This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 5, 2015

Ten years ago, in 2005, I started working for Union Square Ventures as their first analyst. They''re too focused on jobs and titles, versus the actual predictors of creating opportunities for yourself: what you have to offer and who knows about it. Twenty years ago, I got my first job. Venture Capital & Technology'

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 11, 2011

Back in 2005, when I was with Union Square Ventures, we changed our brochureware homepage into a blog. where a well written blog about a new strategy would generate a lot of high quality inbound opportunities. It changed the way we worked with entrepreneurs. Those are the types of partners--media companies, publishers, etc.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Booking.com started in 1996 and was later acquired by Priceline Group (now called Booking Holdings) in 2005. What are some overlooked opportunities right now? More overlooked founders than opportunities. How should investors in other cities think about the overall investment climate and opportunities in your city?

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

It feels a lot like NYC as a whole did back in 2005--a handful of relatively disconnected folks, a few marquee companies and a whole lot of pent up interest in doing something impactful in the local community. Android Backlash. It will be a movement that picks up steam across a very diverse set of communities. The Year of the Pivot.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 19, 2021

on Monday, August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana. Though it sounds cliché, I learned what would become my mantra: From crisis comes opportunity. In every crisis, there is opportunity for leaders to make something good when it seems impossible. We must be ready. We must be prepared. We must lead.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

Josh and Howard began co-investing as angels and in 2005 they started a $10 million fund. It is also a good opportunity for CEO’s to mingle with VC’s who might lead future rounds of fundraising. Prior to First Round Capital, Howard had invested in two of Josh’s companies Infonautics Corp. and Half.com.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

Before weighing in on the subject I would point out one thing that should be obvious to many of you – the iPhone was originally launched in 2007 in an exclusive partnership with AT&T and this was vital to both Apple and AT&T and was a hard negotiation throughout 2005 and 2006.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

You opened Urban Betty in 2005 and it’s been growing ever since. 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! Growth naturally comes with obstacles and opportunities. Yes, without the struggle, I feel there is no opportunity for growth.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

MasterClass might consider its broad view as a differentiator, but it’s clear that Kasparov views it as an opportunity. 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. Image Credits: Kasparovchess. or $119.99, respectively.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe. I see opportunities for disruption all around me and am meeting amazingly talented entrepreneurs. Those with strong business models suddenly stand out when the tide goes out.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2019

But, when I had the opportunity to join a high-growth startup with a team I liked and trusted, I leapt at it. Whenever I’ve been presented with a new career opportunity, the first question I ask is not, “Which job is more secure?” when opportunity strikes. And I loved what I did. To me, it was a no-brainer. Go For Growth.

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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. Creative destruction will continue to create opportunities for people who understand the deflationary economics of the Internet. The people left standing had a compelling vision to build companies and we backed many in 2009. tl;dr summary. I’m long.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 5, 2019

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. If this plays out the way it did in 2005, we’ll see an explosion in the funding options for biotech companies.

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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. has nearly quadrupled in the same time period (investments from 2005 to 2015 and total investments through 2021 ).

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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 of MySpace, Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

When I saw what BuddyTV is working on and how long they’ve been the market (since 2005) I realized that this has huge potential to help disrupt the television market. The ingredients are all here. Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. No Dave S. =

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 18, 2024

For society and on the global front, Walmart is furthering the commitment it made to reduce the impact its operations is having on the environment that began in 2005. My Assistant is streamlining the associate experience using technology—with more to come.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

Flint co- founded another online real estate giant, Trulia and was its CEO and chairman from its 2005 inception until it was acquired by Zillow for $2.5 NFX founder and general partner Pete Flint has known Schwartz and Armstrong under a different capacity. They were once rivals. billion in 2015. “We

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2021

The paid had worked together before — founding their first online payments company, MOIP, in 2005. Since Ribbit’s start in 2012, he added, LatAm has been a core focus geography for the firm “given the magnitude of challenges, and opportunities, in the region to reinvent financial services and serve customers better.”.

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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

DECEMBER 8, 2020

We also learn how, under his watch and as the company began to scale, Klarna missed the next big opportunity in fintech, instead being usurped by Adyen and Stripe. But whatever the intent, it would be another two years before the firm eventually had the opportunity to invest in Klarna at what was almost certainly a much higher valuation.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

It is the exact opposite of giving value to projected financial success, except for the hurdle which I use to filter out smaller opportunities. I thought then that the best way to value a start-up is to give value to those elements of progress by the entrepreneur or team that reduce risk of success.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

has had real-time payments since 2005 via the Faster Payments network. The opportunities: global fintech infrastructure Money moves clumsily across borders , but increased consumer and business demand for better experiences is attracting top entrepreneurs to solve these problems. Today, U.K. Are you building in these areas?

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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

AUGUST 29, 2022

YC itself says it was founded in 2005 as “an antidote to the classic venture capital firm.” It's a one in ten billion lifetimes kind of opportunity— YC gave me my start, and I'm deeply grateful to the community. Y Combinator narrows current cohort size by 40%, citing downturn and funding environment.

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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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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

A: It is an honour to step into this role and have the opportunity to build on the legacy of our past decade and help forge the next one – given the urgent need we now have in the world for sustainable solutions.

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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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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Having gained 15+ years of experience in a range of businesses — from startups to conglomerates, and experience of Series A to private equity — I’ve had the opportunity to actually apply the tried-and-tested practices of hypergrowth, as well as offer the full stack of C-level support.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

But when it comes to cross border payments and international fund transfers generally, banks have had far fewer choices, and to industry veteran Gary Palmer, that spelled opportunity. In the mid-1990s, he co-founded WildCard Systems, an early independent processor of prepaid cards, that was acquired by eFunds in 2005 for about $250 million.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

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. IBM acquired Tivoli and Whurley became a principal engineer and master inventor at IBM. But in 1999, he heard the siren song of the Internet and left. Austin got hit hard.

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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 It’s a lot of venture money, a serious bet in the 5G space, and hopefully for families fighting on Zoom for pixels, an opportunity to get more competition for high-bandwidth internet.

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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. The most notorious example of such strategies was Antioco’s decision to eliminate late fees in 2005. Its impact on the entertainment business in the 1990s cannot be overstated.

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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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StartupNation

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Each one presented me with an opportunity to gain experience and to learn. We scheduled an initial production run for early April 2005, since it was going to take a while to get everything lined up. I had been attracted to each new position precisely because I didn’t have all the answers about the business or the job.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

We also learn how, under his watch and as the company began to scale, Klarna missed the next big opportunity in fintech, instead being usurped by Adyen and Stripe. But whatever the intent, it would be another two years before the firm eventually had the opportunity to invest in Klarna at what was almost certainly a much higher valuation.

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