Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This post is an attempt to unpack the changes we observed both during and after our time with Techstars, to draw out potentially useful lessons about how things might have gone differently. ——— In the Beginning: Champions of the Local Startup Ecosystem Techstars launched its first program in Boulder in 2007.

startup ecosystem

Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Some of the opportunities involve machines, while an equal amount of opportunity lies in the software behind the machines. From 2007 to 2011, during which the Great Recession of 2008-09 took place, the construction industry lost approximately 2 million workers. according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics ( Recode ).

construction

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Venture Kick was launched in 2007 with the vision to double the number of spin-offs from Swiss universities and draws from a jury of more than 150 leading startup experts in Switzerland. Fundraising platforms such as Investiere have boosted the angel community support of early funding rounds. It grants up to CHF 130,000 per company.

startup

David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

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. For emerging VC and private equity investors: accelerators, platforms, communities, and incubators.

VC

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

We have confidence that Scott can be one of the best investors of his generation, and we are excited by the opportunity to have him as a member of our team. Scott is also known as the founder and CEO of Behance, an online design community that became the essential showcase for design work around the world.

creativity

Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

i2E venture advisors go into the community with their sleeves rolled up. We dig for opportunities to build exciting new companies. Since 2007, i2E and Plains have invested more than $61 million of equity funding in 58 companies. Expect a real-world view. . Access to capital. .

innovation

American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 23, 2024

PSI plans to continue recruiting locally from the University of Delaware and Delaware Technical Community College to fill these roles. It’s critical to Delaware’s job market to retain successful homegrown businesses and to ensure success by creating more high-paying jobs right here in our community.”

innovation

Jason Malki

JANUARY 6, 2023

He started working on it in 2007 and developed the business plan in 2009. Our team works with local animal services organizations and municipalities to build a custom identification tag program tailored to meet the needs of the community. The growth opportunities available through the Leap program are invaluable.

innovation

Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

They were part of the Ycombinator Cambridge class of 2007, after being rejected by YC in 2005 and 2006. I remember the Demo Day in 2007 where DropBox presented to about 30 Boston area Angels and Venture Capital investors. Seeing little opportunity here, Drew and Arash moved the company to Silicon Valley later that year.

incubation

Impact Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

collaboration with Impact Hub, world’s leading network focused on building entrepreneurial communities. and opportunities for impact focused start-ups in the current ecosystem, at the Resurgence TiEcon. 16,500+ change driven entrepreneurs in 100+communities, 450 incubation, acceleration and scaling. for impact at scale.

peer-to-peer

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 28, 2013

YCombinator had a great run from 2007 through early 2009 investing at a time when there weren''t nearly as many seed funds and accelerators as there are now. You could see that conversation happening: "Hey, let''s reach out to the community. YC''s best investing days may be behind it. They picked up Airbnb, Heroku and Dropbox.

venture capital

Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

In just liking to make fun of things, or liking to try and be funny and criticize things, it seemed like a good sort of opportunity to do that. But it was more that this opportunity came up that was not something that was in my purview, which was working at Patreon. Jarvis Johnson [00:02:14] – Because I was like, wow.

peer-to-peer

Source Link

JULY 8, 2021

While there’s much to celebrate about milestones achieved for the LGBTQ+ community, there’s still much more work to do in the business world for LGBTQ+ equality. Such inequity can make it difficult for an LGBTQ+ entrepreneur to feel safe being out or pursuing business opportunities in line with their identity.

entrepreneurship

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

We’ll have several panels and interviews that highlight the opportunities and challenges facing the market. 406 Ventures since 2007, is one of the leading VCs in the Boston area. TC City Spotlight: Boston takes place on February 27 at 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET and is a free, virtual event. Greg Darcon, a Partner at.406 Pitch-off!

pitching

Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 28, 2016

Lamey Wellehan is pursuing abundance by weaving sustainability and business strategy together, simultaneously producing outstanding results for the enterprise, planet and community. In the United States and beyond, such extraordinary wastefulness is an opportunity of epic proportions. Waste as a resource. billion in sales.

sustainability

Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2016

This article was originally posted on Inc.com, a partner of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization , the world’s most influential community of entrepreneurs. From 2007-2009 and again from 2012-2013, I said yes to way too many “cool” things. By Tim Ferriss, Author, Early Stage Investor. Each year we vow to be more productive.

mix-use

Smart Hustle Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Being a hustler at heart and helping her grandmother in the kitchen, Donna saw a business opportunity. Jaime joined the product development team at ComplyRight in 2007. He's the author of several books, including his latest, "Celebrity CEO - How Entrepreneurs Can Thrive by Building Community and a Strong Personal Brand".

culture

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

You can usually count on high net worth folks to be curious about a good opportunity, but it’s hard to convince someone that you’re a better opportunity than the public market when anyone who had been sitting on Tesla for the past two years was up about 8x. Nowadays, the usual NYC suspects for raising aren’t really around.

VC

Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2021

13 ) while building sustainable cities and communities ( SDG No. The even bigger issue to making home automation ubiquitous is cost: Since 2000, the cost of homes has outpaced household income in all but the years 2007–2012. There is no substitute for in-depth research of the value stream to unearth opportunity.

sustainability

Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

At our business, we promote an overall mission of “Driving Growth for All” That means for our customers, our employees, and our community. In addition, we want to support a community cause that’s bigger than ourselves. Employees tell us they like these programs and opportunities.

culture

Hunter Walk

JANUARY 27, 2023

High performers and culture carriers for years — terminated via email and without the opportunity to celebrate their time with their teams. When I started at YouTube (along with an even hipper hunter@youtube addy) in 2007, the attention continued (it just shifted younger and to more aspiring rappers than webmasters).

culture

Smart Hustle Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2021

When we joined forces with Intuit, we knew there would be opportunities for our businesses to partner to build a more holistic financial ecosystem for members to manage all aspects of their finances all in one place and their paycheck is a major part of that,” said Ken Lin, Founder and CEO of Credit Karma. Member FDIC. About Credit Karma.

finance

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 2, 2009

My intuition is that this is why when Twitter initially took off (around the time of SxSW in 2007) it was an open “publish to the world” platform and the trend continued. Twitter, by contrast, started as an open platform where people let anybody see what they were writing. People write their thoughts knowing that anybody else can see them.

networking

Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 30, 2019

He was nominated for his considerable commitment to giving back to the community through dentistry as well as his generous support for the Capital Area Dental Foundation. After receiving his general dentistry degree in 2007, he spent five years providing dental care for underserved children in Texas and New Mexico. .

mentorship

Feedough

MARCH 5, 2021

Visionary: The CEO looks into the future for opportunities that the business can capitalise on. He forms the interface between the board and the employees and between the organisation and the community. Finding growth opportunities: The CEO is a visionary who always look for opportunities to help the organisation grow and flourish.

board

Feedough

MARCH 5, 2021

Visionary: The CEO looks into the future for opportunities that the business can capitalise on. He forms the interface between the board and the employees and between the organisation and the community. Finding growth opportunities: The CEO is a visionary who always look for opportunities to help the organisation grow and flourish.

board

Surdna Foundation

MARCH 17, 2016

Since the 2007 financial meltdown, we have seen firsthand the disruptive power of rising inequality and economic volatility. The rate of growth for co-ops has greatly increased since 2007, particularly within economically disadvantaged communities, such as immigrants and women. economy more inclusive and equal.

disruption