TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

So in 2005, he launched reCAPTCHA. Carnegie Mellon, crowdsourced translation and even Google would all play a role in his next project as well, albeit in wildly different ways: incubation, failure and investment. These new tests would have the same goal of CAPTCHA, but with a twist: the prompts would all be scans of books.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Back in 2005, that meant working on ringtones for mobile phones, and even trying, and failing, to stream Indian concerts to mobile phones in the U.S. Naik followed her passion for Bollywood music and built her first company, Saavn, a successful distribution and streaming service for Indian and Bollywood music and content.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

Jerusalem’s economy and therefore startup scene suffered after the second Intifada (the Palestinian uprising that began in late September 2000 and ended around 2005). However, the decline may also be a function of large tech firms setting up incubation hubs to cut up and absorb talent. billion (£7 billion), came from Jerusalem.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

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.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

Ycombinator is the largest and most successful startup incubator in history, and it was started right here in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Startup incubators and accelerators are everywhere today, but were relatively unknown when Ycombinator started 10 years ago. Ycombinator, the incubator of billion dollar unicorns, is a unicorn itself.

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Impact Hub

MAY 1, 2020

Since launching in 2005, the Impact Hub network has undergone significant growth, now reaching over 17,000 members in 100+ locations across the globe. We felt that leaving the global network allowed us to focus and be more intentional in our efforts. says George Yarbrough, Co-Founder and Co-Director of Impact Hub Honolulu. .

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Impact Hub

MARCH 26, 2020

Since launching in 2005, the Impact Hub network has undergone significant growth, now reaching over 17,000 members in 100+ locations across the globe.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 6, 2015

I remember reading about Google’s Android acquisition in 2005 and wondering what would become of the technology; and then later at Google seeing some of the first versions of the G1, the first Android phone. Redpoint partner Tim Haley recruited Satish to become an EIR at Redpoint and incubate Zimbra.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 13, 2020

Since launching in 2005, the Impact Hub network has undergone significant growth, now reaching over 16,500 members in 100+ locations across the globe.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

If you create a business and start building products and go into an incubator or raise angel/seed money and don’t think about Market Size and Market Structure I only have one question: Why? But that’s harder to build in 2016 than it was in say 2005. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses. But you should.

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Venture Hacks

APRIL 17, 2019

Valuations for pre-traction companies between 2005-2010 were $1-5M pre-money for the first non-friends-and-family round. Incentives influence the advice you get from VCs, lawyers, incubators, and everybody else. You can see dealflow from your friends, your incubator, demo days, and AngelList. Anecdotal valuation data.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2023

Odeo was the organization founded in 2005 by Noah Glass and Evan Williams, that later reformed as the Obvious Corporation which ended up becoming the birthplace of Twitter.) For instance, Dorsey helped Twitter rival Bluesky get off the ground, having initially incubated the project while serving as Twitter’s CEO.

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