Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

You opened Urban Betty in 2005 and it’s been growing ever since. Chelle Neff, founder of Urban Betty, shares a tour of one of her salon locations in Austin, Texas. But, I knew I’d be opening a second location the following year, so I used this opportunity to build the desk-less front desk! 5000 list twice! .

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Maya Moufarek, founder of Marketing Cube , spent more than 15 years working for companies like Google and American Express before launching her own growth consultancy. Now, everyone sees Google as this huge company with endless products and expansive teams, but back in 2005 when I worked there, it didn’t seem like a megacompany.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. It’s a very cool vibe at Founder’s Coop. The ingredients are all here.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The founders of “Time” magazine, for example, wanted to create a news magazine that a busy person could read in an hour or less. Each one presented me with an opportunity to gain experience and to learn. And I certainly had no vision of becoming a major player in the beverage industry. I was just focused on one goal.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 5, 2019

In short, Paul Graham predicted that there would be way more startups, that they’d be cheaper to start, that new kinds of investors would fund them, that founders would be more technical, and that founders would keep control of their companies. How tech startup fundraising changed from 2005 to now.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started ( today and 2005 ), largely due to the emergence of cloud technologies, no-code tools, and artificial intelligence. There is an unprecedented amount of information or knowledge that is now freely available to guide founders (e.g.,

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Never missing an opportunity for a good war story, I’d like to revisit one high-profile transaction, the $650 million acquisition of MySpace by Fox Interactive Media in 2005, on which I spent many sleepless nights along with the rest of the deal team. Redpoint, led by Geoff Yang , invested $11.5 by February 2006). of MySpace, Inc.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna — the Swedish fintech “buy now, pay later” sensation that is currently Europe’s most valuable private tech company — is dismissive of the suggestion that non U.S. companies should relocate to Silicon Valley if they really want to grow. Pitch perfect, you might think.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2021

This isn’t the first venture for Cora co-founders Igor Senra and Leo Mendes. The paid had worked together before — founding their first online payments company, MOIP, in 2005. That company sold to Germany’s WireCard in 2016 (with a 3 million customer base) and after three years the founders were able to strike out again.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

The company claims that besides having founders that have years of experience at a company with a reach like Zillow’s, they also aim to be different from other competitors in the space in that they are strictly focused on the buyer. “We NFX founder and general partner Pete Flint has known Schwartz and Armstrong under a different capacity.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 4, 2021

boom, a startup is born… And if you take a long view of their [founders] career, they’re missing out on the depth of things, experience, and authenticity of experience that I think informs the most interesting category-defining companies out there.” founders could build startups for the long term, based on these trends. founders?—?challenges

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Initialized Capital founder Garry Tan will become president and CEO of Y Combinator next year, the two organizations announced today. Tan, however, will continue to serve as founder and partner at Initialized – a $3.2 Tan was a YC founder in the summer of 2008 and served as a partner there from December 2010 to November 2015.

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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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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

MARCH 9, 2022

One is S3 Ventures , a venture capital firm that’s been around since 2005, which raised $250 million for its Fund VII, touting itself as “the largest venture capital fund focused on Texas-based startups.” It was a great place to live and work, and I believed that over time, it would be a growing venture opportunity.”.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In 2005, three entrepreneurs — Vadim Vladimirskiy, Stuart Gabel and Niall Keegan — co-founded Adar, a Chicago-based company providing “streaming IT” and IT-as-a-service products mainly to small- and medium-sized businesses.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

At the time, 1Password was hardly a startup, having been founded in 2005. . Having a stronger balance sheet only helps the company take calculated risks and be opportunistic about potential M&A or investing even more aggressively where we see opportunity,” Accel’s Mathew said. We need to keep moving forward, with urgency.”.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Tatiana, current Co-Founder and Director of Impact Hub Amsterdam, takes over from Gabriela Gandel, who led the network for the past 10 years. Our collective strategy Ambition 2030 represents the promise of Impact Hub when I first joined as a member (Impact Hub Islington, 2005).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

TechCrunch Live is a free weekly event featuring investors, founders, and startups with the goal of helping entrepreneurs build better venture-backed businesses. The whole ‘90s were the early days of the Internet and I saw a lot of opportunity,” Whurley said. government essentially shut them down in 2005, he said. Register here.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Austin made headlines in 2021 for being “the place” for startup founders and venture capitalists alike to set up shop. TechCrunch Live is a free weekly event featuring investors, founders, and startups with the goal of helping entrepreneurs build better venture-backed businesses. It’s a city of unicorns and tech giants. Register here.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna — the Swedish fintech “buy now, pay later” sensation that is currently Europe’s most valuable private tech company — is dismissive of the suggestion that non U.S. companies should relocate to Silicon Valley if they really want to grow. Pitch perfect, you might think.

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Y Combinator

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

YC was founded in 2005 as an antidote to the classic venture capital firm. PG, Jessica, Trevor, and Robert decided to fund hackers and thereby enable the next generation of startup founders who would understand technology and its capabilities.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

Ross had been interested in wireless internet since 2005, but the technology was early — and very expensive. “I WeLink’s executives: co-founder and CEO Kevin Ross and COO and President Luke Langford. Rick Shrotri and Neil Sheridan from Digital Alpha will join WeLink’s board. Photos via WeLink.

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StartupNation

JUNE 29, 2021

The history of Blockbuster provides a classic example of a company that seized opportunity on a grand scale but never transitioned to operational excellence. It famously passed on Netflix founder Reed Hastings’ offer to sell the company for $50 million in 2000. Its impact on the entertainment business in the 1990s cannot be overstated.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

That’s the opportunity a new fintech startup called Luxus , co-founded by two women with experience in both finance and luxury fashion, is hoping to bring to investors. per annum] from 2005 to 2020, beating both the S&P 500 and gold by more than 200%,” Auslander said. “This particular stone has returned [11.5%

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

Co-founder Paul Graham got his Masters and Doctorate degrees from Harvard. Robert Morris, another co-founder, was a professor at MIT. Paul and his co-founders wanted to get involved in Angel investing but wanted to do it in a scalable way, involve lots of friends and advisors, and be more “hands on” than the typical Angel investor.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

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. I joined Google in 2005, a little after Claire. Patrick Collison, the Stripe co-founder and CEO. Great to see a lot of repeat attendees and some new ones.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2023

In 2005, Daniil and David co-founded Sibilant Interactive, which developed massively multiplayer RPG games. “There is both an opportunity and a challenge in the current environment,” David and Daniil added. “At Product Science, our mission is to eliminate delays caused by software inefficiency for people worldwide.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 19, 2021

Renée Rouleau, an EO member in Austin, is the founder and CEO of Renée Rouleau Skin Care , whose products and personalized skincare are respected by celebrities, bloggers, and skincare obsessives. When Opportunity Knocks, Scrutinize It. Everyone loves opportunity. Will this opportunity make us better?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

mitú has been able to amass more than $40 million from Universal/Comcast, WPP, The Chernin Group, Advanceit Capital and of course Upfront Ventures to take on this opportunity we see in front of us. 30% of all real income growth in 2005–2015 was from Latinos (U.S. His son then went on to raise more than $1.1 trillion in 2020 (U.S.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 30, 2023

I initially worked as an analyst at a stock-broking firm until 2004 before embarking on my venture capital and private equity journey, where I made my first investments in Greater China before exiting via the London Stock Exchange later between 2005 and 2006. What qualities do you seek in start-up founders whose companies you would invest in?

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Y Combinator

APRIL 24, 2024

While there I worked in what would become Sebastian Thrun’s AI research lab — he was one of the co-founders of Google X, and their self-driving car project that became Waymo. I went back to Google for a bit and I had that realization that I wanted to be working with startup founders again. Should I start another company?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. You need to build genuine relationships with these portfolio startup founders as well as trust with them and the rest will follow. It’s just a part of your ongoing activities as a founder. Always be fund raising.

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David Teten VC

OCTOBER 31, 2024

We’re fortunate to interview Victor Orlovski, Founder and Managing Partner of R136 Ventures. We’re not just investors – we’ve been in your shoes as CEOs, CTOs, and execs, and have built many great companies and products in the tech world, so we understand the challenges and opportunities firsthand.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

I had the pleasure of interviewing Philip Samuelraj, the Founder and CEO of Techjays , a company that has been making waves in the software services industry. I started my career in 2005, and by 2010–2011, I had already developed an interest in the startup space, particularly in software training. How are we changing people’s lives?”

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