American Entrepreneurship
JUNE 10, 2025
For those engaged in the highly competitive and fast-paced startup ecosystem resilience is more than a soft skill—it’s a strategic advantage. Brian Chesky (Airbnb): Launched during the 2008 recession, faced legal battles, trust issues, and scaling challenges—but persisted through relentless adaptation.
Angel Capital Association
MARCH 13, 2023
While a run on a bank by current depositors can clearly accelerate negative trends we must also be mindful of the responsible support of the startup ecosystem that can and should come from venture capitalists, angels and other stakeholders. and its failure is the second largest U.S.
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TechCrunch
AUGUST 15, 2023
At the dawn of 2022, there were 2,900 active VC firms, marking a 225% increase since 2008. Finally, the talent pool for tech startups has broadened immensely. The most notable example was allegations of fraud at Newchip , a popular virtual startup accelerator. The competitive landscape also underwent significant changes.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Tavel is also a founding member of All Raise, the nonprofit organization focused on women in the venture capital and VC-backed startup ecosystem. Alexa von Tobel , the co-founder and managing partner of Inspired Capital, can likely relate to the startup founders on the TechCrunch stage.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
TechCrunch spoke to Francisco Polo, Spain’s high commissioner overseeing delivery of the entrepreneurial strategy, to get the inside track on the plan to grow the startup ecosystem and find out which bits entrepreneurs are likely to see in action first.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online. ” Europe’s startup ecosystem was still immature and what now seems like aloofness was probably nothing more than a crude way to deter cold pitches from non-venture type businesses.
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. Oklahoma’s startup ecosystem is disproportionately male, how can we improve the number of women-led startups in our region?
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