Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee.

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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. Collaboration and cooperation are key traits of our people, and this desire for all to succeed is part of our landscape. How can a decade have flown by!

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Impact Hub

APRIL 21, 2020

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. . Similarly, it‘s worth observing how people engage in virtual collaboration.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. I've seen about a dozen companies in the last year trying to help me figure out what to do with my time and how to collaborate with my friends around events. Reader beware.). Open Government. Calendaring.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Things have changed at the very highest levels, beginning with the election of President Obama in 2008, which can’t be understated for its impact on people of color. Here’s ours: Skip the board and tap employees for ideas. While the board room is becoming a more diverse place , ultimately, this isn’t where progress is made.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

We were immediately thrust into a globally competitive market for B2B collaboration tools. I started my second company while retaining a board seat at my first company. Exercise hadn’t been enough of a priority in 2008-09. a few days before the wheels came off of the market). Our first big institutional round was $16.5

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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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