StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

The benefits of building a diverse startup team are overwhelming; from increased creativity and faster problem solving, to a greater diversity of thought opening up new market opportunities and more revenue streams, to better understanding the customer base and building better products… the list goes on. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

While many lament government regulation as an infringement on innovation, I believe increased scrutiny is a net positive for the future of the software industry. anti-competitive practices that stifled innovation, as was the case with AT&T, IBM, Microsoft and today’s tech titans) rather than how their software operated.

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Feedough

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Nokia was the crusader of innovation in its prime. At its peak, in 2007, Nokia’s worldwide market share stood at 49.4% , the highest in the world. The collapse of Nokia had already begun, way before 2007. The Arrival of New Companies: In 2007, Apple stepped into the smartphone game and launched the iconic iPhone.

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Feedough

OCTOBER 12, 2020

of the market share in 2007. Nokia was the pioneer of innovation. It knew that mobile phones are the future and it capitalized on the opportunity. In 2007, the market share of Nokia swelled up to 49.4%, making it the one and only company in the world to do so. There is a lot to learn from Nokia. So, let’s dive in!

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Wall Street Journal: OurCrowd chases the ‘trillion-dollar opportunity’. Job opportunities. . Led by charismatic chairman Dr Kira Radinsky, the company is described by the Israel Innovation Authority as “the most prominent company in the Israeli healthcare ecosystem.” This is a trillion-dollar opportunity.” Introductions.

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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 ).

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Kentico was the brainchild of Petr Palas, who saw an opportunity to build a content management system (CMS) for developers using Microsoft’s.NET framework. has been a first mover and innovator in the space.” This represents a potential switching opportunity to modern CMS solutions.” “Kontent.ai

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 7, 2020

The new funds will also be used to build out Ten-Nine Technologies’ engineering, business development and managerial team and continue development of its innovative battery materials. Johnson received the Battery Innovation Center (BIC) award for the development of hydrocarbon parity lithium battery technology in 2017.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Lawyers and accountants tend to err on the conservative side, leading to a low failure rate of businesses but less “moonshot innovation,” shall we say. The country’s Federal Commission for Technology and Innovation (KTI) supports CTI-Startup and CTI-Invest, providing startups with investment and support. is incredible.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

But when it comes to cross border payments and international fund transfers generally, banks have had far fewer choices, and to industry veteran Gary Palmer, that spelled opportunity. FIS bought eFunds in 2007 for about $1.8 He founded Payall , a cross-border processor for regulated banks, in 2018.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

Before weighing in on the subject I would point out one thing that should be obvious to many of you – the iPhone was originally launched in 2007 in an exclusive partnership with AT&T and this was vital to both Apple and AT&T and was a hard negotiation throughout 2005 and 2006. THAT is the power of exclusivity.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

It is imperative that they find tech-based solutions that will broaden the talent pipeline, help foster an inclusive culture, and create on-going upskilling programs as well as opportunities for the digital future of manufacturing. As the debate about the gig-economy rages on, alternative, innovative employment frameworks are emerging.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Even an extraordinary engineer or product lead who have built a breakthrough product aren’t guaranteed success unless they can get access to capital, get much needed press to drive low-cost customer acquisition and persuade fickle business leaders to join their company and help them shape their businesses beyond tech innovation.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

with co-investment from OSF Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, and Dreampact Ventures. million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The competitive NIH SBIR program funds early-stage small businesses seeking to commercialize innovative biomedical technologies.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 17, 2012

My experience at First Round over the last two years has been amazing from day one--and I thank Josh and the rest of the team for giving me the opportunity to work with them. In fact, it’s what Henry Blodget told me I should do the first time I met him--back in May of 2007 during a pre-Business Insider lunch at Coffee Shop.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 22, 2016

in 2007 during the collapse of the housing market, precisely because I believe change and chaos breed opportunity. And, according to research by Gartner , by 2017, 50% of product investment projects will be redirected to customer experience innovations. I started TitleSmart, Inc. Communicate!

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Paul G. Silva

JULY 11, 2018

Due diligence doesn’t completely “de-risk” a deal, but it helps eliminate deals in which there are clear problems that lead to failure – things like products with no real customers, CEOs with integrity issues, and no true right to sell the innovation. That is pretty compelling.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Facebook had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users and was everything that MySpace wasn’t. But the critical distinction in the direction of both companies was that while MySpace was putting up moats to keep outside companies from innovating and making money off their backs, Facebook took the opposite approach.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

The industry did that in 2007. It forces innovation. I’ve seen companies who avoided the big round and then struggled without enough resources to ship products on time and then missed market opportunities and sold in mediocre outcomes as others sailed by them. 10 is the new 3. And yes, I mean $10 million. ” Well.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 9, 2019

9, 2019) — With a focus on startups and innovation, Ben Franklin Technology Partners (BFTP) remains a powerful job creation and high-tech economic development engine for Pennsylvania, according to the latest independent economic analysis of the organization. STATE COLLEGE, Pa. billion between 2012 and 2016.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

The proliferation of fintech services across Africa remains in full swing as investors remain bullish about the opportunities that abound in the sector. There are so many trailblazing innovations that we don’t talk about a lot about Nigeria, like the BVN and the NIP system.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. In the case of Invoca it was founded by Jason Spievak who is an amazing innovator and has been part of three very successful businesses that have scaled from startup to enormously valuable. Jason was a creator and saw a market opportunity that others didn’t.

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OurCrowd

MAY 11, 2020

Historically, venture investing right after major market downturns – such as after the Internet bubble burst in 2000-2002, and after the financial crisis of 2007-2009 — has proved lucrative because you’re buying at a discount. Read my and others’ thoughts on “Recession, Reinvention and Opportunity” in this Israel21c piece.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

What he found was a gap in the market and an opportunity to fill it. On a whim, Moeller and a friend tried out for a reality show called American Inventor, a precursor to Shark Tank that aired on ABC in summer 2007. But a series of car break-ins prompted Moeller to search for a product that would keep his vehicle safe. How it works.

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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.

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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 remained at Adobe, managing the deep integration of Behance into the Adobe Creative Cloud and leading Adobe’s innovative mobile product efforts.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 22, 2021

Hauger will work with current team members to unlock the power of supply chains, optimize internal processes, and recognize external opportunities. Since 2007, iMCI has invested more than $64 million into 56 companies representing industries ranging from life sciences to software/IT.

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Impact Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

and opportunities for impact focused start-ups in the current ecosystem, at the Resurgence TiEcon. ecosystems to drive collaboration and entrepreneurial innovation around the UN’s Sustainable. Amit Bhatia, Founder of Aspire Circle & Aspire Impact (since 2007), was Inaugural CEO of The Global. Delhi-NCR event.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Kedma is an innovation and entrepreneurship thought leader, award-winning champion of small business, and business advisor for independent inventors. 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.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

Co-founded in 2007 by Cottereau and Antoine Vervoort (currently SVP of product and engineering), the two are long-time telecoms industry vets who had both worked on the technical side of building next-generation networks. ” 7 investors discuss augmented reality and VR startup opportunities in 2020.

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StartupNation

MARCH 31, 2021

Wildly successful venture investor Marc Andreessen famously stated in a 2007 blog post that product-market fit is “ the only thing that matters.” Start with some exploratory customer development to uncover opportunities. There is no shortage of problems to solve, and there will always be innovations to uncover.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

Each facility houses about 50 companies so you really do get the opportunity to work with similar companies before “sizing out.&# It reminds me of PlugnPlay facilities which have long provided this kind of environment. Founded 2007 in Boulder, CO. I’ve already started the business modeling. Competitors: Google.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

We talked about the negative effect of Apple’s closed system attitude but how that will be a gift to the market because Apple’s cracking of the operator hegemony has forced the industry to innovate. Founded in July 2007 by Mark Pincus , Michael Luxton, Eric Schiermeyer, Justin Waldron, Andrew Trader, and Steve Schoettler.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 23, 2020

After our state has competed so often with the University of Texas on the sports field, it is great to have the opportunity to collaborate to help surgical patients with tumors across the globe.”. Since 2007, iMCI and i2E, Inc. Livia Schiavinato Eberlin, a super-star researcher out of the University of Texas. About i2E Management Co.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

All VCs, including us, regularly see investment opportunities which don’t fit our mandate. Certain late-stage VCs have invested in some of my past funds, partly to motivate us to refer future investment opportunities to them. Helps daring companies with innovative consumer-facing solutions expand to new markets. Calm Company. “We’re

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000.

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