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The Twenty Year Itch: My Last VC Investment Out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

To put that timeframe in perspective, here’s a picture of analyst me taken at USV’s first office in 2005, dressed in khakis and a button-down shirt versus a picture of me, a GP at my own firm, over 100 deals later, now on my latest Zoom board call from my couch at home with my junior analyst of about a year and a half.

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The Importance of Local Media to Boost Startups in Rising Cities

Revolution

As reported by Slate from a study from researchers at the University of North Carolina, “We have lost about 20 percent of local newspapers in the United States since 2004, and at least 900 communities now are without any local news source in that same time frame.” Lastly, all politics is local.

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Mali Rising Foundation Works to Empower Youth Through Education

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The Mali Rising Foundation was formed in 2004 to provide accessible, quality education for children, focusing on middle school education. The work Mali Rising accomplishes is EO Global Board member Fred Johnson’s passion. What impact is Mali Rising making on students, families and communities? Put some good in the world.

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Entrepreneurial Spirit Drives a Mission to Connect People With Popongo

StartupNation

I later moved to Denver, Colorado, and have worked in the world of banking and real estate as a partner and co-CEO of a company called Legacy Management Group since 2004. In this role, I spearhead a program that helps veterans and community heroes like teachers, police, firefighters, medical professionals and social workers acquire housing.

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Feature Friday: Megan Burton, EO Atlanta

Entrepreneurs' Organization

When she joined in 2012, her company, CoinX, was in high growth mode, which made support from her EO community an invaluable asset. Megan is a pioneer in the IT security industry and founded CoinX, a fintech company that specializes in domestic and international payment processing and transfer services (money transmission), in 2004.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. It feels a lot like NYC as a whole did back in 2005--a handful of relatively disconnected folks, a few marquee companies and a whole lot of pent up interest in doing something impactful in the local community.

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Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Salyer made the decision to take her community service commitment to a new level in November 2008 when she successfully ran for the Ward 6 City Council seat. 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. How can a decade have flown by!