This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends. 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.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

You opened Urban Betty in 2005 and it’s been growing ever since. My husband and I are also pitching a second Weird Homes Tour book with all of the cities in it. 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! . What drives you?

sustainability 211

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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. Pitch perfect, you might think. We also discuss Klarna’s business model and the balancing act required to win over consumers and keep merchants onside.

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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. Whurley pitched him to invest in the company. IBM acquired Tivoli and Whurley became a principal engineer and master inventor at IBM. Austin got hit hard. But the U.S.

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transportation entrepreneurship capital entrepreneurs 93

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. Pitch perfect, you might think. We also discuss Klarna’s business model and the balancing act required to win over consumers and keep merchants onside.

investing 82

investing investment media mix-use 82

Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

They were part of the Ycombinator Cambridge class of 2007, after being rejected by YC in 2005 and 2006. Seeing little opportunity here, Drew and Arash moved the company to Silicon Valley later that year. Two years earlier I saw another Boston based startup called Carbonite pitch a similar cloud backup solution to investors.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

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. We are always looking for new opportunities, especially in SaaS, to help continue the momentum in our exciting local ecosystem,” he added.

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