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18 Inspirational Career Reinvention Journeys from Successful Entrepreneurs

StartupNation

It’s about not just being more efficient, but fundamentally changing how one operates and leads, enabling the team to get significantly more done and overcome the previous limitations imposed by older ways of thinking or doing things. In June 2007, I applied to work for a tech startup based out of New York City’s Silicon Alley.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. Founded in 2007. It means that the investors can focus on the issues that one faces at that particular stage. Note that I’m not defining who numbers 1,2 are.

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Dream It

From 2007 to 2011, during which the Great Recession of 2008-09 took place, the construction industry lost approximately 2 million workers. Overall, we are very optimistic about construction robotics and hope to see more companies attempt to solve the issues in productivity with breakthrough technologies, as well as innovative business models.

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The UK Is a Fintech Regulatory Superpower

Andreessen Horowitz

That success has been bolstered by the fact that the UK is among the world’s most innovative financial services regulatory environments. Regulation is generally a blocker to innovation. In 2007, it became one of the first markets in the world to issue contactless (tap-to-pay) cards. (A A full 8 years earlier than the U.S.)

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Phase Sensitive Innovations chooses Delaware for state-of-the-art lab, manufacturing and R&D expansion

American Entrepreneurship

April 23, 2024 ) – Phase Sensitive Innovations – a veteran-owned, University of Delaware spinoff that specializes in radio-frequency components, devices and systems – has chosen to expand operations in its hometown of Newark, Delaware, to support its continued growth within the domestic defense and global semiconductor industries.

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Sun King raises $260M to widen clean energy access in Africa, Asia

TechCrunch

The company was founded in 2007 by T. “Over the last 15 years, we have delivered solar energy and light to over 82 million people, enabling kids to study for school, helping entrepreneurs run small businesses, and allowing families to power their lives, free from the danger and high cost of kerosene lanterns.

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Data management vendor Ataccama receives $150M infusion from Bain

TechCrunch

Founded in 2007, Ataccama develops data governance, data catalog, data quality and data management capabilities for enterprises. “A second big opportunity is continuing product innovation, focused on bridging the gap between data democratization and the need for centralized data governance and data quality management.