TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

It has 20 corporate partners that startups collaborate with while they are in ZEBOX’s incubator, including BNP Paribas, CEVA Logistics, Infosys, BNSG Railway, Port of Virginia and Centrime. The company says it has already reduced carbon emissions per container carried by 50% since 2008.

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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.

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HPA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The CFE is a unit of the College of Engineering and the Center has helped more than 30,000 researchers and students since 2008. along with students from UM-Flint, UM-Dearborn, and community colleges across the state of Michigan. The U-M’s Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE) is one of the key engines driving that growth. university.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

In 2008, V ykruta took a job at Microsoft as a senior engineer at the advanced technology group, where he worked on software for the Xbox 360. Algorithms have led insurance companies to charge minority communities higher premiums than white communities, for example — even when the risks are the same.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 16, 2019

Impact Hub Bergen was an early starter amongst social innovation spaces and joined the global Impact Hub network in 2008. Today, Impact Hub Bergen has grown into a community of more than 50 entrepreneurs and changemakers. This sparks exciting discussions around sustainability topics, and – every so often – new collaborations.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

From 2007 to 2011, during which the Great Recession of 2008-09 took place, the construction industry lost approximately 2 million workers. For example, infrastructure needed for community-scale flood mitigation or sea walls, but also much smaller and more modular infrastructure such as temporary protected bike lanes or mobile housing.

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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.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Tatiana Glad, current Co-Founder and Director of Impact Hub Amsterdam (since 2008), brings diverse experience to our global leadership team. This network is a community full of talent, drive and a genuine commitment to radically transform the way we do business. Through enabling collaboration for impactful and scalable solutions.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Durango, Colorado, January 25, 2023 – Today, the Greater Colorado Venture Fund (GCVF) announced, in collaboration with the Colorado Venture Authority , a $25m close of GCVF Fund II. Entrepreneurs drive rural communities and the world forward in incredible ways. GCVF’s Fund I raised $17.5M

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Durango, Colorado, January 25, 2023 – Today, the Greater Colorado Venture Fund (GCVF) announced, in collaboration with the Colorado Venture Authority , a $25m close of GCVF Fund II. Entrepreneurs drive rural communities and the world forward in incredible ways. GCVF’s Fund I raised $17.5M

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Enter the collaborative web--where people get together to actively create, build things and solve problems. The collaborative web arrived after the social web hit a tipping point. The seminal application of the collaborative web--Github--was launched in April 2008. Need to find a collaborator?

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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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

Tribevest founder Travis Smith went on a fishing trip with his brothers in 2008 that he says they couldn’t afford. The company’s goal is to become “the collaborative banking layer of the investment world,” Smith said. It was then that he realized their “good jobs with 401ks” would never be enough for them, he told TechCrunch.

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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. Investor acceptance is on a case-by-case basis and they have kicked people out of the community. We talk about all of this in the video.

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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. My focus now is on working with community organizations to create transparent career paths for people with STEM talent. It takes a matter of months for someone talented to learn to code.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 21, 2023

From a single Michigan location in 1995 to becoming the fastest-growing coffee chain in America by 2008, the co-founding duo was encountering great success. But, Bob and Mike began to realize that their exponential growth came at a cost. They weren’t internally practicing the values they had started the company with.

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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. To make these efforts more commonplace, we’ve hired a diversity-focused recruiter to make sure our teams better reflect our communities.

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