Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 8, 2020

Our events (aka EXPERIENCES) have connected thousands of people and started even more conversations that have been instrumental in creating KC’s burgeoning startup culture. With that being said, I will focus on our newest program area; TALENT, specifically real-world learning. This article is sponsored by CO.STARTERS.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

in 2013 after moving to Los Angeles. . Yami wants to offer an authentic offering of Asian culture, tradition, and products to both Asian Americans and other Americans interested in Asian culture. The Los Angeles-headquartered startup will use the latest funding to further its U.S. Morgan and GGV Capital.

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. I’m sure people said similar things to Heather when she joined as our CEO. We remain steadfast in our commitment to continuing to increase all of the above.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Founded by Sheel Mohnot and Jake Gibson in November of 2019, San Francisco-based Better Tomorrow Ventures ( BTV ) has allocated $150 million to invest in startups at the pre-seed and seed stages. Then in 2013, he co-founded Innovative Auctions, which has revenues in the “hundreds of millions.” . Sign up here to get it in your inbox.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2023

Khosla, who spoke onstage at the Upfront Summit in Los Angeles this week, spoke about the culture of capital. The reality, added Khosla, is that “most board members today in startups have not earned the right to advise” because many have not themselves built startups. The advice comes at a reflective time for the industry.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Dataiku is the latest well-financed startup to suffer from macroeconomic headwinds, raising new capital at a significantly reduced valuation. The $200 million from Wellington bring the New York-based startup’s total raised to roughly $600 million. There’s signs VC investments in AI startups are cooling.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Founded in 2013, my online interior design company, Decorilla, is now celebrating its seventh year. Looking back, in 2013, most people couldn’t even comprehend what online interior design was. As a startup, you have the luxury of being agile and that should be seized at every turn. Allow you and your business to be flexible.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2021

Founded in 2013, Oktopost has only ever registered an $800,000 early-stage funding, and has run on revenues and profit ever since. They have also built a terrific culture and we’re excited to be part of the journey from here.”. Daniel and Liad have built the best product in the market to serve this need.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 8, 2020

Our events (aka EXPERIENCES) have connected thousands of people and started even more conversations that have been instrumental in creating KC’s burgeoning startup culture. With that being said, I will focus on our newest program area; TALENT, specifically real-world learning. This article is sponsored by CO.STARTERS.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2013

If you enjoy travel, language & culture as much as I do then buy all of Bill Bryson’s books and gobble them up. My kids are growing up in Los Angeles in 2013. The have an African American president and they don’t comprehend how amazing that is historically and culturally. Startup Advice' Thank you, Om.

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Hunter Walk

JANUARY 27, 2023

Looking Back At My Own Departure in 2013. High performers and culture carriers for years — terminated via email and without the opportunity to celebrate their time with their teams. Leading up to my departure in 2013, and after, I too feared the impact of losing that part of my self-worth.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 1, 2014

So, if you''re going to argue that the process of venture capital is inherently unfair to women, here''s the logic that you *should not* use: "Less than 3 percent of the 6,793 companies that received venture capital from 2011-2013 were headed by a woman, according to a study from Babson College released Tuesday. Sounds awful, right?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Nicole Centeno founded the company in 2013. Is cell-cultured meat ready for prime time? One of the companies that jumped into this category early was Splendid Spoon , a meal delivery service specializing in ready-made plant-based soups, bowls and smoothies. We think we’re just scratching the surface,” Centeno said.

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Onevest

MARCH 19, 2015

Join the rest of the nation including equity crowdfunding platforms like 1000 Angels , the private investor network that connects startups with investors, where currently only accredited investors are allowed to invest. The JOBS Act and Title II Startups are great for U.S. Photo credit: Getty Images. tax collectors and consumers alike.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In 2013, Homejoy had a fresh $24 million Series A from Google Ventures and First Round — considered a huge round at a time when Instacart had just raised an $8 million Series A and Snapchat had done a $13 million Series A round. Where should you internationalize?

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Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

Those employees and operators, who often have some book wealth now (or are running syndicates on AngelList or acting as a scout for another fund) can easily dump $50K-$100K into one of their ex-colleague’s new startups, or put this money into their friend’s new startup, or their friend’s new hot deal.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

” Most of the popular CASBs today were founded around 2013 and 2014 and then later acquired by other major players like Microsoft, Cisco and Proofpoint. Bring CISOs into the C-suite to bake cybersecurity into company culture. That was a joke back then — and then, three or four months later, it became reality.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 6, 2023

He’s spent time at early-stage startups as well as publicly traded software companies, and has experience as an individual contributor, sales manager and VP. But, once I got an inside look at how technology companies operate, and the types of culture they foster, I was hooked. has spent the last 12 years working in tech sales.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

Whether you’re running a business, prepping to launch a startup, or dreaming of an entrepreneurial future, I hope these reflections help you on your journey! … 2013: The achievement of a long-term goal can be accomplished with clear metrics, a path and a team who is aligned and focused. What would our culture look like?

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StartupNation

MARCH 23, 2021

” That was Lori Coulter, CEO and co-founder of Summersalt, speaking at the State of the Midwest Startup Community 2020. When Lori spoke at The State of the Midwest Startup Community in October of last year, we were all blown away by her. Their new startup, Tandem , is a free marketplace for child care. Summersalt (St.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2023

On Friday, January 13, investment giant BlackRock announced it was acquiring a minority stake in SMB 401(k) provider startup Human Interest. A lot has changed in the markets since then, so this feels like a good outcome for the startup, which was founded by Paul Sawaya and Roger Lee in 2015. Consolidation everywhere.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 1, 2020

Jon Medved, a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and angel investor, is the CEO and founder of OurCrowd, Israel’s leading equity crowdfunding platform set up in 2013. OurCrowd announced in March 2019 that it had raised a total of $1 billion for 170 companies and 18 funds in just six years. Read more here.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 4, 2022

When venture capitalist Aileen Lee coined the term in 2013, there was a very good reason to call a privately held startup worth more than $1 billion a unicorn: There were only 39 of them. Well, when it comes to the business definition of “unicorn,” it appears the shelf life is something like eight years.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Competition became an integral part of society due to historical, cultural, and other factors. Companies from the same market can share technologies, like Ford and GM did in 2013 with the transmission , consult each other, or lend a hand when there’s a supply shortage. Readdle, Grammarly, MacPaw, Reface, Genesis, etc. In some way, yes.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 29, 2020

Each year, the Luis Villalobos Award recognizes outstanding ingenuity, creativity and innovation among startups backed by Angel Capital Association members. In October 2013, we incorporated and established Onboard Dynamics. RH: “Team” and “company culture” are easy words to say but hard to define and implement.

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OkDork

DECEMBER 9, 2022

It’s a romanticized trope that startup culture loves to spread far and wide: Look at Amazon! He bought it in 2013 for $250 million, and the company has likely generated significant revenue and profits since then. Join 157,000+ subscribers getting my FREE weekly business tips. Jeff Bezos Net Worth: How He Built the Amazon Empire.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Perhaps it’s unsurprising, then, that startups facilitating employee recognition and the doling out of merit-based rewards have gotten a lot of investor attention. Another vendor in the space is Bonusly , which was launched in 2013 by co-founder and CEO Raphael Crawford-Marks. The startup today announced that it raised $18.9

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 30, 2016

In 2013, Redpoint partnered two very similar minded entrepreneurs, Frank Bien and Lloyd Tabb, who were building Looker , software to enable every business to use data to create their own competitive advantages. In customer after customer, we’ve all seen this thesis borne out. The best run companies use data to win.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 2, 2022

To do this, cultured and plant-based meat companies need to solve scientific problems ranging from bioreactor size and efficiency to the high costs of growth factors used in cell-cultured meat. Some startups see these scaling problems as a foothold in the alternative meat space. Micro Meat: Scaffolds for cultured meat companies.

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Haystack

JUNE 29, 2018

This success reminds me of a famous Paul Graham post, Schlep Blindness , where Graham argues while incredible startup ideas lie around us, this specific work can feel to many to be both tedious and boring. 5/ (Pill) Bottle Returns – This is the part where we talk about the venture-scale return.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The startup has now raised $25 million in a Series B round to enhance its security in quantum solutions. in 2013 with an initial team of three people to make a more significant commitment to the U.S. Quantum photonics startup Nu Quantum raises £2.1M The Australia-headquartered company opened an office in the U.S. As the U.S.

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Haystack

MAY 19, 2018

Fast forward to 2013 — we became parents, I started investing, and life as we knew it changed. I’ll end by specifically highlighting how this struggle with time and people can get further warped in the Bay Area, in the land of tech startups, investing, and reporting.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Whether because of pandemic fatigue or frustration over the limitations of today’s AR tech, the Google-spawned startup has struggled mightily to replicate the success of GO, which became one of the fastest-growing games in history shortly after it launched in July 2016.

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JULY 2, 2015

There has been a lot of discussion recently of where the choke points are in the cone, and I believe we’re headed into a period in which the Series B venture round will be more of a choke point than it has been in the past, especially for American startups. The graphic follows those startups until April 2014. Certainly not.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

It had produced, and was poised to produce, an enormous number of technology startups, given its relatively small size. The moniker became so ubiquitous, both at home and abroad, that “Israel Startup Nation” is now the name of the country’s professional cycling team. 2020 was a record year for Israel’s security startup ecosystem.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 23, 2018

Today is the day I begin to write my annual “Reflecting On 2018” post for tech, startups, and VC — but I don’t think I can get my mind in a place to do that work until I clear my brain first. This year, our family (and me personally) went through some foundational changes.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

Grab your calendar and add these two: We’re doing a Data and Culture Transformation event on April 26 for the big data aficionados, and now is your last chance to buy discounted tickets for our in-person TC Sessions: Mobility event on May 18 and 19, as well as the virtual event on the 20th. Are startup layoffs looming? Startups and VC.

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