Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Integral to the Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s core beliefs is our commitment to making a positive difference in the world—exemplified by our pledge to support the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He joined EO in 2004. This #EOImpact story is a true win-win-win!

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Facebook had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users and was everything that MySpace wasn’t. It launched open API’s and created a platform whereby third-party developers could come build any app they wanted and Facebook didn’t even want (yet) to take any money from them to do so.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

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. The fresh investment will be used to fund IMVU’s product development and comes fresh off a restructuring at the company. The company declined to disclose its post-money valuation.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

I learned everything I know about startups in these lean years: 2001-2004. Our company developed a cost-conscious mentality. We went “nuclear&# and slimmed down to 33 people (yes, I know, still large by today’s standards but this was 2001), raised $10 million and we built a real company.

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Dream It

APRIL 29, 2019

What We’re Reading Developments in The Healthcare Industry IBM announced it would stop selling its AI-powered Watson drug discovery products due to disappointing sales. The authors of the study developed an algorithm that analyzes 18 different speech characteristics to determine the presence of PTSD. months for first biopsy, 6.6

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

After AltaVista, Mike spent a year doing business development for USA Networks ( now IAC – Interactive Corp ). It took 3-4 months into the development of the product for Hashable to realize that it is a mobile first, web second service. This feature is in development right now. Judged his instincts, and felt it was Quigo’s time.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. It had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users, which actually was slightly smaller in December 2007 then MySpace was. then bought GeoCities for $3.6 They looked unstoppable.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 25, 2023

This development follows the successful debut of Vietnam-based electric car manufacturer VinFast in the US earlier this month, where VinFast’s shares experienced significant gains. VNG, established in 2004 and acclaimed as Vietnam’s pioneer tech unicorn, has experienced remarkable growth since its inception.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

These investors can also be hesitant to bet on emerging managers, whom they may perceive as higher risk than established investors, even though Cambridge Associates data shows emerging firms made up 72% of the top returning firms between 2004 and 2016.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 16, 2017

What stood out to Megan was that EO encourages and values diverse opinions while cultivating a culture of trust that gives members the opportunity to develop in a peer-to-peer learning style with true transparency. Megan’s favorite aspect of EO is her forum, which she says has been instrumental in her growth as a leader.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 27, 2022

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. I was on a mission to develop a game that would be exciting, challenging and engaging – a game that was just as fun to watch as it was to play. Popongo was born.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 27, 2020

That spring of 2004, I was looking after our three kids—Emma, five; Kaitlin, three; and Keenan, two. One day in September 2004, I realized that I had learned enough and had confidence enough to make my vision a reality. I got in touch with several co-packers and told them I had developed a new line of unsweetened flavored water.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Specifically, GraphWear is developing a skin-surface-level wearable made of graphene (more on this material later). Since graphene was discovered in 2004 , the material has generated a lot of hype — it was supposed to be the next silicon , though that hasn’t quite happened yet. . Graphene is a single-atom thin carbon sheet.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

That may sound awfully familiar, but Directus , which is announcing a $7 million Series A round led by True Ventures today, is taking a different approach to most of its competitors by combining traditional developer tools with a no-code approach to offer a highly flexible open-source data platform for its enterprise users.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

He founded Boston Logic – an integrated marketing platform and online marketing services for real estate offices and agents – in 2004. Knox also has developed a rental pricing and projection model for calculating the investment rate of return a property will produce over time. Image Credits: Knox Financial. “We

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 29, 2019

Personal strengths are a culmination of our natural talents and how much we develop those talents during our formative years. But this insight is needed more in terms of developing a sound foundation of self-leadership and self-mastery than ticking off a “chances of success checklist” before we start anything.

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Berkonomics

JULY 10, 2014

The first is of a 2004 startup that I cofounded and led the investment group for several early rounds, then VC rounds. The second story involves a founder who is using outsourced development, support, outsourced customer relations and more. Let me tell you two stories that are linked. Email readers, continue here.]

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 20, 2018

Personal development is still important. Personal development is a $9.9 A master of her craft, she knew the value of personalized party accessories, so Mintz launched her own party supply company in 2004. billion industry , and people pay thousands of dollars to attend seminars and conferences across the world.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 17, 2020

That’s why it’s crucial that you know your invention through and through, and whether there’s any aspect you need to develop further before having it patented. Cases of former staff being pumped about processes or unethical surveillance techniques being used to anticipate competitor developments are not uncommon. In the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Developers and coders historically go to specific schools and colleges, entering a funnel that guides them to success. I was in college from 2000 to 2004. Black founders need to own their resiliency and leverage the power that has resulted from their unique experiences.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 28, 2021

The first is of a 2004 startup that I cofounded and led the investment group for several early rounds, then VC rounds. This one is using outsourced development, support, outsourced customer relations and more. The real focus should be on smart planning, finding ways to launch and build the business with smart but frugal use of money.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 30, 2018

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. The Founder and CEO of Buddy Ventures , Tim Schumann, emphasizes that compared to US startups, foreign startups typically require less investment capital at the same stage of development.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

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. One is a company focusing on cancer care and neurological disorders, which has been using Volta’s tech to develop a DNA extraction process.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

The grey line smooths the chart to show long term changes and the blue dashed line marks the 2004 Median Series B pre-money. As young startups raise larger seed rounds, they are able to progress further, develop more momentum and increase their valuations before raising the next round of capital, the Series A.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 20, 2021

Global oil companies like Shell, BP, Total and Repsol are investing unprecedented amounts to develop new solar, wind and other green energy technologies. Musk, whose 2004 bet on electric cars looked risky at the time and now seems prophetic. These developments are creating exciting opportunities for investors. Just ask Elon.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 13, 2015

In a typical year, the company invested about 20 to 30% of their revenue in research and development. Of course, given the large size of professional services contracts, a fair amount of custom software development was completed at the behest of customers. But, the company has been operating at close to breakeven since 2004.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

In his summary at the end, he writes: Tim Berners-Lee developed the protocol for the web in 1989. Facebook launched in Feb 2004, four years after the start of the internet crash. David Kelnar ‘s “ blockchain primer ” is a very good summary of what is promising about the crypto sector and what is challenging.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 8, 2015

ServiceNow’s software allows clients to develop custom applications for their own needs, often with the help of the company’s professional services team. The business was founded in 2004, but hit its stride 2009 and went public in 2012. ServiceNow has recorded a better than 1.0 at $93M in revenue.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Salyer served as a member of the Council Finance Committee, Council Economic Development Committee, and as chairman of the Council Social Services Committee. 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. Meg retired from the Council April 8, 2019.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 2, 2020

You may be surprised to learn that the first podcast dates back to 2004, when former MTV video jockey Adam Curry and software developer Dave Winer developed what is largely considered the first podcast. He launched his daily Flash Briefings Journeyto100million.com podcast in early 2019. WHY ARE PODCASTS SO POPULAR TODAY?

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 26, 2012

Although results vary widely across applications, these kinds of prompts curtail user adoption to the chagrin of developers. After Facebook increased the granularity of permissions on these boxes last year, some developers observed a 20% decline in user installs.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Do you think Red Sox fans would have rather had nicer guy than Manny Ramirez in 2004, or would they rather have had his 130 RBI? You're going to hire developers on your team that aren't very social. I suppose it would be nice to live in a world where all our best performers are heros, but that's pretty far from realistic.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 6, 2014

Founded in 2004, GoPro is about 10 years old and during the past few years has witnessed spectacular growth. The chart above shows the four different expense categories GoPro reported in its S-1: Advertising, General and Administrative, Research and Development, and Sales and Marketing.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 30, 2022

“Now we can connect it also to the treatment, and we can monitor whether patients do respond to treatment, and how they respond to treatment, how they develop side effects,” says Ciechanover, winner of the 2004 Nobel prize for chemistry. “If If you connect all these data, you are generating unbelievable predictive tools.’’.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). I learned how to integrate customers into our product development process. But in these years I learned how to sell software – necessity is the mother of all invention. million, then $5.9m, $7.7m

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Impact Hub

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The roots of Sampangan trace back to Langsat, a small town in Aceh Province, devastated by the 2004 Tsunami. Following his graduation, Fauzal ventured to Jakarta to pursue a career in banking, while his father embarked on a mission to develop inventions aimed at addressing the waste problem.

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Surdna Foundation

APRIL 11, 2022

This is our fourth such survey since 2004. We also develop partnerships with regranting partners and participatory grantmaking initiatives to ensure people closest to the problems have a say in how and where the funding flows to their communities. But we do use other methods.

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