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Congrats to Backupify! A Great Exit Story for the First Company I Ever Backed

This is going to be BIG.

We stayed in touch and I got to know a bunch of the Louisville startup and creative crew, like Todd Earwood, Matt Winn, and Ashley Cecil. Rob messed around with some local video thing in 2008, which everyone but Rob thought was a pretty terrible idea. " — Charlie O'Donnell (@ceonyc) December 29, 2008.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

My Dad was drafted into the Air Force and was given accelerated citizenship. So I was intrigued when I read Thomas Friedmans’s Op Ed in December 2008 about the need to Reboot America. They come from smart, creative, inspired risk-takers. When he had finished the program the US wanted more doctors due to the Vietnam War.

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Sequoia picks its horse in the consumer carbon offset market, leading a $2.5 million round for Joro

TechCrunch

Sanchali Pal first woke up to the world’s climate crisis after watching the 2008 documentary Food Inc. Together we can accelerate the pace of change by demonstrating our demand for a cleaner society.” “Companies and governments change when enough people demand it through their actions and behaviors.

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A renewed admiration for the entrepreneurs

Innovation 2 Enterprise

GM was starting to show signs, around 2008, that they were developing a new electric vehicle. The adventure aged him, but he was such a creative thinker, and he could see the big picture. Now, with Cox and electrification taking off, we have serious resources to accelerate our growth even more.”. Dirk went to some shows. “I

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WWF Switzerland CEO Thomas Vellacott shares his views of a world touched by a pandemic

Impact Hub

For 9 years and counting, WWF and Impact Hub have collaborated and supported innovations to accelerate, and scale solutions tackling environmental issues and economic opportunities in local communities. . This is what has driven and shaped our global partnerships from the very beginning.