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Bezos' Shareholder Letter in 2000

Tomasz Tunguz

Two years later, the company would re-accelerate growth from 13% to 26%, and again to 34%, while driving to profitability and increasing their cash position from $540m to $738m. Cash & ST Equivalents, $m. Before the dotcom crash, Amazon grew at 68% and lost -$1.4b in net income.

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e-con Systems Secures $13M Funding for Global Expansion Led by GR2022 Holdings

American Entrepreneurship

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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LMS365, a learning management system built into Microsoft 365 and Teams, raises $20M

TechCrunch

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. Germany, and Australia. “We

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8 cannabis investors share their outlook on the European market in H1 2022

TechCrunch

However, things are moving on the legal side of the market — it appears medical cannabis still carries most of the momentum, and it is only accelerating. According to Europol , illicit spending on cannabis in the EU amounts to €9 billion each year. billion by 2026.

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FreshBooks reaches $1B+ valuation with $130.75M for its SMB-focused accounting platform

TechCrunch

In 2003, FreshBooks’ co-founder Mike McDerment was running a small design agency. “The need for owners to manage their business digitally has accelerated, and this has changed how small business owners work with bookkeepers and accountants,” Epperson told TechCrunch. ” Image Credits: FreshBooks.

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i2E Inc. and the George Kaiser Family Foundation co-lead a $4 million investment in Tulsa-based THG Energy Solutions

Innovation 2 Enterprise

The investment round included $1 million from the i2E-managed Oklahoma Seed Capital Fund, along with $500,000 each from the Oklahoma Angel Fund and the Accelerate Oklahoma investment fund, both of which are managed by i2E. The investment will fund acceleration of commercial growth as we scale up efforts with industry partners. “The

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Meet Tatiana Glad, our New Global Executive Director

Impact Hub

I co-founded Waterlution in 2003 and continue to touch in with young water innovators through that network. I bring into this new role the incredible experience I’ve had with my team and our partners at Impact Hub Amsterdam over the last years. Q: We talk a lot about taking action today for a better tomorrow. How do you do that personally?