and 2003, I saw the Texas ecosystem firsthand and was excited about what it offered,” Smith told TechCrunch. “It The firm has eight investors, including general partner Charlie Plauche, partner Eric Engineer and principal Aaron Perman.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

I co-founded Waterlution in 2003 and continue to touch in with young water innovators through that network. Q: We talk a lot about taking action today for a better tomorrow. How do you do that personally? And what really inspires you in our network? A: I have a passion for water and social innovation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2020

Beth Chernick was EO New York’s chapter manager from 2003 to 2020. My EO journey started in March 2003 when I was hired by then chapter president, Damon Gersh, and his board. It includes the hundreds of staff and chapter administrators who help the organization run. She shares her EO journey here. .

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

I rode it to work and back for about ten years, from roughly 2003 to 2013. I used to ride a Vespa around NYC. I stopped riding it when Bloomberg’s Traffic Enforcement people starting towing it when it was parked between cars on the street (something I had been doing since I started riding it).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

He suggested an idea that comes from the NFL called “ The Rooney Rule ” enacted in 2003 in an effort to end the era of all-white football coaches in a league with > 75% African American players.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

They started their first joint venture, Blue Moon Pizza, in 2003. With an understanding of both the service and cuisine side of the industry, the couple has since parlayed their strengths into several successful businesses. In Their Industry.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

She was the first of many strong and independent women in our family — my great-grandmother, grandmother, and ultimately my mother — who had and continue to have such an impact on me.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 31, 2016

I started volunteering at the Downtown Boathouse in 2003 and helped form the Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse in 2010. The reason why people were checking on me is because I've been paddling on NYC's local waters for about 13 years, and encouraging others to do so by helping to run free kayaking programs.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 2, 2012

It was June of 2003. I sat in a little ink shop on Rivington Street called Porcupine Tattoo. Emma was tracing the design I had given her--some wrap around barbed wire--onto my arm with a pen. She had flower sleeves of spectacular color. Seven Nation Army was playing. I never really thought much of tattoos.

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