Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 7, 2018

In 2004, Oprah named our Key Lime Bundt Cake to her “Favorite Things” list. There will always be time for learning through trial and error—and there’s tremendous value in doing so— but getting that education in bite-sized chunks is more palatable, and practical, than plunging face-first into that which you (think you) desire.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Historically, many Black students (more so Black male students), are influenced by sports as a vehicle to higher education and not necessarily the institutions recognized for technological prowess. Despite having great grades and graduating with honors, I was completely unaware of how valuable an Ivy League education could be.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

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. They greatly valued education and volunteerism, and advised me often to step outside my comfort zone. Meg retired from the Council April 8, 2019.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 14, 2016

The last time I learned a new programming language was 2004. I have read about the dislocations in education, from online courses like Khan Academy to bootcamps from General Assembly and Bloc. Over the course of a few weeks, I bought an armful of paper books, read them, and worked through the examples. Time savings: 4-6 hours.

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 20, 2014

in 2004, the year of their IPO. But that feeling was more than just a product of the rocket ship growth of the ads business. Google had grown from $220k in revenue in 19aw99, to $19M in 2000, to $86M in 2001, to $347M in 2002, to $961M in 2003, and would record $3.2B Digging past the business revealed a wonderful culture.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 26, 2012

Since 2004, Facebook has been convincing users to share ever increasing amounts of data, to dramatic effect. Consumer education presents the more significant challenge. Consumers need to be educated on the technical details of these alternatives. The company has erected the social infrastructure of the Internet.

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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. Dr. Ishenny, moved his family to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he became a University Professor, ensuring that all his children, including Fauzal, completed their college education.

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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. .” Memic’s strong management team is led by Chairman Maurice R. Learn More. Elon Musk’s genius is battery powered.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. It had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users, which actually was slightly smaller in December 2007 then MySpace was. AOL was closed, the Internet was open.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

Of course, one could rebut that by saying traditional VC is all about investing in outliers: Seth Levine analyzed data from Correlation Ventures (21,000 financings from 2004-2013) and writes that “a full 65% of financings fail to return 1x capital.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Seth Levine analyzed data from Correlation Ventures (21,000 financings from 2004-2013) and writes that “a full 65% of financings fail to return 1x capital. First Round did not include their investment in Uber in their analysis we reference above on the grounds that it was an outlier.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

Of course, one could rebut that by saying traditional VC is all about investing in outliers: Seth Levine analyzed data from Correlation Ventures (21,000 financings from 2004-2013) and writes that “a full 65% of financings fail to return 1x capital.

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Reforge

AUGUST 8, 2022

He began his career in nonprofit education, first as a classroom teacher and then with charter school networks, scaling marketing and operations to fuel growth. These deck-building skills served us well, all along our educational paths — becoming a habit at best, and a security blanket at worst.

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