TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Their popularity has surged over the last decade, with the asset class growing from just over $3 trillion in 2008 to more than $10 trillion in 2019, according to data provider Preqin. . ibnAle is set to join the company’s board of directors. Alternative investments are having a moment.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Green, who has collected a series of accolades, including being honored in Time’s 100 Most Influential People and named a Top 20 Venture Capitalists by The New York Times, currently serves as a board member on several portfolio companies, including Glossier, Faire, Hims-Hers, Curated, Ritual and Modern Fertility.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

In 2008, he ended up in a clinic, spending $35,000 on every kind of blood, stool, saliva or urine test there was to figure out why he continued to get sick. Image Credits: Athletic Greens. “I After shelling out all of that money, to his shock, he found out that his body wasn’t absorbing nutrients.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

The APAC hub is backed by Enterprise Singapore, a board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry to foster SME development, and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, alongside industry partners Bureau Veritas Marine and Offshore, PSA unboXed and Synergy Marine Group.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Also, it’s why I started an Impact Hub (Amsterdam, 2008), why I served on the global Board (2015-2018) and contributed through other roles, and why I want to continue to serve the network. After 10 years of leading the Impact Hub Network, Gabriela Gandel will move into a new role on our Impact Hub Association global board in 2022.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

When you communicate with each other openly and honestly, people respect that and get on board with your mission. You believe that leaders should embrace their culture and values more deeply in a crisis and cite the 2008 Great Recession as an example. One of those values is communication.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Gabriela will continue to support our Ambition 2030 as a Board Director focusing on developing partnerships and engaging in policy efforts. Tatiana Glad, current Co-Founder and Director of Impact Hub Amsterdam (since 2008), brings diverse experience to our global leadership team. Tatiana holds an MSc in sustainable business practice.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Salyer made the decision to take her community service commitment to a new level in November 2008 when she successfully ran for the Ward 6 City Council seat. As an i2E Board member for almost a decade, what has been your favorite i2E accomplishment? McGee Award and was the 2003 Journal Record Woman of the Year.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 21, 2020

Thomas Vellacott, the CEO of WWF Switzerland and a board member of the Impact Hub Association has been involved in many such partnerships over the years. Parallels are being drawn between the COVID-19 pandemic and the financial crash of 2008, the Great Depression of the 1920s and 30s or even the Bubonic Plague of the mid 14th century.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Winnie Hart , former Global Board Director and EO Houston member, and her team at Twin Engine worked passionately to develop and launch the Living Liver Foundation brand. Contributed to EO by Dave Galbenski, an EO Detroit member who served as EO Global Chair in 2008-2009.

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

We started the firm in 2008, on the cusp of the Global Financial Crisis, and it’s somehow fitting to be entering our 15th year as the laws of financial gravity reassert themselves once again. Founders’ Co-op turns fifteen this year.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 30, 2022

Su and Kyle graduated university in 2008, the same year as myself, and at some subsequent point made their way to Asia Pacific as employees of TradFi banks / market makers. Thirst Trap Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

I have sat on a board with Howard and have known him a few years. In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5 What is ideal board structure? For a company that raises a seed round of capital a three person board that includes the CEO, Investor, and an Independent member is fine. How to run a board meeting?

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

This is the first deal I've closed for FRC and I've also joined the board of the company. Back in late 2008, I noticed that one of my Flickr contacts seemed to be short a few photos--like, a few thousand of them. Josh Kopelman will be working closely on this investment as well. The origin of this company is pretty interesting.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

Another founder … “When I pitched the idea to Adam, he was super on board,” Mr. Sloyan said. This is the problem that first-time entrepreneurs who have never been through a downturn (we haven’t had one since 2008) couldn’t have the muscle memory for and thus it seems “all good” right now.

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Dream It

APRIL 8, 2020

Having been at the forefront of the dot-com boom, 9/11, and the financial crisis of 2008, Jason knows what it takes to survive this downturn. If the investors don’t seem to be on board at the end of your pitch, ask them what milestones they would like to see you achieve to get them to write you a check in the future.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Klarna is apparently the first European board for legendary Sequoia partner, Michael Moritz. 7mm in Series C; last round was in 2008; total $24mm raised – Investor: Bessemer (Byron Deeter)(lead); previous investor included Index Ventures, did not participate – Read more: TechCrunch , peHUB. Rumored to be appox.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

During the 2008 economic downturn, Almond’s family lost their home. As part of the investment, Jazmin Medina, principal at NewView Capital, will join Paystand’s board. The company raised $50 million Series C funding led by NewView Capital, with participation from SoftBank’s SB Opportunity Fund and King River Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Many experienced partners are funds have 7-10 boards and most of these will need more capital. That was written in September 2008. In September 2008 this was the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the rippling effect was massive. This is how VCs feel. So when prices go down their first reaction is, “S**t.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 27, 2016

When Annmarie Lanesey co-founded a software development business in Troy, NY in 2008, she saw business ownership as a means to successful living. By Annmarie Lanesey, EO Albany member and co-founder of Greane Tree Technology . Annmarie Lanesey is an EO Albany member and President of Greane Tree Technology.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

I remember joining in 2008, a green product manager out of Google who had just landed his dream job. I’ll remain on my Redpoint boards & will support those management teams as before. Many of the greatest companies have been founded during difficult market conditions. This era will be no exception.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

He was raising money initially in the worst market in a decade (we met in 2008), he’s in his mid-40′s, is doing a mom’s site (he has no kids) and he has a JewFro. .&# Jody didn’t exactly have an easy time fund raising because he’s not one of the prototypical Silicon Valley funded entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy founded theBoardlist , a premium talent marketplace that helps diverse leaders get discovered for board and executive opportunities. A technology executive and entrepreneur, board member and investor, she has 25 years of experience founding and helping to scale companies, including Google, Amazon and Yodlee.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 24, 2023

She received her Bachelor of Arts in History and Women’s and Gender Studies from Pace University in New York City in 2008. She also currently sits on the Junior Advisory Board for the Leopold Schepp Scholarship Foundation Event Planning Committee. Prior to founding Dare to Run, Ms. In addition, Ms.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

The Canada-based company got its start in 2008 as the payment processing company Zomaron, and rebranded itself as Paystone in 2019. The company has 150 employees currently, and another 50 are expected to come on board by the end of the year. In addition, Al-Ansari expects growth to accelerate for the rest of the year.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

As part of the investment, Matt McIlwain, managing director at Madrona Venture Group, is joining Read’s board of directors. McIlwain also worked with Shim when they were both at Farecast, which was bought by Microsoft in 2008. They stayed in contact, and McIlwain was also a seed investor in Placed.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 23, 2014

In 2008 Eric co-founded his own startup, RockMelt, and ran the company as CEO until its acquisition by Yahoo last year. It also allows us to recruit the best possible partner candidates, like Eric Vishria, early in their careers and allow them to dedicate many years to refining their craft as venture investors and board members.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Tan was a YC founder in the summer of 2008 and served as a partner there from December 2010 to November 2015. Months after the departure, Tan said that Ohanian isn’t leaving the firm altogether but is instead stepping into a board partner role at Initialized.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

We’re on the cusp of a mortgage foreclosure crisis comparable to 2008, and the majority of homeowners struggling to make their loan payments are unaware of their options,” Valon CEO Wang said. residential loans. Homeowners are faced with clumsy websites, call centers, and often misinformation,” she said in a written statement.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2023

Her involvement in JA over the past 15 years includes serving as Board Chair, classroom volunteer, and speaker for the female-focused STEM initiative. “At She is speaking as part of the Sidus Serves Initiative that promotes volunteerism, combining love of Space with the desire to “leave Earth better than we found it”.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Everyone loves an underdog, which is why investors and tech journalists are so fond of discussing startups that launched during the Great Recession of 2008, like Airbnb, Uber, WhatsApp, Mailchimp, Square and Venmo.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

VantagePoint Venture Partners came to the rescue in late 2003 with an infusion of $15 million in capital, adding Andrew Sheehan (now at Sutter Hill Ventures ) and David Carlick (now at Rho Ventures ) to the Board. Intermix was in a turnaround situation when I arrived in mid-2004, having been delisted from Nasdaq and nearly bankrupt.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Looking back at the burst of the first internet bubble in the early 2000s and the 2008 financial meltdown, Chaddha notes that we can expect roiling public markets and “geopolitical challenges” to inform the size of seed and Series A rounds. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

2008 and 2000), not only have we seen outstanding companies being formed, we’ve also witnessed great venture firm performance during these windows,” he said. Rethinking growth targets, in light of the rising cost of capital, to focus more on efficiency in this environment is a consistent thread in board meetings these days.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

In 2008, he started Bluechip Technologies with a friend, Kazeem Tewogbade as an enterprise company that provides data warehousing solutions and enterprise applications to banks, telcos, insurance firms. .” The ticket sizes will range from $20,000 to $100,000, focusing on startups in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and North Africa.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

Furthermore — post the 2008 financial crisis — all UK banks were required by law to separate core retail banking services from their investment and international banking activities under what is known as “ring-fencing.” . SVB UK was legally and operationally a standalone entity from the US arm.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 6, 2022

The first step, as with college-bound seniors everywhere, is that OSSM students have to figure out how to pay for books and tuition, room and board. Jessica Decker, OSSM graduate in 2008, has been an OSSM instructor since 2012 in various courses on the main campus. The question I received was, and what happens after that?

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