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Salon Owner Chelle Neff Talks Scaling, Sustainability and Success

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In addition to developing Urban Betty , a successful salon with two locations, Neff also created an app for stylists , produced a book about homes in Austin, Texas, and even reached the Inc. You opened Urban Betty in 2005 and it’s been growing ever since. 5000 list twice! . Urban Betty is a Green Circle Salon.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

It has the diversity and cheaper rent necessary for great creative potential and I think you're going to see a lot of development next year of Brooklyn as its own unique, but complimentary community of innovation.

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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

Both Sides of the Table

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on the skills I’ve developed in my career. Let’s call these cards 1996-99, 2005-08 and 2010+. The lucky cards some angels are dealt with mostly have to do with the timing of their investments.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. When you look at the developing world this is the majority of users (due to lack of landline infrastructure) and it portends future opportunities in payments, entertainment, application development and services.

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How Biotech Startup Funding Will Change in the Next 10 Years

Y Combinator

How tech startup fundraising changed from 2005 to now. In 2005, when Y Combinator started, there was already a well developed ecosystem of venture capital firms in Silicon Valley and Boston. When Jose applied to YC, he had developed the technique in academia but hadn’t yet tried applying it to therapeutics in animals.

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Your future shrimp meal could come from Atarraya’s farming technology

TechCrunch

Atarraya , creator of Shrimpbox, a sustainable “plug-and-play” shrimp farming technology, is swimming to the surface after being in stealth mode since 2019. We wanted to make the shrimp business more sustainable and more efficient without destroying the environment,” Russek said. “We million in Series A dollars, and a new U.S.

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Impact Hub Recife leaves global network

Impact Hub

Since launching in 2005, the Impact Hub network has undergone significant growth, now reaching over 16,500 members in 100+ locations across the globe. This decision was made as the Recife team’s expansion goals focus on real estate and innovative ways of work rather than on the social, economic and environmental impact.