TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

Luis von Ahn, an entrepreneur who has dedicated his career to scaling free education, has probably annoyed you more than once. His mother spent most of her income sending him to “fancy private school” as he puts it, and he estimates she spent over $1 million on his education over his lifetime. Duolingo’s first words.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 22, 2016

Just ask Stacey Brewer and Ryan Harrison , EO Johannesburg members who are redefining the educational ecosystem in South Africa. Historically, South Africa ranks among the worst-performing education systems in the world. SB/ “The state of education in South Africa is stark at the moment.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Moreover, that figure doesn’t reflect millions more who have either left the labor force or remain underemployed, working part-time or in unskilled positions that don’t utilize their education and work experience. As The Economist put it, comparing U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. We hung out a lot together a dinners and educational events. And why I still made it to breakfast at 8.30am with Christina Cacioppo the next morning (although I’m not sure she found me too Haimish of a conversationalist that day ). Examples in My Life & Work.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011. Moving into online education courses for 8 th -12 th grade in Summer 2010. Note that these are “gross” revenue numbers. Competes with HauteLook , RueLaLa (sub of GSI Commerce) , Billion Dollar Babes , ideeli , Glam List. Read more: VentureWire (requires login) , SF Business Times.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Kumolus, which was founded in 2011 and raised $1.7 “One is just pure education. So we as a company regularly meet and educate on issues around inclusion, social justice and diversity. million, according to Crunchbase, really helps Cloudbolt extend its vision from managing on premises to the public cloud.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The Princeton undergraduate saw the film in 2011, and it started her on the journey that would lead her to launch Joro , the Sequoia-backed startup that monitors consumer spending to offer tips on how to offset and reduce a user’s carbon footprint. .” Aspiration can now tell you the ‘social impact’ of your monthly spending.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

. “Accomplished roboticist, entrepreneur and educator Ayanna Howard, PhD, became dean of The Ohio State University College of Engineering on March 1, 2021. Her career spans higher education, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the private sector. Zyrobotics products are based on Dr. Howard’s research.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 28, 2024

Leymah Roberta Gbowee , 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate and Liberian peace activist, trained social worker, and women’s rights advocate. She is co-founder and CEO of Kidogo, and Shabana Basij-Rasikh, dedicated her life to ensuring Afghan girls’ access to education. She is an advocate for climate action and a fierce champion for women.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

Back in 2011, Ammar used to work for a company called Be Sport. Over time, The Family diversified its activities with an education business and a digital transformation business. Since 2020, we have been trying to find an amicable solution. But we haven’t reached an agreement despite long hours of negotiation,” Ammar wrote.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In November 2011, David Rosenblatt took over as CEO and has been scaling the company ever since. Poshmark was founded by Manish Chandra in 2011. Julie Wainwright founded The Real Real in 2011. Rover.com (*) in Seattle, which was founded by Greg Gottesman and Aaron Easterly in 2011, is the leading player in this market.

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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. Its customers hail from a variety of industries, including banking, SaaS, manufacturing, healthcare, insurance and higher education.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Founder and chief executive officer Ivy Huq Russell, who grew up in Chittagong and Dhaka before moving to the United Kingdom for university, started Maya as a blog with healthcare information in 2011. “Growing up in Bangladesh, we got minimum sexual education. At the time, Russell worked in finance.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. AOL controlled the services, taxed companies to access users and decided what was good or bad. AOL was closed, the Internet was open. At it’s peak AOL had about 27 million US subscribers.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Since 2011, the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship has supported the work of 36 innovators—representing the United States as well as 18 other countries on five continents—who address pressing global issues, from healthcare delivery to college persistence and sustainable construction in developing nations. Skoll Foundation.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 16, 2019

The coworking space opened its doors in September 2011, as the first of its kind in Norway. Some of the veteran members include: Folkelig , who work to provide nationwide educational programs on nutrition and physical health. Today, Impact Hub Bergen has grown into a community of more than 50 entrepreneurs and changemakers.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 4, 2021

All adapted garments available around 2011-2014 were very poorly designed and not fashionable at all! And we are focused on research, product development, consulting and education. . Beyond your desire to design better fair trade products in the fashion industry, were there any insights that led to starting Moving Mood?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

Released in 2011, “Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle” was a book that laid claim to the idea that Israel was an unusual type of country. It had produced, and was poised to produce, an enormous number of technology startups, given its relatively small size. Waze’s 100 employees received about $1.2

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In contrast to America, he points out how Sweden is among the most successful societies in the world from a social mobility perspective — referencing its free education and free health care, which sets up as many people as possible for success. “We didn’t have a lot of money,” he tells me. . billion and $10.65

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Jason Malki

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Colorpik Smart Pen is a popular tool for artists, designers, and educators. Another potential application for the Colorpik Pen is in the field of education. It could also be used to create interactive educational materials. Their flagship product is the Colorpik Smart Pen, which can copy any color and draw it with precision.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 6, 2023

She joined PetHub in June of 2011 as the modern pet ID tag startup was in its beginning stages. While QR codes are now mainstream as a result of the pandemic and NFC is also commonly used, we struggled with educating consumers on usage when we first launched. the first networked database in the U.S. for pets and pet parents.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

They connect the world with news, data and education to make investing and financial prosperity accessible to everyone. As a custom software development company, Detroit Labs has been designing and building mobile and web products (and the teams behind them) since 2011. They also acquired plant care app, Vera. Red Ventures.

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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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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

2011-2020 was the warmest decade of all. The pandemic hit hard on the fundamental tripod of human development – income, health, and education – and inequality has sky-rocketed. Greenhouse gas concentrations are at their highest levels in 2 million years , the UN reveals , and emissions continue to rise.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

2011-2020 was the warmest decade of all. The pandemic hit hard on the fundamental tripod of human development – income, health, and education – and inequality has sky-rocketed. The UN indicates that greenhouse gas concentrations are at their highest levels in 2 million years and emissions continue to rise.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Since 2011, the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship has supported the work of 36 innovators—representing the United States as well as 18 other countries on five continents—who address pressing global issues, from healthcare delivery to college persistence and sustainable construction in developing nations. Skoll Foundation.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 16, 2022

Built on the results of the 2011 Social Business Initiative and the 2016 Start-up and Scale-up Initiative , and preceded by extensive dialogue with stakeholders and civil society, the Action Plan proposes 38 concrete measures to be implemented in a nine-years horizon, between 2021-2030. What’s next?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In contrast to America, he points out how Sweden is among the most successful societies in the world from a social mobility perspective — referencing its free education and free health care, which sets up as many people as possible for success. “We didn’t have a lot of money,” he tells me. . billion and $10.65

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

ACA and its members recognized the need for a strong advocacy arm and public policy agenda to educate Members of Congress on issues that affect angel investors and early-stage entrepreneurs. House and Senate staff turned to ACA to understand the impact of changing the definition on the angel community.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 11, 2023

Nelson Mandela’s 1999 retirement brought these injustices further to the forefront, unveiling the deep-rooted inequalities within South Africa’s education system and society as a whole. Problem-solving with purpose “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Not only that, but there's a "Series A Crunch" that we've been talking about since October of 2011 where good companies can't seem to get to their next round of funding. 2) We're not much for continuing education. Apparently, venture capital is a cruddy asset class where you can't get returns over the long term.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

from 2011 to 2016 and 3.8x from 2006 to 2011, respectively.¹ For 2011 to 2016, this is 570/395 for 1.4x. For 2006-2011, this is 579/151 for 3.8x. For 2011 to 2016, this is 2,662 /2,433 for 1.1x. For 2006-2011, this is 2,917/1,325 for 2.2x. compared to 1.4x from 2016 to 2021, 1.4x

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Hunter Walk

JUNE 26, 2023

They return to their home countries far more informed and educated in terms of what they’re up against and far better positioned to win vs. relying on bad advice and what they read in the media. When we founded DataHero back in 2011, there was a trend going on where people were obsessively trying to “design” their company cultures.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 21, 2012

One did note that " this kind of platform is going to change the way we educate people in application development ". In March of 2011, I asked Pat from GroupMe to introduce me to Linden Tibbets of IFTTT. 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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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 21, 2020

I went to that blog post and clicked on the link and sure enough someone had swapped out my cap table template from 2011 with their own cap table. So I went to my google drive and searched and found the cap table that I had built for that post back in 2011, made a copy, made it public on the web but view only, and fixed the link.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2011

I wish we had better policies to help those that weren’t born with the same educational backgrounds as I was since education seems to be the great divider in terms of future opportunities. Still, we are cutting back on public education. So that’s what’s on my mind this Independence Day 2011.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

I remember meeting Zach Sims and his co-founder Ryan Bubinski back in 2011 when they started Codecademy. Our educational institutions are trying to evolve to meet the needs of students and employers but it is hard to turn a battleship around. Zach was still in college and thinking of dropping out to focus on the Company. Time does fly.

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