article thumbnail

10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Three companies from the Studiomates community-- Sherpaa , Tinybop , and Editorially --received VC dollars in 2012.

article thumbnail

4 Steps to Hiring a Rock Star COO (Plus, Why You Need a COO!)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The processes I used to hire our first COO in 2012 and the second one in 2018 were basically the same and are strongly inspired by Topgrading as well as the Who Method. Testdrive and check references with the team. Testdrive and check references with the team. The 4 magical steps that will produce your next killer COO.

board 130
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

“The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012. People referred to them as the invoicing company.”.

article thumbnail

Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

“The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012. People referred to them as the invoicing company.”.

article thumbnail

Degreed’s co-founder is back at the company he left…with the startup he built

TechCrunch

Blake started Degreed in 2012 to give individuals a platform to turn to for open access educational content. The high-volume, mixed-quality platform was eventually what edtech now refers to as a learning experience platform, all about discovery of content. Degreed approached Learn In, and the deal closed in less than a week, he said.

founder 56
article thumbnail

Silicon Valley is a surprisingly clubby ecosystem: FC's Alex Mittal

FundersClub

Sure, so I assume that question means that by making money it’s referring to generating revenue. I remember in 2012, Brian Armstrong, the founder of Coinbase, which we're now backers of, sent me a Bitcoin. But that's really where it started back in 2012. Can you speak to that a little? Digital cash.

VC 93
article thumbnail

Reimagining B2B Commerce with Faire

Y Combinator

million in 2012 to 1.55 Brands actively refer their retailers to Faire because they benefit from managing their wholesale business on a single platform. As retailers sell more, brands grow their wholesale revenue and refer more retailers. Similarly, independent establishments in Faire’s core categories have grown from 1.47