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The Twenty Year Itch: My Last VC Investment Out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

To put that timeframe in perspective, here’s a picture of analyst me taken at USV’s first office in 2005, dressed in khakis and a button-down shirt versus a picture of me, a GP at my own firm, over 100 deals later, now on my latest Zoom board call from my couch at home with my junior analyst of about a year and a half. No new investments.

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6 Things Alexis Ohanian Wishes Someone Had Told Him Before He Started Reddit

Entrepreneurs' Organization

.’s annual GrowCo conference on Wednesday, the entrepreneur, investor, and Internet advocate divulged the most valuable lessons he’s learned since he launched the hugely popular website in 2005. –before coming back to lead Reddit. . Great founders don’t quit, but do adapt.

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Summit invests $215M into Odoo, an open-source business management software developer, at a $2.3B+ valuation

TechCrunch

What is also notable is how Odoo pitches itself. The company has been growing revenues and customers at a rate of 50% over the last 10 years (and 63% over the past 15 — it’s been around since 2005), and it now has 1,700 employees with plans to add another 1,000 this year. Billings are expected to be €160 million in 2021.

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Five to Nine raises $4.5M seed round to help improve the efficiency of DEI initiatives

TechCrunch

” ‘It was perfect timing’ Pitching more than 100 investors, Shells says it took around six months to close the seed round. in 2005, Umubyeyi studied political science at the University of Notre Dame, believing that was the way to create positive change. “What we’re doing is super needed in the market.”

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Salon Owner Chelle Neff Talks Scaling, Sustainability and Success

Entrepreneurs' Organization

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. 5000 list twice! . You also have an impressive array of side projects—from books and apps to philanthropic and environmental initiatives. What drives you? What’s next?

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Five to Nine raises $4.25M seed round to help improve the efficiency of DEI initiatives

TechCrunch

” “It was perfect timing” Pitching more than 100 investors, Shells says it took around four months to close the seed round. in 2005, Umubyeyi studied political science at the University of Notre Dame, believing that was the way to create positive change. “What we’re doing is super needed in the market.”

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She Breaks Barriers: Enabling an Equal World for Girls in Sport

Impact Hub

It came to a successful close in November with a final pitch event at adidas Headquarters in Herzogenaurach. Of the 40 ventures that applied to the program, 11 were selected to take part and the top three were picked by an expert jury after the final presentation and pitch. The winning changemakers.