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Why AI Won't Be the Investment Opportunity Everyone Thinks It Is

This is going to be BIG.

When I think about true disruptions in tech—the ones that enable huge investor outcomes because they create generational behavior change, entirely new markets, and populate whole business ecosystems out of nothing—location-aware mobile devices stand out to me as right up there with the web itself.

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Embracing the Circular Economy: One EO Entrepreneur’s Story

Entrepreneurs' Organization

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. He joined EO in 2004. But how do we get there? Responsible Recycling. This #EOImpact story is a true win-win-win!

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Singapore-based sales productivity platform Nektar raises $2.15 million seed round

TechCrunch

Vijayvergiya told TechCrunch this helps sales teams by reducing time spent on administrative tasks and enabling them to feed data from various software into analytics tools and automated to-do lists. Demand Sage raises $3M to make sales and marketing data more accessible.

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VCs at Freestyle, Plexo Capital and Sequoia join Startup Battlefield judges

TechCrunch

In 2004, Samuel co-founded Crackle, an internet video platform acquired by Sony for $65 million in 2006. Toney’s investing expertise includes enterprise infrastructure, cybersecurity, financial technology, marketplaces, e-commerce, gaming and technology-enabled consumers.

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From Employee to Owner: How I Bought My Business

StartupNation

In 2004, I left the firm to join Intuit as their in-house GM. This helped me overcome challenges and enabled me to lead by being myself. I grew up in Southern California and graduated from Pepperdine University with a JD. Shortly after graduating from law school, I began working as a lawyer at a local law firm.

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The Benefits of Patenting: When to Protect Your Inventions and Why

StartupNation

For example, Nicholas Woodman presented his patent in 2004 , to enable people to easily record their exciting life moments. Some of the world’s most valuable conglomerates once started as a small startup with big ideas – and often they’re still loyal to the very same vision outlined in their first patent filings.

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Analyze All the Things : Data Omniscience with Omni

Tomasz Tunguz

Centralize the data analysis to ensure accuracy or enable end-users to analyze their own data directly which is faster & more direct. In 2004, Tableau emerged from the Stanford campus to deliver their application to the users. BI in the future won’t oscillate between these two, but serve both purposes. How will this happen?