Dream It

APRIL 2, 2019

Dreamit works with top healthcare, cybersecurity, and urban technology startups, providing access to extensive customer, industry, and investor networks during its 14-week acceleration programs. Since 2008, Dreamit has worked with over 320 companies.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Founded in 2008, Deputy has raised $104 million AUD (about $72 million USD) from investors like Square Peg and IVP, reaching soonicorn valuation. Between its formation in 2008 and 2017, Deputy didn’t have a CEO, until Ahmed stepped into the position after the startup’s first funding round. million shift workers.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

And you can see what AVC looked like in September 2008. Machines that provide storage to the network get paid out in small increments over time as they continue to prove that they have held onto archived files. . And you can see what AVC looked like in September 2008. The Internet Archive and Wayback Machine are awesome.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 22, 2020

The Financial Crisis of 2008 sure seemed bad in the moment as well. It was built on a network of drivers woefully unprotected by labor laws, without healthcare, wage production or unemployment benefits—the consequences of which are now painfully all too obvious and should seem a little less like a source of pride.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

The Scotts Valley, California-based company is using cloud technology and the Ethereum blockchain as the engine for its Paystand Bank Network that enables business-to-business payments with zero fees. During the 2008 economic downturn, Almond’s family lost their home. Paystand wants to change that.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2016

In 2008 I started VC blogging. My friends said, “I don’t need another network. That’s what happens when you join a network and have kids. Here’s the thing: If you never try new product and new networks you’ll never learn anything. Right now it’s my favorite network. I had blogged when I was an entrepreneur.

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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 5, 2023

We also asked how membership in EO’s global network provides value by empowering them to confide in their peers in the confidential space of EO Forum , which can help entrepreneurs move forward through challenges to achieve their full potential. . — During the 2008 housing crisis, my company was on the verge of bankruptcy.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

ZEBOX , an international accelerator network founded by shipping conglomerate CMA CGM to introduce more tech innovation into the supply chain industry, announced today the launch of its APAC headquarters. The company says it has already reduced carbon emissions per container carried by 50% since 2008.

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Dream It

JANUARY 23, 2019

Founders meet with dozens of potential customers and partners on multi-city Customer Sprints™, pitch leading venture firms during Investor Sprints™, receive hands-on coaching, and gain access to a vast network of experienced alumni and advisors.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 24, 2020

In the last US economic downturn in 2008-2009, my Forum and EO taught me that the keys to surviving are being the first to respond, taking quick decisive action and being agile. I also used my EO network to broadcast the fact that we were now in the plexiglass business. They were extremely supportive.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Network effects have evolved, moving away from the traditional physical spaces to digital ones. At the dawn of 2022, there were 2,900 active VC firms, marking a 225% increase since 2008. Some accelerators are adding 20+ hours of programming per week and networking events that may be lackluster. Peer groups.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Sopoong was launched in 2008 by Jaewoong Lee , who co-founded South Korea’s largest internet portal operator Daum Communication, which merged with Kakao in 2014. The early-stage VC had already set up five social impact funds and backed 81 startups since 2020, after Han acquired the firm in December 2019.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Rob messed around with some local video thing in 2008, which everyone but Rob thought was a pretty terrible idea. Later that year, I sent a tweet that inspired a company that initially only Rob thought was a pretty terrible idea: Using FlickrEdit and a JungleDisk network drive to backup all my Flickr photos to S3.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 22, 2023

HYUH, that was established in 2008, is the first university-based holding company in Korea that commercialises HYU technologies. He added that cross-border success depends on the strengths of the ecosystem players. FVC is making the first close of its second fund called the FVC Green Future Fund. It also invests on HYU and affiliate startups.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Tatiana, current Co-Founder and Director of Impact Hub Amsterdam, takes over from Gabriela Gandel, who led the network for the past 10 years. We sat down with Tatiana to learn more about her as a human, her ambitions for the network – and her own entrepreneurial action. And what really inspires you in our network?

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 11, 2023

Mastering social distribution ( sheep-throwing in the early days) on MySpace & Facebook’s propelled YouTube & Zynga, not to mention the social networks themselves. The iTunes store launch in 2008 enabled Uber.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The entrepreneurs must make a smooth transition and hire top-quality managers to head the major departments instead of hiring unqualified people from their personal networks. Founded in 2008, by Andre Mason and Eric Lefkofsky as an e-commerce marketplace, the revenue growth of Groupon stands as a perfect example for a hockey stick growth.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 3, 2020

During the Great Recession of 2008-10, Kent guided dozens of CEOs and their companies successfully through the crisis and positioned them to capitalize on the economic expansion that followed. EO is the only global network exclusively for entrepreneurs. Won’t you join me? ConsciousCapitalism #capitalismwithcare #EOimpact.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

How else can you explain this headline matching a story about a professional social network still trying to explore revenues raising $17mm on an $80mm valuation? The last closed market we had was from about September 2008 until June 2009--10 months. In 2008, people weren't sure if we were heading into a complete financial collapse.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2021

A little startup by the name of Dropbox competed in the Battlefield at TC50 (the precursor to Disrupt) way back in 2008. Once Disrupt ends, you’re part of this phenomenal community — just imagine the networking possibilities. Battlefield has a long history of producing notable names. Need an example? billion and produced 117 exits.

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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. 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 only wanted one thing in the deal – Hamet. I stayed close.

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JUNE 19, 2012

6/15/2008 – Application network of its own apps plus agency business plus ad network. Buddy Media builds, promotes and monetizes one of the largest networks of engaging and entertaining social media applications on the web. Buddy Media can build an application and drive 1 million users in just a few months.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

” Selivanov co-founded EdgeDB with Elvis Pranskevichus in 2022, after co-launching a software development consultancy called MagicStack in Toronto in 2008. As they began to create bespoke tooling for clients, the founders came to the realization that they wanted to lead a purely product-driven company as opposed to a consulting firm.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MAY 10, 2022

Each Basel Accord was authored in response to a crisis Basel I - the crash of 1989; Basel II - the dotcom crash, and Basel III - the GFC of 2008. The share of networks sold to investors asymptotes that of a web2 company at IPO, but it remains distributed across a broad institutional base and some retail investors.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

He has been a serial entrepreneur and investor as a co-founder of LaunchTime, an incubator and investor in early-stage tech startups and as a co-founder of Community Connect, which was one of the first social networking companies. Shardul joined Index in 2008. Ben focuses his investing activities on primarily consumer-facing companies.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

As more data moves to the cloud, it often still lives in multiple places on a business’ network, making it difficult for organizations to understand and access the right data they need and easier for data breaches to occur. It has over 900 employees working remotely and in hubs, including Brussels, New York City, Atlanta and Poland.

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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. That is the very month that Facebook became the largest social network, outpacing MySpace. The collaborative web arrived after the social web hit a tipping point.

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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

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 groups source their own investment opportunities through personal networks or external platforms, as Tribevest is “investment-agnostic,” according to Smith. .

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Jason Malki

MARCH 21, 2022

I graduated from college in 2008?—?before I kept a pulse on the tech/SaaS scene by going to networking events, volunteering for a Techstars program, and doing free work for young startups to build up my experience. How did you break into a career in tech sales? if not particularly exciting?—?work.

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Founders Coop

MARCH 1, 2021

And with over 200 companies in our combined portfolios, we’ve assembled the most powerful founder support network in the region. When we started Founders’ Co-op back in 2008, Seattle was still a company town. What’s different this time is mostly how the world has changed around us.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 12, 2022

This negative externality is unique to financial services and was particularly obvious in the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. The scope of the liquidity infusion has been massive even by the 2008 standard. billion recapitalization (bailout) under the supervision of the Federal Reserve. Photo credit: JD Hancock.

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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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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

In 2008, he started Bluechip Technologies with a friend, Kazeem Tewogbade as an enterprise company that provides data warehousing solutions and enterprise applications to banks, telcos, insurance firms. I’ve built that network within the startup ecosystem and reputation as an angel always ready to help.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

He goes hard out of the gate with his inaugural story on the site, covering how Wheelocity raises $12 million for its supply chain network for fresh commerce in India. Based on his time leading startups through the dot-com implosion in 2000 and the 2008 Great Recession, Alomar says it’s critical for founders to be strategic and not reactive.

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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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