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How I learned to change the oil in my car and found a new office because of Shake Shack and a hackathon

This is going to be BIG.

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. Techcrunch Disrupt is where I met Steve and Jared from GroupMe and what led to me backing the company when I was with First Round Capital.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

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. The ability to interact, transact and disrupt is an order of magnitude greater at broadband speeds than at 56k dial-up modem speeds. THAT is disruption.

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Dropbox to acquire secure document sharing startup DocSend for $165M

TechCrunch

In fact, Heddleston worked for Dropbox as a summer in intern in 2010. It’s worth noting that Box offers a similar secure document sharing capability enabling users to share a link instead of using an attachment. Meanwhile, DocSend participated in 2014 at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York City.

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The UK Is a Fintech Regulatory Superpower

Andreessen Horowitz

If you want to see the future of financial services regulation, look to the UK The foundation: UK’s banking market and infrastructure In 2010, the UK was dominated by a small handful of large banks. This enabled them to unlock further funding as VC-backed growth companies over time. or the rest of Europe.

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The gray revolution: Fundraising within the older adult space

TechCrunch

We see an emphasis on young founders (“40 Under 40”), innovative ideas and disruptive challenges to legacy brands, incumbent companies and “old” ways of thinking. The number of people worldwide who are 65 and older is expected to grow from 524 million in 2010 to 1.5 Older adults are the most underserved demographic for the tech world.

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Uganda’s Tugende closes $3.6M Series A extension to meet the demand for its asset finance products

TechCrunch

Ugandan technology-enabled asset finance company Tugende today announced that it has closed $3.6 Between 2006 and 2010, CEO Wilkerson, then a journalist and researcher, spent a great deal of time using motorcycles ( Boda bodas ) for quick and flexible transport. million in a Series A extension round.

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As Allbirds goes public, sustainability is the mantra of the future

TechCrunch

It has now become a materials innovation company disrupting how clothes are made. It is enabling people to contribute to the possibility that their children will enjoy the lives that they did and making them feel good about it? — ?through Most of what we wear on our bodies today is made from plastic. This needs to change. And it will.