Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Vienna, 10 November 2021 – As the Impact Hub Network continues to accelerate the transition to a more just and sustainable future, we are excited to announce an update on our leadership team. Tatiana Glad, current Co-Founder and Director of Impact Hub Amsterdam (since 2008), brings diverse experience to our global leadership team.

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Reforge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Table of Contents Challenge #1: The Lean Startup encourages agnostic experimentation instead of starting with a compelling strategy. I still remember reading Eric Ries’ blog post that first coined the term “Lean Startup” in September 2008. Challenge #2: The Lean Startup’s focus on MVPs leads to failing too fast.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Over 59% of all counties in America are in a state of economic decline, and over 50% of all economic growth in The US since the 2008 recession has been isolated to just 20 out of 3,007 ounties. New business starts in America are down nearly 60% since the early 1990’s.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Over 59% of all counties in America are in a state of economic decline, and over 50% of all economic growth in The US since the 2008 recession has been isolated to just 20 out of 3,007 ounties. New business starts in America are down nearly 60% since the early 1990’s.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 28, 2016

As President and co-owner of the 102-year-old Lamey Wellehan shoe stores, Jim Wellehan used sustainability to foster innovation and remain relevant in the face of fierce competition. If you are simultaneously interested and confused by sustainability, you are not alone. Of that material, 99% is no longer in use after 6 months.

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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. Our investing journey has also spanned one of the most pronounced and sustained oscillations of the business cycle since the VC business was invented.

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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. “We all know how that turned out.” ” Thanks for reading — I hope you have a great weekend. pre-seed deck.

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Dream It

APRIL 8, 2020

Jason sat down with Steve Barsh , Managing Partner of Dreamit, to give founders relevant downturn strategies. Having been at the forefront of the dot-com boom, 9/11, and the financial crisis of 2008, Jason knows what it takes to survive this downturn. In fact, Jason started investing during the financial crisis. Again, survival is key.

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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. It also claims that a “lean manufacturing strategy” doesn’t require the capital outlay that a large central factory does.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

2008 and 2000), not only have we seen outstanding companies being formed, we’ve also witnessed great venture firm performance during these windows,” he said. Grow in a way that’s smart and sustainable for the long run,” advises Michael Sidgmore, a partner at Broadhaven Ventures. “We There is no one-size-fits-all solution.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Looking back at the burst of the first internet bubble in the early 2000s and the 2008 financial meltdown, Chaddha notes that we can expect roiling public markets and “geopolitical challenges” to inform the size of seed and Series A rounds. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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Jason Malki

JUNE 6, 2022

He specializes in Identifying new lucrative markets, implementing and developing creative strategies, and fun-damental relationship building which have been pivotal in launching new products and guiding companies toward new revenue heights. While managing Sales + Strategy over the last 5.5 global revenue.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

We believe that purchasing and owning real estate can be much more efficient and that the environments where we live and work should be healthier, more sustainable and more enjoyable,” Watson said. Ginny Miller serves as a principal and oversees investment strategy and execution. Today, 1Sharpe Ventures has five employees.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Recovery from the 2008 Great Recession took two years and was relatively weak. The investor exit calculus increasingly includes expectations about exit sustainability. The survivors will place greater focus on core products, services, more efficient processes and strategies to gain market share even in tougher times.

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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. Successful companies will need founders that will be able to raise significant funding and will need successful strategies to maintain healthy margins in the early days and while scaling.

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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. The US 10-year treasury yield is in yellow, and the size of the Fed’s balance sheet is in white from 2008 to 2022.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Startups that deliver sustainable personalization solutions that also improve business for retailers and brands fall into three categories: AR virtual try-on with shade matching. Advanced virtual fitting rooms with VR/AR for fashion.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

Shots on Goal Being great as a startup technology investor of course requires a lot of things to come together: You need to have strong insights into where technology markets are heading and where value in the future will be created and sustained You need be perfect with your market timing. Being too early is the same as being wrong.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The firm has come a long way from when it closed its first fund — $30 million of internal capital — in 2008. In terms of strategy, Rotman notes that QED has continued to lead deals that it feels “passionate about being involved in.”. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Before launching MOLOCO, Ahn was a machine learning engineer at YouTube from 2008 to 2010, then Android from 2010 to 2013. Back then, MOLOCO’s founding team “noticed that a lot of mobile businesses struggled to generate sustainable growth and monetization,” Ahn said. “A

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

It’s important in aligning internal strategy, communicating with others, talking with partner, recruiting and, yes, raising VC. Create a sustained campaign. Our 2008 fund looks spectacular. We have followed this strategy for 15 years. Our next fund will follow the same strategy. It’s human nature.

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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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David Teten VC

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Israel, and the UAE, bringing our global network and experience to shape your vision, strategy, execution, and team. While many firms provide capital, we offer a unique mix of expertise in technology, business development, and go-to-market strategies. We also integrate emerging technologies, particularly AI, into our strategy.

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