TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

It’s a chess server, forum and networking site that launched in 2005, with premium subscription that ranges between $5 a month or $29 a year. He thinks that remote education during the pandemic has shown the need to have more interactive solutions, beyond buzzy promises. “It’s A popular competitor already exists: Chess.com.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2010

I started blogging in 2005 and then re-started blogging about a year ago. And the beauty of the debate is that others can read both sides of the argument and start to form their own educated points-of-view. In my mind public debate is the highest form of democracy. It proves that you really have freedom of speech. Let me explain.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

Luis von Ahn, an entrepreneur who has dedicated his career to scaling free education, has probably annoyed you more than once. His mother spent most of her income sending him to “fancy private school” as he puts it, and he estimates she spent over $1 million on his education over his lifetime. So in 2005, he launched reCAPTCHA.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Although both parents are educators, his father a professor and his mother the Commissioner of Education in Connecticut, they did not teach him business. In 2005, Meebo started connected users across other websites. Why did you pursue an MBA at Stanford? Seth saw friends move out to California, go to school, and launch Plaxo.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

You opened Urban Betty in 2005 and it’s been growing ever since. When I first opened my salon 15 years ago, there wasn’t education or companies you could reach out to about sustainability. 5000 list twice! . What drives you? Now we have lots of options and solutions for our industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. That can only come through education, training and investment in regions of the country that are not IT centers. The people left standing had a compelling vision to build companies and we backed many in 2009. tl;dr summary. VCs were very active in this period.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Founded in 2005, NetEase is now known for its news portal, music streaming app, education products and video games that compete with those of Tencent. We have many shared business philosophies and complementary know-how. It is a natural fit for us to become partners,” he added.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2020

The kids were homeschooled so that their education could also focus on practical instruction as well, such as how to run a business, life skills, and conflict resolution, for example. The Jonas family has been raising goats and making goat milk soap since 2005. But of course there are always people willing to work hard and learn. .

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

We funded one in 2005 and lost a lot of money. ” Of course as a founder & CEO you know that your 18% of the company at an $80 million is worth more than 26% of a $30 million valuation but I promise you that this is a nuance that even really smart & educated employees struggle with. Sorry, brah.” ” Yes.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 24, 2023

Suissa served on the Board of the Brooklyn-Queens Chapter National Organization, both as President (2006–2013) and as Vice President (2005–2007). Simultaneously, she worked as the Program Manager for the Quality of Life Innovations Program for an educational nonprofit called Working in Support of Education in Midtown.

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American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 27, 2024

They are: Melba’s Restaurant – Grant Amount: $650,000 – founded in Harlem in 2005 and became a premier comfort food destination in New York City, opening its second location in downtown Newark. brings years of experience in education and youth development. Founder and Head of School Deja L. Jones, M.Ed.,

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Amsterdam has tech industry “schools” such as Growth Tribe , The Talent Institute and THNK for educational courses, as well as accelerators like Rockstart, Startupbootcamp and Fashion for Good. Booking.com started in 1996 and was later acquired by Priceline Group (now called Booking Holdings) in 2005.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2021

The paid had worked together before — founding their first online payments company, MOIP, in 2005. In particular, Cora wants to go even deeper in certain segments such as B2B professional services such as law and accounting firms; real estate brokerage and education. Cora co-founders Léo Mendes and Igor Senra; Image courtesy of Cora.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The startup was founded in 2005 by a 15-year-old, Andrew Sutherland. Duolingo, for example, is another consumer-focused education company, albeit one that focuses on one vertical versus Quizlet’s choice to stay broad. It also reclaimed the Q from its less fortunate predecessor, amid an entire rebrand. per share.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

That was a Danish client with dentist education who wanted to try his hand at the new field of EdTech. When we entered the eLearning niche in 2005, interest in online education and eLearning solutions was just beginning. Just compare: only 479 education startups were registered 10 years ago, while now there are more than 24,000.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

While Nexon has been a regular participant in G-STAR every year since 2005, they did not attend during special circumstances such as internal issues in 2019 and the pandemic in 2021. A company representative stated that they plan to concentrate on developing new games and strengthen their internal operations.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In contrast to America, he points out how Sweden is among the most successful societies in the world from a social mobility perspective — referencing its free education and free health care, which sets up as many people as possible for success. “We didn’t have a lot of money,” he tells me. Pitch perfect, you might think.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In his 2005 book, The World Is Flat , Thomas Friedman recognizes that the Internet has the ability to create a “level playing field” for all participants, and one where geographic distances become less relevant. Launched in 2005, Etsy is a leading marketplaces for the exchange of vintage and handmade items. annual GMV.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

Israel’s heady mix of questioning culture, tradition of national military service, higher education, the widespread use of English, appetite for risk and team spirit makes for a fertile place for fast-moving companies to appear. Waze’s 100 employees received about $1.2 billion (£7 billion), came from Jerusalem.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 30, 2020

Boxgirls Berlin has supported the sporting and social engagement of women and girls since 2005, doing so through power, endurance and boxing training for girls, with certified trainers. Their inclusive sport and education work concept also includes the components “No Borders”, “Box Queers”, “Urban Hero” and “Safe in the Hood!”.

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Campaign Monitor

MARCH 8, 2022

General Assembly offers educational courses, workshops, and boot camps in topics like coding, digital marketing, analytics, user experience (UX) design, and software engineering. . It’s educational, but also delightful. Use these 15 newsletter examples as inspiration for your next send. . General Assembly. Newsletter design matters.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In contrast to America, he points out how Sweden is among the most successful societies in the world from a social mobility perspective — referencing its free education and free health care, which sets up as many people as possible for success. “We didn’t have a lot of money,” he tells me. Pitch perfect, you might think.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 4, 2021

A survey of US-born founders of 502 engineering and technology companies, founded between 1995 and 2005, showed that only 10% of founders had a Ph.D. Given that only 19% of 2008/2010 doctoral graduates worked outside of research/education according to UK statistics , 14% of PhDs going into entrepreneurship looks impressive.

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 20, 2014

Visiting the campus for the first time in 2005, I felt different than any other workplace I had been to. Some of our past bets have gone extraordinarily well, and others have not. Because we recognize the pursuit of such projects as the key to our long-term success, we will continue to seek them out. So much excitement and ambition.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 19, 2021

In my company, we focus on three “uniques”: Education and expertise. In 2000, I started writing educational skincare content, which led to the creation of my popular skincare blog in 2005. 9 different skin types. Influencer-endorsed . We play to our strengths in all we do, and we consistently make this part of our communication.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. But how do you convince millions of people that need to be educated that they have a document management problems to upload their documents in the first place? I am very grateful to my friend Zoli Erdos for finding this retro posting for me at web.archive.org.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2010

billion (plus an earn out that could have totalled $4 billion but didn’t in the end) in 2005 before selling 65% of the company in 2009 for $1.9 We were doing an educational session on term sheets. So Skype was ubiquitous. And then eBay bought them for $2.6 billion (they retailed a 35% stake valuing Skype at $2.75 billion).

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