AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 30, 2023

I initially worked as an analyst at a stock-broking firm until 2004 before embarking on my venture capital and private equity journey, where I made my first investments in Greater China before exiting via the London Stock Exchange later between 2005 and 2006. Other than that, we place significant weight on the founder’s attitude.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

For more page-turning corporate drama, including the feud between Intermix co-founders and UCLA college buddies Brett Brewer and Brad Greenspan, Nasdaq delisting, proxy contest and lawsuits by Greenspan after he was fired as CEO, see Stealing MySpace by WSJ reporter Julia Angwin. Part of the deal was bringing in a new CEO, Richard Rosenblatt.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

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.” It’s the Gannett cuts that worry me the most. Lastly, all politics is local.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

If a company has reached a level of success, has been around for a few years and you believe the company has potential to break out into a much bigger company then you should let the founders take money off of the table. Founders however are asked to take low salaries and never really get back the time they worked for free.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 12, 2017

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. Fred Johnson is an EO Global Board member, founder of Eagle Environmental, Inc. ,

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2023

Serial entrepreneur and seasoned investor Vinod Khosla has some strong, contrarian advice for the venture capital industry: don’t sit on your founders’ boards. Other VCs accuse us of being very active and very engaged — but the flip side of it is they vote on boards. We don’t — no matter how important an issue.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

James Kilkelly is founder and CEO of Tellerex , a company that enables its customers in the banking and banking technology industry to manage their ATM assets in a secure, compliant and environmentally responsible manner. Their metals, plastics and circuit boards can be separated and reused for other products. He joined EO in 2004.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 16, 2017

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. As the CEO and founder, Megan is known for her ability to push the envelope in security and risk management technology.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

And while the company itself is only a couple of years old now, Directus CEO and cofounder Ben Haynes actually started toying with the ideas that led to launching Directus as early as 2004 after leaving the Air Force and starting a web consultancy business. Directus co-founders Ben Haynes (l.) Image Credits: Directus.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

It’s almost been neglected,” CEO and co-founder Udayan Umapathi told TechCrunch. In 2013, Illumina acquired Advanced Liquid Logic, a company founded in 2004 that had already been working on applying digital microfluidics to prep work for Next Generation DNA sequencing. He expects to have a commercial product ready in 2023.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Founded in 2004, London-based HICX serves a SaaS-based low-code platform that gives companies a single channel for onboarding new suppliers, replete with tools for capturing all the information that the various departments and systems within a company need. private equity firm Wavecrest Growth Partners and Canada’s Espresso Capital.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 14, 2023

We were founded in 2004 by David Rose, Founder & Executive Chairman, Gust. It also provides us a “big board” capability where we can get an overview of a meeting. Below is a screenshot of an AngelSurvey big board from one of our recent meetings. Q: Can you please share your major tech needs (e.g.,

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 8, 2019

Coaching can come in many forms, such as your board (and hopefully, chairperson), a mentor that has done what you want to do, or a structured, paid coaching relationship – I have utilised all three. A simple metric – when I registered my first company in 2004, the naming space was wide open. Valuations.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

The firm, which, according to Ayeni, spun out from a conversation between himself and Helios Investment Partners’ founders, has backed one startup already: Egyptian payments company Paymob. Helios Investment Partners has experienced great success as a private equity firm since Tope Lawani and Babatunde Soyoye launched it in 2004.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

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. No new investments.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

million from Trinity Ventures, Founder Collective, Highline Ventures, NextNew Ventures. Board includes Nick Wheeler, CEO of Charles Tyrwhitt. Founded in 2002 and expanded after founders graduated from CMU in 2006. Founded by Matt Rutledge in 2004 and based in Dallas. total funding $1.7 million) TechCrunch. My-Wardrobe.

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Gust

MAY 24, 2012

This is nothing new; long favored by family-controlled media empires such as Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation , among Internet firms alone, Google took a dual-class approach when going public in 2004. Options and warrants, when issued, are also typically exercisable for shares of Common Stock.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

Jill Nelson is the founder and CEO of Ruby ® Receptionists , which recently reached its 15-year anniversary. 2004 / Cash and financial management is a matter of survival. Founders bear the weight of the success of the organization and the livelihood of employees. The organization serve as an informal business advisory board.

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