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. In the summer of 2020, we will reconvene and continue that critical work.

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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

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. pre-seed to help industrial manufacturers do sustainability reporting. Tanso nabs $1.9M

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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 Another common challenge startups face is simply running out of cash—or not knowing how to sustain a cash flow that will support growth. I wanted to find a better solution, so I created one.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 7, 2019

As legislators and business leaders, we should be asking ourselves every day: How do we create a sustainable model that creates more and better paying jobs in Oklahoma even when the economy stalls at some point in the future? Since 2008, OCAST’s budget has been cut by nearly 40 percent — from about $22 million down to $13.4

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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. This sparks exciting discussions around sustainability topics, and – every so often – new collaborations. It was founded by Silje Grastveit, an alumni of the renowned Kaospilot programme in Denmark.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

The raise comes after Pula closed $1 million in seed investment from Rocher Participations with support from Accion Venture Lab, Omidyar Network and several angel investors in 2018. . When Goslinga met Njeru in 2008, she worked for Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA). Co-CEOs with agricultural backgrounds.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

MOLOCO already serves mobile app developers in a wide range of industries, like gaming, social networking, e-commerce, ridesharing, food delivery and fintech, helping them turn their first-party user data into marketing, monetization and user acquisition campaigns. MOLOCO’s customers include King Digital, Playrix and Netmarble.

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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. Credit cards "just work" and peer to peer transactions just aren't big enough to bootstrap a network. (PS.there are various companies in this article I have or have had business involvements with.

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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. She is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma, Leadership Oklahoma City, and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Oklahoma City.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Samsung wants you to have that crystal-clear smartphone communication in places where there is no cellular network connectivity, so it developed its own satellite-based solution, Ivan writes. Goin’ retro, with a 15-year-old pitch deck : Pitch Deck Teardown: Uber’s $200K pre-seed deck from 2008 , by Haje. Sarah has more.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 28, 2022

Because we know that in order to create circular self-sustaining pockets of economic action that use Bitcoin as the sole payment method, we must infect as many minds as possible with our memetic narrative. Miners spend energy to maintain the Bitcoin network. No network … no value. otherwise the network will collapse.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 24, 2016

So throughout 2006/07 when I had really young kids Facebook was truly a social network for sharing family moments. In the years 2008-10 it seems most of my high school and college friends discovered Facebook and wanted to say hello. I realized that with Facebook I could just publish them into the stream and my family would see them.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

And basic searches on the Micromax brand on Google from 2008 — its first year in mobile — lay bare the general decline in chatter about the company. Founded in 2000 by Vikas Jain, Rahul Sharma, Sumit Kumar Arora and Rajesh Agarwal, Micromax first started life as a small IT firm, making its first move into phones only in 2008.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

” The financing brings the San Mateo, California-based company’s total raised since its 2008 inception to $600 million. For example, Veev uses Light Gauge Steel (LGS) framing and High Performance Surface (HPS), which the company says “are lighter, stronger, and more sustainable than wood and drywall and with near zero waste.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! Morning in VC.

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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. There was never a Black Marc Benioff or a Latino Steve Jobs in the press to make that kind of accomplishment feel possible.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. Fred Wilson likes, “large networks of socially connected people” while Foundry lists its 5 key themes on its website. Do your homework.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

Meesho is a platform in India that allows people to resell products using their social networks. Meesho is a platform in India that allows people to resell products using their social networks. We have widows who were not able to sustain their family, feed their kids, et cetera. It’s not just us, this is 2008 to 2012.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

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. Tommy Mello: And they’re learning that those multiples, just, they’re not sustainable. You started Infusionsoft.

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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. Smarter EV charging for charging networks, fleets, and residential use cases that is price, carbon intensity, and excess solar awareness.

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