TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

The raise comes after Pula closed $1 million in seed investment from Rocher Participations with support from Accion Venture Lab, Omidyar Network and several angel investors in 2018. . When Goslinga met Njeru in 2008, she worked for Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA). Co-CEOs with agricultural backgrounds.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In his 2005 book, The World Is Flat , Thomas Friedman recognizes that the Internet has the ability to create a “level playing field” for all participants, and one where geographic distances become less relevant. Airbnb was founded by Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky in 2008. SHARING ECONOMY MARKETPLACES.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 1, 2024

Since its launch, the Talent x Opportunity Initiative (TxO) has been more than a funding vehicle; it’s been a launchpad for culturally inspired innovation and a community of support for under-networked founders. His career began in advertising, but the 2008 recession prompted him to shift to radiology. Once in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Sarah Tavel is a general partner at Benchmark, where she invests in network effect businesses with a focus on marketplaces and social, as well as cryptocurrency. The Harvard College and Harvard Business school graduate founded LearnVest in 2008 with the goal of helping people make progress on their money.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio. Working within a network of angel investors also expands the pool of expert resources and helps divide the work of screening companies and investment due diligence.

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Y Combinator

JULY 24, 2020

The most common example of this phenomenon is in the books category. The growth of Amazon/e-commerce resulted in the bankruptcy of Borders in 2011 and caused Barnes & Noble to reduce its footprint from 726 stores at its peak in 2008 to 630 in 2018 5. The viral loop and network effects. Raffaelli, Ryan.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 17, 2013

It was a time before the widespread use of social networks, obviously. That''s why I''ve been seeking ways to return to the small, familiar groups I used to experience back in 2005-2008. At SXSW, after feeling completely overwhelmed by last year''s event, I decided to pre-book reservations at a bunch of restaurants far in advance.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Gorny founded Nextiva in 2008, focused on what it describes today as “UcaaS,” or unified communications as a service. After years of light regulation, the Federal Trade Commission and , separately, 49 state attorneys general are suing to break up social networking company. Its big wins this decade have been from acquisitions.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 9, 2013

In the summer of 2008, a crisis evolved on my team at Google: social networks had grown exponentially. The AdSense network was flooded with social network page impressions whose poor performance challenged advertisers and Google alike. During that summer, we formed a tiger team of about four or five key people.

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StartupNation

MAY 17, 2021

Available from PublicAffairs, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Social networks existed a decade before Facebook, and companies had offered online storage before Dropbox. The following is excerpted from “SUPER FOUNDERS: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups” by Ali Tamaseb. Copyright © 2021.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

Terra Money is one of the newest crypto networks that is also in the top ten by market cap. internal network) statistics for Bitcoin as well as the macro economic environment. FTX offers sophisticated asset price charts & order books. Terra, Secret Network, Juno Network, and Osmosis). Read the Terra whitepaper.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

Meesho is a platform in India that allows people to resell products using their social networks. 47:40 – What’s a must read book and why? Meesho is a platform in India that allows people to resell products using their social networks. It’s not just us, this is 2008 to 2012. Adora is a partner at YC.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Free Content, Coaching & Networking for Your Business: Verizon Small Business Digital Ready. I’m sure many people around you have felt this way—during the recessions of the dot-com bust in the early 2000s, the 2008 financial crisis, and, most recently, the COVID-19 pandemic that caused an unprecedented global shutdown.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

Had we waited for an outside bookkeeper to finish doing the books to know where we stood each month, we might not be here today. The strategy of 2008 serves as a pivotal lesson of our 15-year life. Back in 2008, our team did a vision exercise: What would Ruby look like at 10 times our current size? You can read them here.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

I wrote a book called the Home Service Millionaire, and I have a podcast called the Home Service Expert. I know, it’s an amazing book. My accountant kept giving me books. But you were saying, you were with your partner, you went solo, read a lot of books, got a bit smarter. I gave him this big old dusty book.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

In this conversation, a16z Growth general partner Sarah Wang speaks with Crossbeam CEO Bob Moore about his new book, Ecosystem-Led Growth: A Blueprint for Sales and Marketing Success Using the Power of Partnerships. I wanted to ask you, why did you decide to write the book? around the book. This is different, right?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 28, 2022

Miners spend energy to maintain the Bitcoin network. Once all bitcoin has been minted and miners no longer receive sufficient income from network rewards in the form of newly minted Bitcoin, they must rely on transaction fees instead. No network … no value. otherwise the network will collapse.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

They’re not buying a book on Amazon or shoes on Zappos. He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. And I went to Stanford so my network is there.” Meet in person. Do your homework.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 6, 2022

According to the Kelly Blue Book , the average car currently costs $48,043?—?a While prudent, this actually degrades the entire stock of the bank’s loan book to US households. those “book” things are so passé. have performed from the beginning of 2008 until the present. a new all-time high. I know, I know?—?those

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