Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

At GRP we sat out 2007 and much of 2008 for that reason and we’re now looking pretty smart for doing so. It basically boils down to: educate, entertain, have a dialog, don’t be boring and don’t sit on large panels (doh!). We picked up activity aggressively in 2009. And finally, one non VC topic.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

I look at the mess that is the United States political system and can’t help but wonder what kinds of investments we could make in infrastructure, education and sciences if we had more alignment. Just look at our rebound from the financial crisis of 2008 as something that I feel proud of as an American.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2023

The concept was to create an educational event that would provide experience and development for what it took to be a better leader of a global organization. In the first year (2008), we had a meager budget, limited staff support, and only seven months to pull everything together. I loved the idea and his vision.

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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

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Sanchali Pal first woke up to the world’s climate crisis after watching the 2008 documentary Food Inc. The app also has a community component, connecting users with sustainability challenges, classes and other educational tools, along with a social network to communicate with peers to track relative progress.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

Duolingo’s competitors see the app’s massive gamification and solitary experience as inherently contradictory with high-quality language education. Bernhard Niesner, the co-founder and CEO of Busuu, which was founded in 2008, sees Duolingo as an entry-level tool that can help users migrate to its human-interactive service.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

We’re still caught in the “post recession bounce” : What’s happening is that the angel & VC community is still feeling good from having bounced back from the nadir of the famous “ RIP Good Times ” funk that we felt in 2008. In California the primary school education system has cut 10 days from the school year to save jobs.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Co-founder and CEO Ken Lian came to the United States from China in 2008 to attend college. Lian founded Cheese along with Zhen Wang and Qingyi Li under the premise that Asian-Americans are often subject to discrimination and “an unequal playing field” in America despite being among the most educated in the country. “We

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

To give TechCrunch+ readers a better understanding of what education investors are looking for today, seven leading venture capitalists in the category answered a series of questions about the sector’s future. Jan Lynn-Matern , founder and partner, Emerge Education. Malvika Bhagwat and Kriti Bansal , Owl Ventures. million U.S.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

Gen Z is getting a dose of some economic medicine that has older generations recalling 2008 and 2001, and Uprise is here for it. Around the same time, they were seeing younger people invest randomly in certain stocks or cryptocurrency with no real education behind it — and losing money. Image Credits: Uprise.

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Forward Cities

JANUARY 30, 2020

I graduated from Michigan State University with a BS in Clinical Laboratory Science in 2008. A: I am trying to create opportunity and education for people who are in the margins (ex-cons, ex-addicts, high school dropouts etc.) A: I am a God-fearing family man with three children (Journey, Jordan, and Jaylah) and a spouse (Amanda).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Their popularity has surged over the last decade, with the asset class growing from just over $3 trillion in 2008 to more than $10 trillion in 2019, according to data provider Preqin. . Alternative investments are having a moment.

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HPA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

While the University of Michigan has been formally educating students on entrepreneurship for decades, the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem has notably ramped up in the last ten years and has effectively used its powerful alumni network to amplify its growth. In the mid-2010s, that focus began to evolve. Just as the $2.4B

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

A classically trained pastry chef, Christina Tosi spent years in New York City restaurants before founding Milk Bar in 2008. Peeler isn’t just changing the world of student aid, she’s also redefining the role of women entrepreneurs in finance and education. Christina Tosi / Milk Bar. Payal Kadakia / Classpass.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2018

In 2008, a friend asked me to help him commercialize an invention for making frames for tables, desks and a wide variety of other applications. Joining EO Accelerator has opened the door to very relevant business education born from real experiences of other entrepreneurs, which carries significant weight.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

’s 2008 Climate Change Act — and is funded by the Quadrature Climate Foundation, a climate-focused corporate social responsibility initiative launched by algorithmic trading tech firm, Quadrature Capital, in 2019. The incubator was founded by Baroness Bryony Worthington, who was the lead author of the U.K.’s

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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. Some of the veteran members include: Folkelig , who work to provide nationwide educational programs on nutrition and physical health.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

With the launch of Airbnb in 2008 and Uber (*) in 2009, these two companies established a new category of marketplaces known as the “sharing economy.” Airbnb was founded by Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky in 2008. Swing Education was founded in 2015 with the objective of creating a marketplace for substitute teachers.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 7, 2019

Since 2008, OCAST’s budget has been cut by nearly 40 percent — from about $22 million down to $13.4 An innovation economy attracts talent, creates jobs and builds wealth while boosting state revenues, which can then be used to fund critical areas — education, health care, public safety and human services.

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Jason Malki

MAY 3, 2023

Back in 2008 when I stepped into my first corporate job in an Education company, I had an opportunity to get exposed to an e-learning startup being incubated within and that got me fascinated by the world of internet and Technology. How did you break into a career in tech?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In contrast to America, he points out how Sweden is among the most successful societies in the world from a social mobility perspective — referencing its free education and free health care, which sets up as many people as possible for success. Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 17, 2021

I’m a co-founder of a company in the ultra-competitive online education market, with more than 2.5 For instance, in 2008, UPS agreed to ship DHL’s packages (because DHL couldn’t do it at the time and asked a competitor for help). Unfortunately, however, we often act as if competitors are our enemies. I’m not naive?—?I’m

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 4, 2021

Given that only 19% of 2008/2010 doctoral graduates worked outside of research/education according to UK statistics , 14% of PhDs going into entrepreneurship looks impressive. For example , 14% of PhDs who participated in a Canadian not-for-profit industrial research partnerships programme in 2014–2015 started their own business.

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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. They greatly valued education and volunteerism, and advised me often to step outside my comfort zone. My parents have been the greatest influence on my life and career.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In contrast to America, he points out how Sweden is among the most successful societies in the world from a social mobility perspective — referencing its free education and free health care, which sets up as many people as possible for success. Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 11, 2023

Nelson Mandela’s 1999 retirement brought these injustices further to the forefront, unveiling the deep-rooted inequalities within South Africa’s education system and society as a whole. Problem-solving with purpose “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Sure, when s**t really hits the fan, like in 2008, and the whole market goes haywire, everyone's going to feel it, but in any kind of normal environment, hedge fund returns should be largely uncorrelated to anything else. I experienced that myself with my startup in 2008 and 2009. 2) We're not much for continuing education.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Contributed to EO by Dave Galbenski, an EO Detroit member who served as EO Global Chair in 2008-2009. Dave is co-founder and chairman of the Global School of Entre p reneurship , which provides education for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs. He is a graduate of the inaugural class of EO’s Global Speakers Academy.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 27, 2022

She launched the business in 2008 and in 2016 started her first franchise mode. She took invested in education to learn how to not only clean but also the business of “hazardous cleanup” She took the course, even got a ready-made business plan for her envisioned business, and went to banks.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

Go on, have a few more: SpecEd goes to cyberspace : Assessing and delivering special education virtually has proven to be excruciatingly hard during the pandemic, but Parallel Learning thinks it has a solution. In other climate news, Tim reports that Singularity Energy raised a $4.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

“It’s comparable to the financial crisis of 2008, when poor financial products were lumped together in order to diversify risk and make them look better than they actually were,” he writes. Jan Lynn-Matern, founder and partner, Emerge Education. “We all know how that turned out.”

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

Read, listen to podcasts and educate yourself. I’ve been through COVID, I’ve been through 2008, the housing crisis, we are sustainable, we’re what you call an essential home business, and I didn’t deem that on myself. Build systems and processes to scale your company. Hire the RIGHT employees/team members.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Educate for skills, not for degrees--and make smart cool again. That also means changing the culture around education. Preventative care is the best investment we can make in our health, so let's get people educated and make it harder to eat yourself to death, especially in poor areas. That's more than just providing more loans.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Mo was graduated from Wharton, worked in investment banking, spent 6 years at IAC (including in an operational role for Connected Ventures which includes College Humor, Busted T’s and Vimeo) before joining Spark Capital in 2008. Currently offers 3mm books to over 5,000 higher education institutions in the US.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

This is the problem that first-time entrepreneurs who have never been through a downturn (we haven’t had one since 2008) couldn’t have the muscle memory for and thus it seems “all good” right now. I simply want founders to be educated on the topic to be helpful. It won’t be. I don’t mind.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 6, 2022

OSSM’s Virtual Regional Center brings added educational opportunities and challenges to rural high school students. Jessica Decker, OSSM graduate in 2008, has been an OSSM instructor since 2012 in various courses on the main campus. I know because this education made a difference for me.”. By Scott Meacham. Virtual Instruction.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 28, 2016

In 2008, Unilever , a company of 172,000 employees and 2015 sales of $60.6 With little formal education and using this principle, Cheung Yan founded Nine Dragons Paper and became one of the richest women in China. In 2008, Airbnb was born out of the humble search for a spare air mattress. Share and prosper.

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