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Bringing startup expertise to the boardroom

NZ Entrepreneur

The company is growing rapidly and has attracted $5 million in seed funding to accelerate international market expansion. King has a Bachelor of Science degree and a Masters in Audiology and founded her own audiology business in 2004.

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Congrats to Backupify! A Great Exit Story for the First Company I Ever Backed

This is going to be BIG.

I started reading a great blog called Business Pundit in 2004. Datto is an R&D company at heart, and the plan is to double the size of the Backupify engineering team, and accelerate our vision of supporting all your cloud apps. It was written by a guy about my age down in Louisville, Kentucky. None of that will happen here.

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Virtual social network IMVU raises $35M from China’s NetEase and others

TechCrunch

IMVU has raised more than $77 million from five rounds since it was co-founded by “The Lean Startup” author Eric Ries back in 2004. Menlo Park-based Structural Capital among other institutions that also joined in the strategic round totaling $35 million. The company declined to disclose its post-money valuation.

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Want to double your rate of return? Seek counsel from experienced executives

TechCrunch

What can early-stage founders do to accelerate outcomes? exchange or an exit via M&A from 2004-2019. But could a variable like relevant leadership experience actually accelerate the time to exit? Does it really take an average of seven to eight years for a successful startup to exit?

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Why venture capitalists are investing in international startups

David Teten VC

According to the NVCA 2017 Yearbook , in 2004, 77% of global VC fundraising went to US VCs, and 85% of global VC dollars went to US startups. As a result, the Canadian government created the Canadian Technology Accelerator Initiative. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook. Two of our companies have African-American CEOs; two have Latino CEOs. (I

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Green Energy Makes Business Sense

OurCrowd

Musk, whose 2004 bet on electric cars looked risky at the time and now seems prophetic. The new US administration’s $2 trillion infrastructure package is likely to accelerate the trend with potential tax breaks and subsidies encouraging the adoption of renewable technologies. New energy is good business. Just ask Elon.

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Grantee Perception Report: What We Heard and How We Plan to do Better

Surdna Foundation

This is our fourth such survey since 2004. In the coming years, our board and staff will examine our policies, practices, and accountability mechanisms and adjust them to further dismantle racism and accelerate equity. Embarking on a learning journey to become an antiracist organization. Multi-year general support is invaluable.

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