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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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. Women business leaders have created mentorship networks to help support a culture of innovation and risk-taking.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

AUGUST 15, 2021

After all, Selexys scaled from a TBFP investment back in 2008, to being acquired by Novartis in a $665 million deal. There is a certain level of cultural awareness that had to happen — changes that we all are going through — to connect with this segment of our state’s population. Building trust. This is happening.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2015

I saw this in 2001-2003 and in 2008-2010. And it’s what I believe sets apart the tech startup culture more than any other sector out there. I haven’t seen it much lately so I’m imagining a whole generation doesn’t quite have the muscle memory and will need to develop it during the next down turn.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

You believe in your community, you believe in your friends, and you believe in someone that everyone believes in, right? But when you’re buying from someone in your community who you know very well, that trust deficit goes away. The community helps each other out. It’s not just us, this is 2008 to 2012.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 15, 2022

To put that into perspective, it is almost 10x the $90B 2008 bill that catalyzed the US solar, battery, and EV industries into existence. Community coordination to encourage whole-block electrification. There are two primary categories of startups: plant-based protein and cultivated/cultured meat. thermal storage).

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 17, 2022

Prior to the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns, and Lehman Brothers were true investment banks. Focus your attention on the 2008 time period. Slinging JPEGs Art and culture is an expression of human civilization’s abundance. These are great businesses. Non Fungible Tokens?—?are

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

“We know the majority of our community will not be able to sit down and read a bunch of research papers. So we do that and then we synthesize the information for our community.” Or two yeses in order to close your round.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 8, 2020

These pandemics and disease outbreaks are not presented in chronological order but arranged differently to support a different narrative on their impact economically, culturally, and otherwise. This outbreak or pandemic occurred during the Great Recession caused by the financial panic of 2008. The virus showed up in U.S.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 9, 2012

These days, it's kind of hard to miss what's going on in the NYC startup community. That's why the early efforts to build NYC's community were so impactful, even if the people who are just joining the ecosystem today don't realize what came before. Two key efforts really set the tone for the community we have today.

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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. So, Nathan conducted a culture assessment at the company’s corporate office and discovered that employees felt undervalued and underpaid. Check out what they’re up to.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Grouparoo CEO and co-founder Brian Leonard says that his company has created this open source customer data framework based on his own experience and difficulty getting customer data into the various tools he has been using since he was technical founder at TaskRabbit in 2008.

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Source Link

MARCH 25, 2020

Mom-and-pop businesses, the kinds of establishments that make up the backbone of a community, stand to do much worse. It's not just livelihoods that are threatened, but our very sense of community. Instead, the government is looking at bailing out airlines, cruise lines, and casinos. This time, let's build from the ground up.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 14, 2018

Heidi Reimer-Epp , CEO and co-founder of Botanical PaperWorks has been an EO Winnipeg member since 2008. At its core, EO is a collection of like-minded entrepreneurs focused on business growth, personal development and community engagement. Learn what 13,000+ entrepreneurs are experiencing as members of EO.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

It reveals a lot about the company, like the way the organization works, its work-culture, etc. Apart from this, Apple also works for the community by providing educational programs to more than 3.6 million suppliers since 2008, among other things. It’s just like a brand outlet but in the digital world. Corporate Behavior.

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Founders Coop

MARCH 1, 2021

When we started Founders’ Co-op back in 2008, Seattle was still a company town. At the same time, the Bay Area’s dominance of startup culture has eroded, partly due to a recurring failure of civic leadership, accelerated by COVID and the shift to remote work.

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Y Combinator

MAY 30, 2024

"When the iPhone came out in 2008, that was the true end of my physics career." " When the iPhone came out in 2008, that was the true end of my physics career. It’s something we even try to design into our company culture, too — like… remember, this is kind of fun, right? So that drives me.

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Continuations

JULY 1, 2019

Since the 2008 financial crisis, we have created annually on the order of $500 billion in M2 money supply. They would have answered that human purpose is to follow the commandments of religion, to be an upstanding community member or to be a philosopher. It is deeply woven into our culture as part of the protestant work ethic.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

The strategy of 2008 serves as a pivotal lesson of our 15-year life. It shows up everywhere: how you greet people in your office , how your website looks, how your physical office looks, and even how you and your employees show up in the community. What would our culture look like? We grew our customer count 30% in 2009.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

In 2008, I was a medical device salesman frustrated with the fabric, fit and functionality of my undergarments,” says Patterson. “I While recruiting employees who will mix well with your culture is certainly important, be careful not to stack the deck too far on one side or the other.

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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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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

“All told, we’re seeing some familiar names in the mix, but 2020 isn’t 2008,” Taylor Hatmaker explains about potential presidential appointments from the industry. By drawing on multiplayer gaming culture, the startups are using spatial technology, animations and productivity tools to create a metaverse dedicated to work.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Your company focuses on serving veterans through both its home mortgage products and community impact. When we learned about a non-profit that connects rescue dogs with veterans, we wanted to be a part of it and further our positive impact on the local veteran community. Here’s what he shared. What led you to this niche?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 2, 2018

Virtual currency or cryptocurrency is “the digital representation of value that is issued and controlled by its developers, and used and accepted among the members of a specific (virtual) community.”. Since the appearance of bitcoin in 2008, cryptocurrency has slowly grown in popularity. How many people use virtual currency?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Kicks Crew, which began as founder and CEO Johnny Mak’s side project in 2008, wants to carve out a niche for itself as a resell platform that can be counted on for product authenticity and accessibility for all. The company says its platform enables creators, curators and consumers to come together in one inclusive community.

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