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Betting Beyond the Bowl: Investing in Sweetgreen Was Always About More Than Salad

Revolution

something that sounds obvious today but was rare circa 2007. Loyal followers know to expect new menu drops and chef-driven collaborations. Greener Greens: At the root of Sweetgreen’s farm-to-table concept was a commitment to sustainability. The company was built around the belief that real people want real food?—?something

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in 2007. Enterprise collaboration? Time will tell.

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3 Gratitude Habits for Business Leaders to Motivate Your Team — and Yourself

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Business problems and other life responsibilities in 2007 took control and made some days outright bad ones. Read his previous blog contributions on Implementing A Collaborative Approach to Strategy , 3 Steps That Create a Bigger Future for You and Your Business , and How to Run a Company With Two 10-Minute Weekly Meetings and Post-It Notes.

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Reflections on the Origin Story of EO Global Leadership Academy (GLA)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The Origins David Galbenski and I served on the EO Global Board together in 2007. A year earlier, as EO began fostering stronger collaborative bonds with WPO/YPO, I had attended the Public Policy Forum, a YPO event in Washington, DC. I said that to him with someone specific in mind.

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VCs and university endowments should partner to make venture more diverse

TechCrunch

Since joining the Yale Investments Office in 2007, one of Mendelsohn’s core focuses has been venture capital — an asset class that has gained traction among an increasing number of institutional investors in recent years — and Yale’s investment approach has long been a model for other endowments.

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Playbook, which aims to be the ‘Dropbox for designers,’ raises $4M in round led by Founders Fund

TechCrunch

But these days, sharing assets is much more collaborative and there’s different kinds of parties involved such as freelancers and contractors. Plus, in his view, there has been very little innovation in cloud storage since Dropbox launched in 2007. .

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How to Grow Business from a $200 Deal to a $2,500,000 + Yearly Revenue

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Another serial entrepreneur from the Netherlands has implemented three eLearning projects in collaboration with us in the last 10 years. The key plus of such contacts is their commitment to collaborate. In 2007, we began to receive requests for the implementation of serious enterprise systems, in particular, for corporate training.