500

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Conventional wisdom dictated that incumbents should focus their innovation efforts on R&D and growing their cash cows while investing in a few startups. As one of the most active, early-stage investors in the world¹, 500 Startups has a unique perspective on the innovation economy. Since 2010, we’ve.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. So Fox ludicrously set up a quasi internal innovation center called Slingshot Labs. This was Politburo-style innovation and was laughable. then bought GeoCities for $3.6 Enter Facebook.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Working in wine during the financial crisis of 2008, I quickly noticed the opportunity to innovate within the alcohol logistics industry alongside my business colleague, Tim Elenteny. I interview female entrepreneurs and industry innovators on my podcast, discussing their careers, industry trends and businesses.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 17, 2021

In the book Alien Thinking , three innovation professors at IMD Business School argue that people who generate truly breakthrough ideas look at their world like aliens–outsiders unburdened by the assumptions, biases and conventional thinking that constrain imagination. Two types of breaks can foster innovation.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

Are we headed for a long era of innovation in which startups are the new norm? Yes, there is unprecedented innovation. So as I get around the country speaking at college campus in 2010 & 2011 I have been preaching the same theme. But what does this all mean? As with the late 90′s the answer is “Yes.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. Moving into online education courses for 8 th -12 th grade in Summer 2010. 60k unique visitors in March 2010. Competitors: Knewton.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry. Today’s Normalization. Mobility really changes everything.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

These days that’s not the case and it’s a great outcome for entrepreneurs and for innovation. But I wrote about one other point that I wrote back in March 2010 so it’s clear I didn’t just dream this up after today’s panel. So what took me $2 million at my first company now takes $20,000.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ). I don’t believe that search is the only answer in 2010 as it was in 2000. (plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. PLUS RELATED FUNDING ….

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

As a technologist he felt the US was “ground zero&# for technology innovation. Once you start censoring the Web, you restrict the ability to imagine and innovate. Friedman again in this weekend’s (Apr 3, 2010) NYTimes: “Between 1980 and 2005, virtually all net new jobs created in the U.S. But I have some.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

This is classic “Innovator’s Dilemma” market conditions. 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. You can’t change media consumption patterns easily.

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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. The next logical step was to go up-market and look for financial “partners” among the many corporations struggling to keep up with the pace of technological innovation during the go-go ZIRP years.

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Both Sides of the Table

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. Investors: August Capital (David Hornik) (lead) with existing investors Charles River Ventures.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The wonderful thing about rural America is that we have cultural assets and mindsets that allow us to thrive when it comes to entrepreneurship and innovation. Since 2010, populations in rural cities have been falling and according to the United States Census rural America now represents less than 20% of the U.S.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Pangyo Techno Valley is Korea’s flagship business cluster established with the goals of technological innovation, talent development, job creation, strengthening global business competitiveness, and securing new economic growth engines. These successes stem from region-specific corporate support programs.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I decided to put both of those issues to bed in 2010. I’m not looking to invest there – I’m looking to understand the trends, the people, the innovation, the regions and how China can become an integral part of any of my portfolio companies as they scale. I know I won’t win every deal I want to in VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I decided to put both of those issues to bed in 2010. I’m not looking to invest there – I’m looking to understand the trends, the people, the innovation, the regions and how China can become an integral part of any of my portfolio companies as they scale. I know I won’t win every deal I want to in VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Peer-to-peer lending service; started on FaceBook; claim to own 79% of the US peer lending market in March 2010 with a whopping $8,664,750. Knewton – “Online adaptive test prep and virtual classroom platform&# - I love the innovation that is coming from the test prep industry. LendingClub. 24.5mm in Series C. Other deals.

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Revolution

JANUARY 6, 2020

In 2010, we were first hearing about the iPad, Facebook had just turned cash flow positive, and most people were celebrating (rather than criticizing) the growth of Silicon Valley and what was starting to be known as Big Tech. I am reminded of how much has changed in the last ten years.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Having teachers unions in 2010 is so archaic and leads us to have public school systems where the best teachers are paid the same as the worst ones. I want to see America’s best and brightest become teachers because they will produce our whole next generation of leaders and innovators. This hugely resonated with me.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 12, 2019

In 2010, Ravi founded IndiVillage , the first information technology (IT) and information technology enabled services (ITeS) company in India to become certified as a B Corporation. In fact, the work he does outside of his original business helped him earn the 2019 EO Global Citizen of the Year.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 13, 2020

In his book The Innovation Stack , he recounts how he and his cofounder, Jack Dorsey of Twitter, approached the problem of credit cards with a new perspective. Here, he explains what an Innovation Stack is, plus what makes a real entrepreneur. . What is an Innovation Stack? If you succeed, you have an Innovation Stack.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 4, 2023

Supported by Temasek Foundation, Alterpacks is incubated under Singapore Management University’s Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s Business Innovation Generator. In addition, the team also won the Enterprise Singapore Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge in sustainable packaging.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 6, 2023

echPetHub’s Clemens is Leading Innovation in the Pet Tech Industry I had the pleasure of interviewing Lorien Clemens, co-founder and CEO at PetHub , Inc., As pet parents, we saw the need to develop innovative technology and modern pet identification tools to help pet parents locate lost pets faster. for pets and pet parents.

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

Here’s a look at the companies innovating in this sector: Voiceitt has created Talkitt, which is the world’s first speech recognition technology that understands non-standard speech. million seniors lived alone in 2010), decreased independence ( 1.3 Other problems experienced by seniors include loneliness (more than 11.3

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 21, 2024

(July 17, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved an investment from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF) into an emerging women-led company, The Many Company. million from the NJIEF to co-invest in innovative, high-growth New Jersey-based businesses.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 19, 2024

(July 17, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved an investment from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF) into an emerging women-led company, The Many Company. million from the NJIEF to co-invest in innovative, high-growth New Jersey-based businesses.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

That success has been bolstered by the fact that the UK is among the world’s most innovative financial services regulatory environments. Regulation is generally a blocker to innovation. The new and old regulatory innovations are accelerating fintech’s success. or the rest of Europe.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2023

. “Digital evidence is an increasingly critical aspect of investigations and the combined company will be well-positioned to further market expansion, accelerate innovation and provide even greater solutions to its customers.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 13, 2019

She formed her own law practice in 2010 at age 29 and joined EO in 2018. Consider being an entrepreneur—whether you’re a trial attorney like me or a marketing guru or a tech innovator—and stepping into your arena with the sense of fearlessness that financial security and low overhead provides.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India (VVSEAI) was founded in 2010 to drive innovation and support scalable businesses in the Southeast Asian and Indian regions. This track record led most of our investors from VVSEAI Fund IV to return as investors in VVSEAI Fund V and increase their allocation,” he said.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Airway Innovations. Airway Innovations is one of five first cohort companies out of Grand Rapids taken on by the new Conquer Accelerator run by Michigan State University (founded 2020). They’ve been around since 2010, and that has given them time to rack up such clients as Converse, Merrell, Saucony, and many more.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Back in 2010, Ingrid had the vision to empower a billion women by 2020. Her mission is to make the journey easier especially for diverse and women entrepreneurs. Her ultimate goal is to see women and diverse leaders grow scale ventures by giving them access to the tools they need to succeed.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The dream of virtually every entrepreneur, regardless of their innovation or industry, is to land a successful investment for their venture. Over the past 15 years, I have invested in more than 35 companies with diverse and underserved founders.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

The New York-based company got its start in 2010 by founder and CEO Chris Ashenden and is the result of his journey to find out why he continued to feel bad. We continue to innovate around how we do something amazing for our customers, and we also innovate on how we get the message out there in a very cluttered world.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

The one thing I would say about Draper Esprit is that we are trying to be innovative. Talking about innovation in venture capital models, what’s the main motivation for your use of retail investment platform PrimaryBid? If you go back to 2010, we launched our [Enterprise Investment Scheme] product — in the U.K.,

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