TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

DIMO based on a network of drivers and fleets to collect and share their vehicle data to learn more about their vehicle, save money, and build better mobility applications.” ” Mar is a successful serial entrepreneur, with numerous industry accolades. Earlier, she led Finance at a major solar manufacturer.

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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? David's firm most recently participated in the $77 million second round financing of SoFi, a one year old startup focusing on student loans. Perhaps I need to rethink that.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

When you think about the trends of faster-growing startups due to social networking, credit card enable and mobile first consumers – the reality is that many startups are becoming very large financially before needing to go public. The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009? more than 5 years ago?—?and

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

It’s a critical appointment — while brief — that can have a lasting impact on the founders who win, as well as help maintain TechCrunch’s reputation as an outlet that finds innovative tech and entrepreneurs behind it. Lanzone has a long history in media and as an entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Growing too slowly is particularly dangerous in a business with network effects, which the best startups usually have to some degree.” And so do entrepreneurs who are quick to pivot to new businesses or to sell in an acquihire. Some entrepreneurs can make a dent in a smaller world. “What exits have you had?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

But in 2006, I found my peer group by joining the Entrepreneurs Organization —and it was a game-changer. … 2009: Know what you stand for and surround yourself with people who are aligned with that mission. We grew our customer count 30% in 2009. I certainly did. Bonus lesson: Mistakes are the fertile ground of innovation!

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In the early spring of 2009, the fundraising nuclear winter of the previous year hadn't yet thawed. Many of you entrepreneurs know that feeling. That product isn't money--it's their time, attention, sound advice and network. It would be months before Foursquare's first round touched off a NYC venture frenzy.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. This post highlights some of the reasons why the market is moving again and what entrepreneurs should do about this. Seems an obvious fit.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

An online day will follow on May 20 to give our audience, including those who were unable to attend, a chance to tune in online and catch highlights from the live event, network and watch the full sessions. Dmitri Dolgov, co-CEO of Waymo, was there from the beginning. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

An online day will follow on May 20 to give our audience, including those who were unable to attend, a chance to tune in online and catch highlights from the live event, network and watch the full sessions. Dmitri Dolgov, co-CEO of Waymo, was there from the beginning. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

An online day will follow on May 20 to give our audience, including those who were unable to attend, a chance to tune in online and catch highlights from the live event, network and watch the full sessions. Dmitri Dolgov, co-CEO of Waymo, was there from the beginning. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off. TechCrunch Mobility Pitch-off.

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Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

” Then we needed a permit to go unescorted, or something. ”But my credentials are for a television network. I mention challenges and opportunities in the same breath here because it’s axiomatic among entrepreneurs that if something were easy to do well profitably at scale, it would have been done already.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

My mom was an entrepreneur – she was kind of my inspiration for entrepreneurship. I got a job at a bank, and I worked in their corporate finance group. And my specialty was computer networks. So I joined this group called Network Solutions, we did computer networking, the predecessor to the internet.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. So if you’re casually reading and don’t really care about angel financing – abort now! That’s OK.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Just two years later, in 2009, we worked out a deal to create the Techstars Seattle program, with our first program running in 2010. It would also have required more patience from the owners of the network itself, but would have been much more likely to serve their long-term goal of massive value creation over time.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. They have created two internal technology “products&# and wanted to figure out how they could turn their services business into a product business that could be financed. You’re a small fish. This team is talented. They wanted advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding. Short answer: no.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. ” “This will be great for VCs and bad for entrepreneurs.” What is the True Sentiment of VCs? ” “Sure, prices are dropping.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 11, 2023

We have escaped the hell that was the purely fiat financial world of pre-2009, but we have not yet ascended to heaven with our Lord Satoshi, where we shall sit gazing down on the dastardly fiat devil from on high. Tether was the first USD stablecoin, and it was issued on the Omni network in 2014 (which is hosted on top of Bitcoin).

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

With the launch of Airbnb in 2008 and Uber (*) in 2009, these two companies established a new category of marketplaces known as the “sharing economy.” When Garret Camp and Travis Kalanick founded Uber in 2009, they hatched the industry now known as ride-sharing. SHARING ECONOMY MARKETPLACES. This is a major “unlocking.”.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

In “The Social Network,” it’s when this coding, viral platform genius that we’ve been introduced to, gets presented with the Harvard Connect idea by the Winklevii and decides to steal it. This is one of the easiest slides to solve and one of the slides that many entrepreneurs get wrong. Email deck.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

In 2015, 46 percent of workers were enrolled in a plan with an annual deductible of $1,000 or more, up from 38 percent in 2013 and 22 percent in 2009. Narrow Networks — Narrow networks are an interesting response to the above market prices that the large hospitals and groups are pushing on the broader market.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 22, 2022

The structural problems of the EU monetary union came into focus in a big way from 2009–2011, when a number of European countries struggled to pay off the massive debts they had accrued over the preceding decades. Without ECB support, EU governments will be unable to finance themselves affordably. This is truly a FUBAR situation.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk. Finance where needed. Come 2009 we felt really bullish about the future for startups because the froth was gone and so, too, were wantrapreneurs. We need some visibility. Cut where needed.

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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. Nextek is all about low-voltage power networking systems, including lighting and controls for efficient building lighting. PlainSight. EXPLORE DETROIT STARTUP JOBS.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Our firm has had the good fortune to invest in many two-sided networks that used information aggregation, supplier aggregation, and user generated content to attract and inform consumers and resultantly disrupt and change different industries. Ezra Klein : Hello and welcome to the Ezra Klein Show, a podcast on Vox Media Podcast Network.

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