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Embracing the Circular Economy: One EO Entrepreneur’s Story

Entrepreneurs' Organization

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). Read more about EO’s support of the UN SDGs. He joined EO in 2004.

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Vietnam’s First Unicorn VNG to Make Historic US Tech Listing

AsiaTechDaily

With founder Pham Nhat Vuong holding 99 percent control of VinFast, the limited availability of publicly traded shares has led to potential stock volatility. VNG, established in 2004 and acclaimed as Vietnam’s pioneer tech unicorn, has experienced remarkable growth since its inception.

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The Importance of Local Media to Boost Startups in Rising Cities

Revolution

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.” It’s the Gannett cuts that worry me the most. Lastly, all politics is local.

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Lerer Hippeau closes $230M across two new funds; Ben Lerer is back

TechCrunch

He started Thrillist with Adam Rich in 2004, which later became Group Nine Media in 2016. The firm also promoted Graham Brown to managing partner and brought on Tanaz Mody as Lerer Hippeau’s first head of people to support the portfolio. We just want to continue with a persistent, consistent strategy.

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As the head of Helios’ new VC arm, Wale Ayeni sees value in frontier markets

TechCrunch

Wale Ayeni , one of Africa’s well-known investors, has a new role as the head of Helios Digital Ventures, the venture capital strategy of private equity firm Helios Investment Partners, TechCrunch has learned. He also stated that his PE firm will support Helios Digital Ventures-backed startups with private equity as they mature.

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Transcript of Redpoint Office Hours with Stripe’s Chief Corporate Advisor and former COO, Claire Hughes Johnson and Redpoint Managing Director, Tomasz Tunguz

Tomasz Tunguz

As you know, I run our Founder Experience program here, the set of tools and programs and people that we have to support our entrepreneurs in their growth journey. And I joined as a customer support rep. Well, I joined Google, I guess now fairly early, but it was 2004. I’m Travis Bryant. It was fun.

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Joseph Lee, CEO of Kairous Capital, Shares His Cross-Border Investment Philosophy for the Asia Pacific Region

AsiaTechDaily

With that, Joseph Lee shared enthusiastically about Kairous Capital and its cross-border business strategy: Can you tell us about your background and how you started your entrepreneurial journey? What qualities do you seek in start-up founders whose companies you would invest in?

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