Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

On 5 June 2009, I received an unexpected call from one of my clients. I decided we should consult our doctor. At the time, I was entering a new phase in my life. My wife, Jasmine, and I were expecting our first child. We lived in a new house where we often took long walks on the beach—simply put, I was living my best life.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

I have been working for more than ten years as a certified player agent for the Korea Football Association and as a performance consultant for professional soccer players and elite athletes. What drove you to intertwine soccer with sports tech? The goal is to develop players and have the team achieve good results while running my own club.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Clicker, which launched at the TechCrunch50 conference in 2009, was acquired by CBS Interactive. After graduating from Harvard with a degree in philosophy, Tavel was a consultant at The Kerden Group and then vice president at Bessemer Venture Partners. He worked at Ask.com (formerly Ask Jeeves), a division of IAC/InterActiveCorp.,

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund). We have witnessed one hell of a startup boom from 2009-2014 which has coincided with the boom in accelerators. Market stage is everything.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

Since 2009 we’ve been in an unequivocal bull market. Every consultant was pitching a process for reinventing your organization through BI. Venture capitalists have raised increasing amounts of money from their investors (LPs) every year. An impressive number of new VCs have been created – most of them with new seed funds.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Savana was founded in 2009 by Sanchez, who previously served as the president of the international division of FIS. For instance, Mike Wolfel, the company’s president and CTO, formerly led the design of process automation systems across mortgage origination and serving, corporate administration and finance as a consultant.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Culture Amp was founded in 2009 to let companies conduct anonymous employee surveys, but since then, its focus has expanded to helping employers turn the data they collect into action. The company announced today it has raised $100 million in Series F funding, led by returning investors Sequoia Capital India and TDM Growth Partners.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The last closed market we had was from about September 2008 until June 2009--10 months. More and more of our best and brightest are learning to code and/or joining the ranks of innovative startup companies instead of working for banks and consulting firms. After that, we were pretty much back on track, growing every year.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

As more consumers were skipping commercials the idea of authentically integrating brands into media seemed obvious to me and ended up informing a lot of my investments in 2009 and 2010.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 30, 2020

In fact, according to a 2009 study by Dane Stangler for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation , more than half of Fortune 500 companies were started during a recession. Although recessions often harm the consulting market, for example, there’s evidence that they improve short-term labor markets. Since 1900, the U.S.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Adrian Miller is many things, including a Business Growth Architect, sales consultant, trainer, author, avid traveler, blogger, columnist, hockey mom, amateur photographer, theater lover, moviegoer, and networker extraordinaire. (I Interested in becoming a member? Click here to learn more! About Adrian Miller.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

According to a recent Crunchbase study , the number of companies founded by women doubled from 10 percent of global startups in 2009 to 20 percent in 2019. What are the first names that come to mind when thinking about startup founders? Mark Zuckerberg? Steve Jobs? Bill Gates?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

of the funding raised since 2009, while Latinx female founders saw only 0.4% In fact, a study by Boston Consulting Group found that women-founded startups generate 78% for every dollar invested, compared to 31% from men-founded companies. of total investment dollars.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The idea for this book dates back to my time at ProgrammableWeb (2009-2014). DuVander was recommended to us by Karl Hughes, the CEO of Draft.dev, which specializes in content production for developer-focused companies. To reach more developers requires more education and less promotion. Your “marketing” should not feel like marketing.

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OurCrowd

JULY 25, 2023

Founded in 2009, BeetleSat (formerly NSLComm) is a provider of satellite communication technology and services.

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EntreWorks Consulting

MARCH 10, 2020

This effort kicked off in 2009, and, since then, a wide and deep statewide network has been pushing goals of supporting sustainable economic development, improving soil and environmental quality, and ensuring that every Vermont resident has access to healthy local food.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Ironically enough, the second nudge she gave my career also had to do with AOL--ten years later when in 2009, she introduced me to Jon Brod who was forming AOL Ventures. Did you analyze the market and see an opening as if this was a management consulting exercise or are you passionate about it based on some impactful life experience?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 12, 2020

Svetlana Marshall started her journalism career in 2009. Neil is currently a producer, reporter, news anchor and editorial consultant at News Room. Nazima also serves as First Vice President of the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM). Svetlana also serves as Secretary for the Guyana Press Association (GPA).

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 12, 2022

By comparison, when oil prices doubled between 2009 and 2011, it created stress for some industries, but there was no concern that the global economy would collapse. We wrote the first version of this research with Brent Beardsley , formerly a Partner with Boston Consulting Group. Contributors.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

According to a recent Crunchbase study , the number of companies founded by women doubled from 10 percent of global startups in 2009 to 20 percent in 2019. What are the first names that come to mind when thinking about startup founders? Mark Zuckerberg? Steve Jobs? Bill Gates?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Mapan, which means “steady” in Bahasa Indonesian, was founded in 2009. and a McKinsey consultant. Apti said that since 2009, the company has had 250,000 MUMs. The new capital will be used to expand Mapan’s product range and partner with more suppliers for its marketplace of goods for resellers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

You know, the weird thing, Derek, and I should probably let you speak some time, but I was deeply technical when I went into Andersen consulting, and I got paid much less than engineers who graduated, because I had a degree in economics. We don’t take tech guys in the strategy consulting group.” Maybe you misheard me.

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EntreWorks Consulting

OCTOBER 14, 2019

The US Small Business Administration (SBA), and other small business advocates (including EntreWorks Consulting!), In this study, ILO researchers tracked employment surveys from 99 countries over a period between 2009 and 2018. Note: the data set does not include the US and North America). unlicensed businesses).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. I saw this first hand. We over-spec’d products.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The groundwork was Aadhaar (“foundation” in Hindi), a nationwide database established by the government in 2009 to enable digital identity verification. At the time, the market seemed poised for a fintech boom for a variety of reasons. Going forward, RBI has shown an intent to support fintech innovation within well-defined guardrails.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Ascendant’s consultants haven’t just helped the British legal tech startup execute growth tactics, she wrote : “They’ve helped us set up the framework to keep executing on those whether we are five, 50 or 500 people.” ” (If you too have growth marketers to recommend, please fill out the survey !).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.)

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

In 2009, the Corporate Executive Board, a consultancy providing expertise to some of the world’s largest companies, studied the distinguishing characteristics of great sales people and well-run sales processes. They surveyed more than 6,000 sales reps across 90+ businesses. The analysis revealed three interesting things.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

He was from South America but living in Switzerland and had launched a startup while holding down a day job at a consulting firm (McKinsey if memory serves). I joined GRP Partners in 2007 before they raised their current fund (we closed a $200 million fund in March 2009). A caller dialed in to ask us questions about his startup.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2022

Founded in 2009 in Menlo Park, California, the firm — also known as a16z — has for years been a symbol of Silicon Valley investing. Lacor most recently served as CRO for no-code platform company Unqork, where he handled all go-to-market efforts, including sales, pre-sales consulting, customer success, revenue operations and channel partners.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 4, 2021

Tenants tend to include legal teams or tech startups that deal with private information, including cybersecurity consultancies. Unicorn startup Duo Security ’s founder Dug Song co-founded The Tech Brewery in 2009 with building owner Doug Smith to be a coworking space for growing tech startups.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

Before you hire a marketing consultant who doesn’t understand your products or commit to a CMO who has several years of experience — but none in your sector — consider influencer marketing. Last week, Kickstarter announced that people have backed more than 200,000 projects with $6 billion in pledges since the company launched in 2009.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

I had a nice severance check and secured a job with Andersen Consulting very quickly. Next post: two “4-Hour Workweek&# like hacks I started in 2009 to try and take back control of my life that are saving me hours. And his boss. Our bank was gutted. I was 22 and unemployed. It was the best thing that ever happened to me.

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 7, 2016

Series A down rounds constituted 40% of all rounds in Q1 2009. Quick glossary on what those terms mean (Consult your attorney before signing terms sheets!): However, in the early stages the frequency of down rounds (e.g., a Series D with a smaller valuation than a Series C) aren’t at historic or even six year highs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 28, 2017

In a 2009 interview with The Financial Times , he said, “On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world.”. Shawn Busse is an EO Portland member and the CEO of Kinesis , a marketing and business consultancy helping B2B service-centric companies achieve growth from the inside out. .

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

After selling Manhattan GMAT in 2009, he started Venture for America, which aimed to create 100,000 new U.S. If you donate $250 here , and send me the receipt to charlie@brooklynbridge.vc , I will consult with you for an hour of my time on your startup pitch, VC career trajectory—anything you think I could be helpful with.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

They also offer consulting services to help companies acquire commercial sites, manage projects, and handle solar integrations. Integral is a Detroit software consultancy that works with cloud-native agile engineering practices, human-centered design, lean product management strategies, and other gold-standard software development practices.

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