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MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Moving into online education courses for 8 th -12 th grade in Summer 2010.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 27, 2024

However, this perspective began to shift dramatically after 2010, thanks to technological advancements that facilitated remote collaboration. It revealed that post-2010, tools like Trello, Zoom, and Slack bridged the gap in remote collaboration, leading to a significant reduction in the innovation deficit previously observed in remote teams.

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innovation creativity collaboration consulting 210

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OCTOBER 3, 2014

She was working as a developer evangelist at Yahoo! After seeing my ability to bring a big community together, she wound up introducing me to TK because he was running a hackathon of his own around the first Techcrunch Disrupt in NYC in 2010. In 2009, I was introduced to Havi Hoffman.

disruption 265

disruption communities innovation enablement 265

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JUNE 16, 2014

If it turned out that the best experiences I''ve had as an investor come from knowing someone a long time, I might go to events that are more around a specialty, like software development or design. In this case, I''d have the benefit of knowing someone long before they created a company.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Restaurant life was trial by fire and required stellar teamwork abilities, a strong passion for food and wine , and a propensity for understanding people—all of which I quickly developed and cultivated. Evolving into entrepreneurship.

hospitality 268

hospitality leadership collaboration entrepreneurship 268

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DECEMBER 21, 2012

I met him in April of 2010--almost two years before he got a venture round. I asked a few developers I knew about it and the feedback was " Not ready yet, but has conceptual promise and it doesn't suck." I asked a few developers I knew about it and the feedback was " Not ready yet, but has conceptual promise and it doesn't suck."

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. It launched open API’s and created a platform whereby third-party developers could come build any app they wanted and Facebook didn’t even want (yet) to take any money from them to do so.

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Gust

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Here are the trends in venture capital financings from 2006 through 2010 – the number of seed stage deals funded and total investment by region in millions of dollars. . In 2010, MoneyTree© reports that only 138 seed stage VC deals were done outside of California, New England, NYC Metro and the Pacific Northwest. All Seed-VC.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

Tuesday, January 12th 6:30PM Agile UX at the Economist (Waitlist only) The Economist online will share their experiences, successes and lessons learned around practicing user-centered design in an Agile development process. January 2010 Presenters: 1. RSVP: [link] 6:30PM Health 2.0 YourNurseIsOn - Matthew Browning, CEO 2. RSVP: [link].

collaboration 150

collaboration venture capital enablement technology 150

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JULY 22, 2015

In 2010, a bunch of techies got together to do the next year's NYC Triathlon. It was also right around that time when I started CTO School--a small five session series on how to go from being a developer to a technical leader, which blossomed into a not only a very active meetup , but also gave birth to a great conference series as well.

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JUNE 18, 2010

Online social game network; make their own games (FarmVille, Mafia Wars, FrontierVille) in addition to allowing third-party developers to access network. Founded in April/May 2010 by Diego Berdakin (Ex-Slingshot Labs) and Josh Berman (Ex-Slingshot Labs, MySpace Co-founder) in Santa Monica, CA. Read more: PaidContent. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In 2010, Gastón participated in a social assistance trip to Peru; recognized the different social, political and economic needs of the area; and saw how his actions could affect the individuals in the community’s lives. and within Argentina. and within Argentina.

education 189

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Fast forward a decade and now I had a startup filled with smart web developers. Even in 2010 I think most companies err too much on the side of complexity. We built in too many clicks, too many features, too many distractions. We were confident we had improved things until we got to usability testing and watched with horror.

creativity 325

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MAY 23, 2012

So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry. By 2010-2011 this had shrunk by half again, averaging under $15 billion. And in a market with too much capacity (too many startups) the leverage was completely in the hand of buyers at M&A activity finally picked up. Today’s Normalization.

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venture capital capital ventures VC 347

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JUNE 12, 2010

We both felt that the critical reasoning skills and writing skills were critical to our career development. Recent competitive financings closed by Gilt Groupe ($35mm in 05/2010), OKL (undisclosed value in 12/2009) and Ideeli ($20mm in 12/2009). Social network app developer and ad network. Total raised: $16.0mm. Other Deals.

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MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow is a free Q&A site for software developers, blending functionality from wikis, blogs, forums, and social voting (similar to Digg/Reddit); 7.1mm unique visitors per month; new funds will be used to build out engineering team and build out product. Following several completed advertising campaigns, Ad.ly Rumored to be appox.

VC 285

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Startups that developed the skills to execute a subscription business model with positive unit economics delivered fantastic returns to investors and capital flowed into this sector as a result. in 2010 to 7.7% now), and all but eradicated in China. Technology played a role in all of this.

sustainability 278

sustainability technology media strategy 278

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I know you have good knowledge of how the Internet is developing and have good intuition of what drives viral adoption, what local services are needed, what API’s need to be developed, etc. And when they wanted money they turned to none other than Matt Cohler, ex VP of Product Management at Facebook. Access to Deal Flow.

angel investing 288

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Between 1999–2005 the costs went down by 90% and between 2005–2010 they went down a further 90%. The reality is that as a result of two major trends the costs of starting a technology startup went down massively. I launched my first startup in 1999 so I know the economics of launching from first-hand experience.

investing 328

investing investment VC venture capital 328

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

Montgomery expects M&A to rebound to the normal recent levels at 450 deals by 2010. They have data from surveys they did with corporate development officers (e.g. Nearly 50% say they will increase their activity levels in 2010 (hallelujah!) the people who buy companies) in Q2 of this year of technology & media companies.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

It launched open API’s and created a platform whereby third-party developers could come build any app they wanted and Facebook didn’t even want (yet) to take any money from them to do so. Twitter seems to have become a bit allergic to third-party developers (or maybe vice-versa). They have more page views than even Google.

networking 297

networking innovation development opportunity 297

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JULY 29, 2015

I saw this in 2001-2003 and in 2008-2010. I haven’t seen it much lately so I’m imagining a whole generation doesn’t quite have the muscle memory and will need to develop it during the next down turn. I look for survivors. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

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creativity culture entrepreneurs energy 378

Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

Boston Children’s Hospital has piloted or promoted dozens of voice applications and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has supported the development of platforms like Sopris Health and Aiva Health. Insurers, pharma companies, CROs, and academic medical centers have developed applications with Orbita.

hospitality 285

hospitality startup health enablement 285

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. The company has opened its API to approved sites for distribution and approved developers who want to build games, etc.

startup 276

startup VC media networking 276

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JUNE 13, 2012

I first met Wiley Cerilli on April 23, 2010. The hard sale was never going to work and so he went about developing a better methodology--one about being supportive of the customer and thinking about how what you did made their life easier. If you've ever met Wiley, you know you can bank on him maxing out that additional $30 million.

pitching 346

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MARCH 17, 2010

’ &# His message was that in 2010 great business can be built anywhere if there is a great team and the will to make it work. But we do have great technology developers. You can hire a talented head of marketing, business development, technology and sales. I have one message for you, ‘get over it!’

technology 290

technology advice entrepreneurs innovation 290

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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. They did development in SF and had the ad sales team in NY. I believe investors had forced him to do this. I stayed close.

ventures 340

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MAY 7, 2013

Dana Settle (Greycroft) & I had led the first round of investment in the company in 2010 and we were looking for smart media investors to join us as investors in the company. Ynon & I first discussed Maker in early 2012. We had a series of meetings with Ynon and thought he’s be a great addition to our team.

peer-to-peer 320

peer-to-peer media networking board 320

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JANUARY 31, 2010

We set up a development center in India and I had to be there for three weeks to tour all of the prospective cities. So no prizes for guessing my New Year’s resolution for 2010. I plan to be 25 pounds lighter by December 31st, 2010. I prefer to write the December 2010 post about what a great year I had.

entrepreneurs 308

entrepreneurs advice real estate venture capital 308

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APRIL 28, 2010

11.2mm in Series A, rumored pre-money of $35mm; $1.6mm angel raised in Jan 2010. In late April 2010, VentureBeat published that Blippy credit card numbers were published on Google search: [link] followed by Blippy’s response. The investment will be used for product development initiatives. Read more: TechCrunch.

venture capital 270

venture capital capital ventures VC 270

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 14, 2019

USV seeded Tumblr along with our friends at Spark in the summer of 2007 and were actively involved in the development of the company until its sale to Yahoo! There was a time around 2010 and 2011 when Tumblr was the most engaging social platform that I was on. There was no moment when I decided to stop posting there.

media 201

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 17, 2021

But 15 years elapsed before he developed the system knowledge, as the owner of a successful trucking company, and the insight to transfer entire containers instead of individual crates and barrels. What might look to outsiders like procrastination is often the time needed to process a mass of confusing information. 2 for his age group at 12.

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entrepreneurs frameworks innovation pitching 236

Source Link

DECEMBER 1, 2021

During my tenure with the local University I worked with economic developers all across Iowa, from Sioux City to Davenport and a great many small but mighty communities in-between: Grinnell, Parkersburg, Webster City and Lamoni to name a few. Entrepreneurial development in rural areas is needed now more than ever.

entrepreneurship 246

entrepreneurship entrepreneurial ecosystem economic development peer-to-peer 246

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

When Chantel asked investors for $3mm for her seed round back in 2010, people stood up and took notice. There's so much transparency in the market around fundraising and entrepreneurs are so connected to each other, that it seems unlikely someone wouldn't get the encouragement to go after a $1mm or more round without having something real.

advice 418

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MARCH 18, 2010

Applications are due April 6th, 2010, the form is on the website and the Twitter address is @launchpadlad. On the funding, business creation, business development fronts I think we did quite well. We will be selecting 10 startup companies to participate. How’d we do?

mentorship 259

mentorship VC education entrepreneurs 259

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JUNE 19, 2012

Buddy Media was an amazing exit, but I never really thought of it like “enterprise software” I thought about it more like an agency that had developed off the shelf social tools around its service solutions. 8/31/2010 – Same thing. Hell, it might as well have screamed “Salesforce should acquire us. ,

media 266

media networking social gaming SaaS 266

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JANUARY 28, 2012

Fred Wilson wrote two posts in 2010 that were very influential with the startup community. The world is adopting smart phones and for many young people and many people in the developing world this will be one of their first computing devices. I know that “Mobile First” has become engrained in developers minds.

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