Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

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? Matt’s commitment to re-investing in tech startups is reminiscent to this great Fred Wilson post of “recycling capital. &#. That was a quick meeting!! And he said ok got it.

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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.”

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

This discussion expands on my Quora answer to a specific question: “ Why were the stock options of MySpace employees worthless even though the company was sold to News Corporation for hundreds of millions? ” The complete story includes a startup-within-a-startup, investments and exits by two VC firms, and some genuine corporate drama.

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Surdna Foundation

APRIL 11, 2022

This is our fourth such survey since 2004. We’re proud that grantees noted Surdna’s focus on social justice as a strength, describing the Foundation as clear and consistent about its “strategic investments in communities of color.”. We need to communicate clearly, consistently, and responsively. It’s all about trust.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Good morning, afternoon, and evening Redpoint community. And then from 2004 to 2014, she was at Google and managed lots of different things, including the self-driving cars project, global sales and operations, and the business teams for checkout in Google Apps. Well, I joined Google, I guess now fairly early, but it was 2004.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 13, 2023

And, in the case of Unity, the damaged trust from their recent pricing change execution has left the community seeking alternatives. Community modding enabled out of the box A next gen engine should be designed to enable a first-class modding environment out of the box that developers can choose to extend to end user creators.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 6, 2021

In 2004, PayPal co-founder Elon Musk took what appeared to be a huge and perhaps reckless gamble. In 2004, Musk was way ahead of the curve in foreseeing the transformation of energy from fossil fuels to renewables. It’s a great hiring strategy and retention tactic.”. Learn More. Elon Musk’s genius is battery powered. Angeline N.

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