Remove 2005 Remove health Remove investment
article thumbnail

Mindful Leadership for Business Owners and Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

However, this small time investment has paid me back in ways I never could’ve imagined. I first started my meditation practice back in 2005. Sitting alone in silence probably sounds like the worst way for a busy business entrepreneur to spend their precious time. Becoming a Mindful Leader.

article thumbnail

Newark’s Small Business Grants are Revitalizing City’s Downtown

American Entrepreneurship

Last week the Mayor and Invest Newark announced $1.2 It includes encouraging businesses to create private sector jobs through public and private investment. “These grants are not just investments in businesses, but investments in our community’s future,” said Marcus T. .

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

5 top investors in Dutch startups discuss trends, hopes and 2020 opportunities

TechCrunch

The Netherlands’ ecosystem has been flourishing; more than $85 million was invested in regional startups in 2019 alone. In 2020, the venture industry continued to invest in startups, despite the COVID-19 crisis. Booking.com started in 1996 and was later acquired by Priceline Group (now called Booking Holdings) in 2005.

article thumbnail

Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

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. market, choosing New York and L.A.

investing 143
article thumbnail

Marketing Cube founder Maya Moufarek’s lessons for customer-focused startups

TechCrunch

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. When looking at your portfolio, you’ve worked with companies in various areas, like Pexxi/Tuune in health tech, YuLife in insurtech and Andjaro in HR tech.

founder 96
article thumbnail

SkyCell raises a $35 million series C round and enters COVID-19 vaccine distribution market

TechCrunch

The round, which is a combination of equity and debt financing, lists investors from the Middle East, including DisruptAD and (the VC arm of ADQ, an Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund), and SHUAA (a major UAE asset management and investment banking firm). This round brings the company’s total funding to $133 million.

article thumbnail

Austin emerges as a city of unicorns and tech giants

TechCrunch

VCs invested over $5.5 billion across 412 deals in 2021, more than double the amount of capital invested in 2020, according to PitchBook data. S3 Ventures founder and managing director Brian Smith notes that when he started the firm in 2005, venture capital in Texas was finally starting to recover from the dot.com bust.