2004 communities development founder 
This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 26, 2011
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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JULY 1, 2010
Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. A social analytics platform for Facebook app developers and publishers that provides detailed demographic and engagement data. Based in Palo Alto and founded in 2004 by PayPal alumni.
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APRIL 19, 2011
I recently sat down with Matt Coffin , the founder of LowerMyBills, which sold for $400 million but was very nearly a bankruptcy only a few years early, and talked “startups.&#. I figured if Matt was on the verge of bankruptcy and one mentor changed his trajectory, what if we had a formalized, community-wide program?
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Lewis is the founder and CEO of Gig Wage , a simplified fintech payroll platform built for contract workers. Black founders, and uniquely Black founders in tech, are facing insurmountable odds. However, I have pressed forward despite the disparities that often plague the Black entrepreneurial community. Contributor.
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NOVEMBER 29, 2010
Justyn Howard, founder of Sprout Social has a blog post that he’s written about his experiences of migrating from scrappy tools to more efficient ones (i.e. I learned everything I know about startups in these lean years: 2001-2004. Our company developed a cost-conscious mentality. I can’t make this stuff up!
StartupNation
OCTOBER 27, 2020
The founders of “Time” magazine, for example, wanted to create a news magazine that a busy person could read in an hour or less. That spring of 2004, I was looking after our three kids—Emma, five; Kaitlin, three; and Keenan, two. I had commitments to the community. I was just focused on one goal. You’re smart.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Linda Greub Contributor Share on Twitter Linda Greub is the co-founder and managing partner of Avestria Ventures. The venture capital community has significant influence on what potential LPs see as great investment opportunities. But that image is only one part of venture capital.
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