Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

But one common theme I’m hearing from there in 2011 is that it’s impossible to recruit. I’m “all in&# on the future of TV and the longer it takes other investors to get on board the better. Recruiting & retention will be different outside the Valley. Communities outside the Valley have matured.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

If you want to watch my interview from 7 years ago it’s here or you can read the summary notes I wrote up ) Derek built Startup Grind from 2011 with 20 people in one room for a conference into a global phenomenon with 600 chapters all over the world and more than 2 million members. And it would be?—?but

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

With the new funds, MessageGears now has investments totaling to $80 million since its founding in 2011. In addition to the fresh investment, Angad Singh of Long Ridge also joined MessageGears’ Board of Directors. “At At Long Ridge, we’ve long understood that enterprise brands have immense amounts of data about their customers.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

The new capital infusion gives Miro $476 million in total funding since the company was founded in 2011 by Andrey Khusid and Oleg Shardin. And now today, the company announced its largest round to date, $400 million in a Series C that propels its valuation to $17.5 Miro lands $50M Series B for digital whiteboard as demand surges.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. It isn’t new stuff. It just works better now and there are more people doin’ it. And then came AOL.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Elser and Scott Feldman of SGE will be joining the board. We believe there is tremendous opportunity for Muck Rack to be the dominant global PR platform, and we look forward to working closely with Greg, Lee and their team to support this next phase of company expansion.”

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

After 10 years of leading the Impact Hub Network , Gabriela Gandel will move into a new role on our global board of the Impact Hub Association in 2022. When I joined the ‘Hub Network’ back in January 2011, I had no idea I’d still be here 10 years later, but I knew it was the right place for me to be! Here’s her story.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

The round follows $25 million in financing from CIBC Innovation Banking last September, and brings Vena’s total raised since its 2011 inception to over $363 million. As part of the raise, Vista Equity Managing Director K im Eaton and Marc Teillon, senior managing director and co-head of Vista’s Foundation Fund, will join the company’s board.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

Dr. Howard is the founder and president of the board of directors of Zyrobotics, a Georgia Tech spin-off company that develops mobile therapy and educational products for children with special needs. Her career spans higher education, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the private sector.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Roy founded MessageGears in 2011 with Taylor Jones, a colleague, to productize this solution. As a part of the fundraising, Long Ridge’s Angad Singh joined MessageGears’ board of directors. MessageGears, a cloud customer engagement platform, raises $62M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2021

She co-founded the Portland Seed Fund in 2011, but also serves as the Director of Portland State University’s Center for Entrepreneurship and manager of the Portland State University Business Accelerator, allowing her to monitor prospective and existing portfolio companies that originate from the university.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

HubStop introduced usage-based pricing in 2011 to boost its retention rate, then near 70%. From dorm rooms to board rooms: How universities are promoting entrepreneurship. ” From dorm rooms to board rooms: How universities are promoting entrepreneurship. Why do SaaS companies with usage-based pricing grow faster?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011. dot-com bonanza. Ten years on much has changed. So in a way it’s self selecting.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

And I’ve been an employee at YC since 2011. Terms are changing across the board right now. GR: I actually count my tenure at YC from just after 2006, when I left Yahoo [and] started hanging out with Paul [Graham] and company, so really, almost 16 years. So it’s been over a decade. Will the terms be changing?

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In 2011, under the leadership of Public Policy Chairman Dan Rosen (Seattle, Washington), ACA decided to engage Washington, DC counsel to navigate public policy on Capitol Hill, the executive branch and the Securities and Exchange Commission. This letter emphasized how important patents are to startup companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The core of the investing job of course is investing dollars into startup companies and helping as a mentor, advisor and board member on the companies in which you’ve invested. Just as Yves mentored me when I became his co-managing partner in 2011, he didn’t seek to ride off into the sunset either. So What Does All This Mean?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

In 2011 the company was sold to Nordstrom for $270 million in a deal that has been widely seen as a success for both buyer and seller. Like any firm we of course invest in the San Francisco Bay Area where 33% of my personal boards are. After that you could tell that Greg was really “all in” on the LA technology community.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

I myself coined the term ENIFA (everyone now is a f **g angel) in 2011 but it didn’t stick as well as the term Unicorn did. Another founder … “When I pitched the idea to Adam, he was super on board,” Mr. Sloyan said. I was trying to cheekily suggest that it was the new status symbol. All of my partners at Upfront do.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 13, 2020

Jim McKelvey is the cofounder of Square, and served as the chairman of its board until 2010, and still serves on the Board of Directors. In 2011, his iconic card reader design was inducted into the Museum of Modern Art. Bank of America and Square were eerily alike, just a hundred years apart. Copyright Nicki McGuire.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

The “Tumor Board” project was initiated by doctors from the U.S., With the Tumor Board project we’ve shown that Medicai can set up infrastructure in a matter of days to provide access to expertise across 2 continents: US & Canada to Romania and Moldavia – and this was done in less than ideal conditions.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Aaron graduated from EO Accelerator and went on to become an EO member in 2011. It was a cool morning in April of 2011 when I found myself wandering around this cliff side town of Positano, Italy. After just two hours there, we boarded the bus again to make our way to Sorrento and Pompeii. But I was also a little sad.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 13, 2016

They are my sounding board, and they fuel my own desire to be better.” ” As Founder and CEO of Boston Human Capital Partners, Kate Morgan started her consulting firm in 2011, on the heels of the recession. Participants encompass a wide range of businesses, but they share many commonalities.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

LivingSocial took in $583 million in capital in 2010 and 2011 with little left in time to show for the investment and tremendous dilution to the founders. There are only a few Uber or AirBnB investments to point to – where the street value of the company may ultimately validate that amount of investment.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

He joined Accel as a venture partner in July and he’s going to join Lydia’s board of directors. Jhawar joined payments company Braintree in 2011 as COO and CFO. “The value of the company has really significantly increased between the two parts of the B round,” he told me. Interestingly, Amit Jhawar is heading this investment for Accel.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

Sift was founded out of Y Combinator in 2011, and has raised a total of $157 million over its lifetime. Insight Partners Managing Director Jeff Lieberman, who is a Sift board member, said his firm initially invested in Sift in 2016 because even at that time, it was clear that online fraud was “rapidly growing.”

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Revolution

JANUARY 9, 2019

Jewelry Designer at Shinola Location: Detroit, MI Shinola was founded in 2011 with the goal to make quality products and to build them right here in America. Visit the Revolution Jobs Board to explore 1,399 other open positions. Looking for more opportunities?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In 2011, the company expanded to build themes for online stores. Even at the board level, we honestly asked if we should even be doing this. WooCommerce logo. Image Credits: Wikimedia. WooCommerce began life as WooThemes, a small design firm that didn’t look very different from the many others that created WordPress themes.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Tan will be taking over the role from Geoff Ralston, who has been with YC since 2011. Months after the departure, Tan said that Ohanian isn’t leaving the firm altogether but is instead stepping into a board partner role at Initialized. Tan, however, will continue to serve as founder and partner at Initialized – a $3.2

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

They met and bonded over both having type 1 diabetes — Westermann was diagnosed over 25 years ago — and started the MySugr app for diabetes self-management in 2012 ( they won a TC pitch-off back in 2011 ). Chou O’Keefe has been investing in healthcare her entire VC career, and sat on the board of Livongo for four years.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

In 2011, Shivani Siroya founded Tala after leaving her job as an investment banking analyst. Following the announcement, Paul Gu, the co-founder of Upstart and Denelle Dixon, the executive director and CEO of the Stellar Development Foundation, will join Tala’s board of directors.

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StartupNation

APRIL 20, 2021

Since I first invested in his prior company back in 2011, we’ve shared meals and wine, successes and frustrations. “At I met Greg in the spring of 2011 when he approached me to invest in his new idea. Greg and his wife, Nikki, are dear friends of ours, so I’ve had a front-row seat to his incredible ascent.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

And in January I saw that digital music overtook physical media for the first time in 2011, something I expected since 1998. Last weekend I caught Mashable announcing that Ebook Sales Surpass Hardcover in the U.S. something I’ve expected since I first bought a Rocket ebook reader about 10 years.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

Up until this point, Gumroad has raised more than $8 million from investors, including Kleiner Perkins, First Round, Max Levchin and SV Angel, as well as others, since 2011. Despite venture capital growing as an asset class, alternative ways to raise are becoming increasingly popular to help founders maintain ownership and to access capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Before launching Goodwater, co-founder Eric Kim was managing director at Maverick, an early investor in Coupang, and served on the company’s board from 2011 to 2017. Goodwater’s S-1 teardown of Coupang, released today, is based on a combination of proprietary consumer research and information from Coupang’s S-1 filing.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

LivingSocial took in $583 million in capital in 2010 and 2011 with little left in time to show for the investment and tremendous dilution to the founders. There are only a few Uber or AirBnB investments to point to – where the street value of the company may ultimately validate that amount of investment.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2013

first world problems and all] But I did feel like 2012 was particularly tough for me having closed out 2011 losing a close family member and dealing with cancer with both family members and close friends. After all, you’d have to be a really big baby to complain about being a VC. Some responded very well and are in recovery.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 28, 2022

The EU as a thing almost collapsed in 2011, but Super Mario Draghi proclaimed that the unelected (and therefore unaccountable) ECB would do “whatever it takes” to ensure the Euro project survives. As you can see in 2011?—?at The gold line is the ECB’s balance sheet. at the height of the crisis?—?the

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