Angel Capital Association

MARCH 13, 2023

We commend the VC’s and angels that have rallied around their entrepreneurs to repurpose lessons learned from the 2008/2009 recession. history, behind only the 2008 failure of Washington Mutual with roughly $300 billion in total assets. and its failure is the second largest U.S. House Committee on Financial Services.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 11, 2023

However, just as the path seemed paved with success, an unforeseen twist of fate — the 2008 global financial crisis — caused the market to collapse and sales to plummet. That summer, he completed a three-month software development bootcamp in Chicago called Starter League. The two joined forces with Arlene Mulder and Camille Agon.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As the EO member leader who coined the EO term “insta-macy” to describe the immediate connection EOers feel when engaged with the EO community, Dave experienced the most profound form of insta-macy through Mark’s living liver donation. “I Contributed to EO by Dave Galbenski, an EO Detroit member who served as EO Global Chair in 2008-2009.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 16, 2023

million from 84 investors in under 45 days during arguably one of the worst times to raise money since 2008. Developing a tough skin while maintaining a soft heart becomes essential. In December 2022, my co-founder and I closed a friends and family seed round for Popsmith , raising US$1.53 Some failed; some succeeded.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 21, 2011

But I am also someone who is very colored by my past experience of seeing the venture implosion after the first bubble and walking through the fundraising tumbleweed of late 2008. If it doesn't, you pack up your marbles and go home to try something else. Strengthen the VPs and Director-level.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2023

It is a spirit that has contributed to the personal development of some of the world’s finest entrepreneurs making a true impact on companies, communities, and families across the globe. In the first year (2008), we had a meager budget, limited staff support, and only seven months to pull everything together.

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Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

My first YC Demo Day was in Summer of 2008, where my startup and twenty-one others anxiously pitched a room full of investors on what we’d been working so hard to build. Recent developments in AI have unlocked an entire universe of possibilities , presenting a resoundingly clear answer to the question of “ Why now?

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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. The institute helps them develop an entrepreneurial mindset and adapt quickly to an ever-changing business world. The U-M’s Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE) is one of the key engines driving that growth.

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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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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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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Don''t get me wrong, I''m THRILLED that we''re going to have some new engineering campuses in NYC and that will pay dividends to the NYC tech community for years to come--only, we only just started educating students in a small starter version of the Cornell program. Education initiatives did not create the community.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Digital communities and social platforms such as Twitter, Signal NFX, YC’s co-founder matching, and Slack communities (e.g., At the dawn of 2022, there were 2,900 active VC firms, marking a 225% increase since 2008. There is an unprecedented amount of information or knowledge that is now freely available to guide founders (e.g.,

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Y Combinator

MAY 30, 2024

So they built a better solution — one that handled the un-fun bits of managing in-app subscriptions, helped with data analytics, and let app developers focus more time and energy on the stuff they wanted to make. RevenueCat is an SDK and an API that helps developers add in-app subscriptions to their apps and run their businesses.

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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. Invite a group of impacted stakeholders to further explore the concerns you have with your culture and relationships, so you can work together to develop and implement solutions.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Husk Power Systems , a clean energy company that has been at the forefront of fueling rural electrification since 2008, is planning to launch 500 solar mini-grids in Nigeria over the next five years. For off-grid communities, where diesel generation is the default source of electricity, the savings to our customers are significant.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Under the leadership of Nancy Meyers, a Pennsylvania attorney, the team at Advocord developed a mobile responsive, web-based software platform that is a compliance tool that effectively protects those who have a fiduciary/legal obligation to act on the behalf of another. since 2008.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Mobile developers earned more than $260 billion on Apple’s App Store between its launch in 2008 and the end of 2021. Enter New York City-based Adapty , which hopes to help developers earn more from their apps. Enter New York City-based Adapty , which hopes to help developers earn more from their apps.

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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. Aviel and I love working together to find and develop the most talented founding teams in our region. Founders’ Co-op turns fifteen this year.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Sanchali Pal first woke up to the world’s climate crisis after watching the 2008 documentary Food Inc. After scoring a job at the development firm Dalberg, then working in India and Ethiopia, Pal returned to the U.S. to pursue an MBA at Harvard Business School. “Systems are made of people.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Today, Grouparoo , a new startup from three industry vets is the next company up with an open source framework designed to make it easier for developers to access and make use of customer data. Brian, Andy and Evan have developed an elegant solution to an issue we experienced firsthand at TaskRabbit,” she said. Twilio’s $3.2B

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). It is 12,000 sq ft of indoor /outdoor space and we’re building into a community work environment. And we chose to locate ourselves 3 blocks East of The Third Street Promenade where much new development is taking place.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

At this two-day virtual event, early-stage founders can take part in highly interactive group sessions with top investors and ecosystem experts, in fields ranging from fundraising and marketplace positioning, to growth marketing and content development. Ben has been active in the NYC tech community for almost 20 years.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The last closed market we had was from about September 2008 until June 2009--10 months. International and non-Valley startup communities are developing at a rapid pace. In 2008, people weren't sure if we were heading into a complete financial collapse. After that, we were pretty much back on track, growing every year.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange. This ended up developing into Visual Basic for Applications , the strategy for programmability in Microsoft Office. Do you see product managers as a hindrance to software development? 15 minutes.

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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. The purpose of this program was for high school students to be able to build their research skills by writing a paper on a quality of life issue in their community. What are your future plans for your startup?

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The seminal application of the collaborative web--Github--was launched in April 2008. Github is a web based hosting service for software development projects that use Git, a revision control system. The collaborative web arrived after the social web hit a tipping point. Need to find a collaborator?

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This exciting partnership builds upon our ongoing work to boost Colorado’s strong economy, bring good-paying jobs to Coloradans in rural communities, and support small businesses,” said Governor, Jared Polis. “As Entrepreneurs drive rural communities and the world forward in incredible ways.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This exciting partnership builds upon our ongoing work to boost Colorado’s strong economy, bring good-paying jobs to Coloradans in rural communities, and support small businesses,” said Governor, Jared Polis. “As Entrepreneurs drive rural communities and the world forward in incredible ways.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

He first came to see me in 2008 when we was raising money for his 1st startup – NextMedium. They did development in SF and had the ad sales team in NY. At every entrepreneur event I through between 2008-2012 I invite Hamet because he was a great mentor for entrepreneurs. I’ve known Hamet for 5 years. I stayed close.

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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. It feels a lot like NYC as a whole did back in 2005--a handful of relatively disconnected folks, a few marquee companies and a whole lot of pent up interest in doing something impactful in the local community.

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Founders Coop

MARCH 1, 2021

When we started Founders’ Co-op back in 2008, Seattle was still a company town. Amazon and Microsoft dominated the market for talented software developers. Every global tech leader has a footprint here, many employing thousands of developers locally, creating a vibrant and highly liquid talent market.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 28, 2016

Lamey Wellehan is pursuing abundance by weaving sustainability and business strategy together, simultaneously producing outstanding results for the enterprise, planet and community. In 2008, Unilever , a company of 172,000 employees and 2015 sales of $60.6 In 2008, Airbnb was born out of the humble search for a spare air mattress.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

He built a practice around a growing community in the Mid Atlantic and beyond. And again I won’t take credit for his decision to join Cooley but the magic of having David join Cooley is simply an awesome outcome for our community at large. He became the go-to guy for many in our community including me. There’s more!

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

Duolingo CEO and co-founder Luis von Ahn estimates that Duolingo’s upcoming product developments will get users from zero to a knowledge job in a different language within the next two to three years. But for now, he is honest about the limits of the platform today. If you want to be fluent, Duolingo needs innovation,” Niesner said.

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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. Maria Trindade, Network Development Director.

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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. I thought back to how a 17-year-old me would have felt seeing a former refugee steering the future of our country and how differently my worldview might have developed.

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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. Hancock and Denver Economic Development and Opportunity (DEDO) to announce the Denver Small Business Emergency Relief Fund.

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