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. Perhaps I need to rethink that.

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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. He reached out to younger founders and offered to help via his network at AT&T, Google, media agencies … you name it.

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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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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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OurCrowd

JULY 25, 2023

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

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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. Photo credit: JD Hancock.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

And my specialty was computer networks. 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. Be an intern” And by the way, this is 2009.

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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. UPI has since become the world’s fifth largest payment network by volume, and a model for the rest of the globe. Finally, the Indian market has historically been credit-starved.

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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. There are a couple of ways to think about this growth.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 4, 2021

You’ll also often hear companies that started in coworking spaces praise the networking benefits of being in a shared space — team collaboration, events and close contact with people in other companies helps startups connect and grow. Tech Brewery Ann Arbor.

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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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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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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

PlainSight is a new networking app. It’s a unique take on the networking problem we all face finding the right partners at events and in business. They also offer consulting services to help companies acquire commercial sites, manage projects, and handle solar integrations. PlainSight. EXPLORE DETROIT STARTUP JOBS. GreenLancer.

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