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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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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. The concept was to create an educational event that would provide experience and development for what it took to be a better leader of a global organization. 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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How to Grow Business from a $200 Deal to a $2,500,000 + Yearly Revenue

Entrepreneur's Handbook

That was a Danish client with dentist education who wanted to try his hand at the new field of EdTech. When we entered the eLearning niche in 2005, interest in online education and eLearning solutions was just beginning. Just compare: only 479 education startups were registered 10 years ago, while now there are more than 24,000.

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How to Find a Job as a VC Scout: Compensation and Which Firms Are Recruiting

David Teten VC

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. The firm was founded in 2007 by Goldman Sachs professionals and manages $400 million across multiple funds.

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PetHub’s Clemens is Leading Innovation in the Pet Tech Industry

Jason Malki

He started working on it in 2007 and developed the business plan in 2009. While QR codes are now mainstream as a result of the pandemic and NFC is also commonly used, we struggled with educating consumers on usage when we first launched. Tom told me about his amazing idea to start a company in the pet technology space.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

The company was acquired by ebay in January 2007. Upwork is a global freelancing platform where businesses and independent professionals can connect and collaborate remotely. Swing Education was founded in 2015 with the objective of creating a marketplace for substitute teachers. Be a substitute teacher with Swing Education.