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

Revolution

an industry I deemed “ ripe for disruption ”?—?in something that sounds obvious today but was rare circa 2007. In 2013, when Revolution Growth first invested, the company had already established an early version of its mobile app that encouraged loyalty with rewards and supported mobile payments. As a long-standing partner?—?Revolution

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Some Reflections on VC Investment Decisions

Both Sides of the Table

I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). The ones above are the ones I’ve prioritized this year (other than Disrupt – I never seem to get invited to that one). And there’s conferences. Oh, the conferences.

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Spotting, Nurturing and Mentoring Talent – The Power of Troy Carter

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When Troy and Lady Gaga were introduced the market had been in a free fall from the financial crisis of 2007-09 and Troy had had some setbacks professionally while Lady Gaga was sleeping on her grandmother’s couch in West Virginia, having just been dropped by Def Jam Records. She was disruptive. Same with Gaga.

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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

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I appreciate the write-up and your continued support of this blog. Mike told the potential evangelists that Hashable would love their support, and he asked them to tell Hashable what they didn’t like about the tool. They sold in December 2007, but he started selling Quigo in 2004. Thank you, John.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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rose to prominence by offering a free, ad-supported alternative to all of the crap your mom got on AOL for a fee. It had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users, which actually was slightly smaller in December 2007 then MySpace was. In May 2007 there were fears that Google was becoming a monopoly.

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The UK Is a Fintech Regulatory Superpower

Andreessen Horowitz

In 2007, it became one of the first markets in the world to issue contactless (tap-to-pay) cards. (A UK regulatory bodies have advanced that vision through various initiatives—including advancing Open Banking, enacting trust-instilling consumer protections , and supporting emerging fintech companies at early stages.

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Rad Power Bikes raises $150 million as electric bike sales boom

TechCrunch

Electric bike sales boomed in 2020, a phenomenon driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption it delivered consumers’ daily lives. The company, which was founded in 2007, initially was a low-volume custom bike builder. Now, Rad Power Bikes is reaping those rewards and using them to double its workforce and scale globally.