Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 1, 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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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

It has become normal to raise funds long before you have a product/market fit, and this poses challenges to entrepreneurs that are of a very different nature than those the ecosystem has faced in the past years,“ he added back in November 2021. Entrepreneurs know this well. Splitting up like this is a shame but it’s frequent.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The move comes a month after GoStudent raised €300 million in a Series D funding and follows GoStudent’s 2021 acquisition of Fox Education, an Austrian all-in-one school communication solution. and take our product international to give more children access to an amazing free education.”. with 7 million students on it. 1 global school.”

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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. In 2013, I'll be looking for ways to stay in touch better with entrepreneurs whose first rounds may be slow to develop.

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Red Rocket

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

When I wrote my first blog post back in February 2011, who would have ever imagined it would have grown to over 335 how-to lessons for entrepreneurs , three published books and over 2,000,000 online reads.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 4, 2021

The first virtual session took place at the end of May 2021 and we got inspired to hear about what different entrepreneurs and experts are doing to build more inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystems. One of the participants is Rut Turró , she is, in her own words, a social entrepreneur in the fashion industry.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

So as I get around the country speaking at college campus in 2010 & 2011 I have been preaching the same theme. But what I do see in the market in 2011 is way too many “me too&# solutions where a bunch of founders have brainstormed a way to do a better GroupOn, a better GiltGroupe, a better Twitter or a better Quora.

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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. One of my favorite entrepreneur-Twitterer weighed in, “You want to keep tapping into their collective intelligence so you keep saying ‘Thank you for the feedback’ and they keep sending it,” Ms.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

In addition, there are many other groups will give you cash, training, and community with few or no strings attached: Ashoka is a foundation that engages in scouring for and choosing the leading social entrepreneurs across the globe, who it refers to as Ashoka Fellows. Aspen Tech Policy Hub. Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship.

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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. Today, Impact Hub Bergen has grown into a community of more than 50 entrepreneurs and changemakers. The community here is diverse; it houses startups, established businesses, NGOs, creatives, freelancers, food entrepreneurs and more.

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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. If you are eager to learn more about collaborations for impact and entrepreneur-support programs, check out our 2021 Global Impact Publication.

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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. If you are eager to learn more about collaborations for impact and entrepreneur-support programs, check out our 2021 Global Impact Publication.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. Higher education. There are 2.9 billion email accounts. PHONE CALLS.

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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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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Through ACA’s strong and experienced public policy leadership team, ACA has been able to gain more diverse voices as both investors and entrepreneurs. 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.

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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. Our network’s take on the Social Economy Action Plan.

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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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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

In addition, there are many other groups will give you cash, training, and community with few or no strings attached: Ashoka is a foundation that engages in scouring for and choosing the leading social entrepreneurs across the globe, who it refers to as Ashoka Fellows. Aspen Tech Policy Hub. Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 14, 2023

The company started in 2011 and built what I still think is the best free learn-to-code product online. Giant Mistakes and Successes: Lessons From Growing Revenue From $10M To $50M was originally published in Entrepreneur's Handbook on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

My two friends and I started Tejiendo Sonrisas, a Peruvian nonprofit organization, on March 1, 2011. My role has always been to educate people on these issues, to demonstrate with clear examples that if we do things right, we can reintegrate women into a beautiful life. Can you expand on why you launched Tejiendo Sonrisas?

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 4, 2012

The flurry of media activity in entrepreneurship including the spate of new TV shows like X-Factor for tech and Shark Tank, the refocus of the NYTimes and WSJ on technology, and the number of entrepreneurs on mainstream magazine covers gave me the impression that entrepreneurship is on the rise.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Following a career break to raise her twin daughters, Maureen joined InsuranceBee in 2011 and now heads up a busy team of Client Advisors. . The post 10 Steps to Recovering from a Cyber Incident appeared first on SmartHustle.com with Ramon Ray - freelance, small business, entrepreneur education.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Located in Downtown Detroit, it’s designed to nurture a hyper-local technology community connecting with local executives, talent, prospective employees and entrepreneurs. They connect the world with news, data and education to make investing and financial prosperity accessible to everyone. They also acquired plant care app, Vera.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Mimi Aboubaker is an entrepreneur and writer. 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. Mimi Aboubaker.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. Entrepreneur Dinners. One of my favorite things to do is to organize entrepreneur dinners when I travel. I usually ask somebody local who knows the local scene to invite out 10-15 local entrepreneurs who might be interested to meet up and I agree to pick up the tab.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Kramer is a serial entrepreneur. He co-founded Check Point Software, which went public in 1996 and Imperva, which went public in 2011, and was later acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo in 2018. The company reports it has now raised $332 million since inception. He helped launch Cato in 2015.

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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. B) That the people who are trying to profit off innovation--the entrepreneurs and VCs--for whom there is no criteria to try your hand at it, are generally sucking at it.

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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

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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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. million on average, the largest payout to employees in Israeli high tech at the time, and the exit created a pool of new entrepreneurs and angel investors.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My advice to entrepreneurs was and is “ when the hors d’oeuvres tray is being passed take two ” (e.g. So I agreed to offer my current thinking on the economy and what it portends for the VC industry & fund raising for entrepreneurs. In California the primary school education system has cut 10 days from the school year to save jobs.

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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. It was obviously a scheme set up by young entrepreneurs to line their pockets and some big-company executives who didn’t understand innovation. AOL was closed, the Internet was open.

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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. “Ayah Bdeir is an entrepreneur, engineer and social activist.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk. So I encouraged entrepreneurs to think about raising their funds as quickly as they could because. I have a young entrepreneur friend who IMs me a lot. August 2011. We did not.

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