Hunter Walk

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

We developed a friendship as part of our Board service and a recent blog post of his made me think I wanted to learn a bit more about his Instacart experience. Hunter Walk: You started at Instacart in 2013, just a year after it was founded, which obviously turned out to be an epic decision. So what follows are Five Question with Nilam.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 21, 2012

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." One did note that " this kind of platform is going to change the way we educate people in application development ". He's a terrifically smart guy and built something really interesting.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

The initial idea was born in 2013 but was not officially registered as a business until 2020 because she faced hardships launching the STEM Builders Learning Hub and finding tutors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

But if your goal is to develop an audience that can be monetized in other ways, I’ll repeat my argument “you need to fish in the pond where the fish are.” And here’s the thing … YouTube PAYS YOU to develop these audiences. ” I’ve given some specific advice on how to do this before.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

And it is one of the reasons that NYC is developing a vibrant technology community. Our lease runs out in 2013. I think that’s one of the reasons that many of the most interesting bay area startups are choosing to locate themselves in the city. I’m sure there’s a lot of truth to that. GRP’s offices are near Beverly Hills.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2022

As the race between different chains heats up, communities of loyalists are duking it out to attract developers to their blockchain of choice in hopes that doing so will turbocharge growth. Canonical has already made 16 investments in seed and pre-seed startups spanning the developer infrastructure landscape, Iyer said.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

However, prior to the termination, I was in negotiations with another facility to house two brown pelicans from an oil spill that occurred off the west coast of Trinidad in December 2013. Due to permit negotiation, I needed to decide whether to take these birds or let them be euthanized. What are some challenges you’ve faced?

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

According to a 2021 Garden survey , the majority of developers found slow feedback loops during the software development process to be a source of frustration, second only to difficult communication between teams and functional groups. Managers need an unobtrusive way to proactively learn about bottlenecks affecting their teams.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In December 2021, a vulnerability in a widely used logging library that had gone unfixed since 2013 caused a full-blown security meltdown. . As it’s based on open source, which is evident from the startup’s community-sourced approach to changing its product and adding new features, AppMap is free for developers to use. “We

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Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

We spent most of that summer developing the product while carving out time to meet investors and try to raise funding. In November 2012 Caya was selected as one of 40-Under-40 Costa Rican innovators, and he was a featured speaker on the 2013 TEDx PuraVida Conference. In mid-2014, Caya started Slidebean.

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

Boston Children’s Hospital has piloted or promoted dozens of voice applications and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has supported the development of platforms like Sopris Health and Aiva Health. Insurers, pharma companies, CROs, and academic medical centers have developed applications with Orbita.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Israel’s startup funding is climbing at a strong pace as tech companies raise $2.24B in Q3 , the most raised in Israel in any quarter since 2013. The post In the News: Israeli tech companies raise $2.24B in Q3; record since 2013 appeared first on OurCrowd. Seven Startup Branding Lessons – Learned the (Very) Hard Way (Aleph).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

So if you want to be a content producer and want to make money you can develop content for global “niches” of watchers who might like: Japanese Anime, South Korean drama, Bollywood productions, reality TV on any topic – fashion, cooking, travel. And the show develops like this. million views). The audience decides.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 22, 2019

He didn’t win the global competition that year, but Carlos went on to participate in GSEA in a variety of roles—first as a special guest in the 2013 finals, then as a jury member in the 2015 semi-finals in Thailand and, most recently, as a jury member in the 2017 semifinals in Germany. In this way, we started a new industry in El Salvador.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Department of State developed the idea for GIST Net in response to demand from the international science and technology community for more access to resources and mentorship opportunities. In 2013, the global youth unemployment rate was estimated at 12.6%, or 73 million people.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 7, 2021

But that’s what happened: My daughter was born in April 2013; my first gym opened in June 2013. Child development training helped me learn to manage employee emotions. There is a certain age where kids develop self-awareness and become self-conscious of their actions and presence.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). Distribution costs have, too. This is classic “Innovator’s Dilemma” market conditions.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

That organization is actually where the company’s two co-founders James Petrie and Ben Leita met back in 2013 while working as scientists. Petrie, a specialist in crop development, was spearheading the development of omega-3 canola oil, while Leita had a background in chemistry and bioplastics. .

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2021

Today, a startup that’s built a marketplace to make it easier for freelance developers, designers and others with technical skills with those job opportunities is announcing a significant round of funding to expand its business. Altogether the company has handled some €300 million in business since being founded in 2013.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 14, 2019

USV seeded Tumblr along with our friends at Spark in the summer of 2007 and were actively involved in the development of the company until its sale to Yahoo! The news hit yesterday that WordPress has purchased Tumblr from Verizon (which owns it by virtue of its acquisition of Yahoo! There was no moment when I decided to stop posting there.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Together with fellow EO Johannesburg member Ryan Harrison , she founded SPARK Schools in South Africa in 2013. EO has been a part of my journey of self-reflection and self-development—learning who I am and playing to my strengths.” Stacey Brewer’s journey is marked by a passion for giving back.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

But you must work hard to develop alternate distribution at websites like Yahoo!, You also need to develop an O&O (your own websites) strategy. I know it should go without saying that in 2013 you should be thinking about building a global business. MSN & AOL. Technology is Critical. Build a Global Business.

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Gust

OCTOBER 19, 2014

The bad news is that patent trolls (non-producing companies that make their money from licensing patents) can squeeze the lifeblood out of unsuspecting entrepreneurs, as exemplified by the recent mess around Lodsys suing small Apple IOS developers. Yes, the software patent process is a mess.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A-Frame , a Los Angeles-based developer of personal care brands supported by celebrities, has raised $2 million in a new round of funding led by Initialized Capital. ” So far, the company has worked with CAA, UTA and WME on all of the brands in development, Bloom said. We create an entity that we spin out.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. Developing O&O (owned & operated) businesses (outside of YouTube).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2021

The company offers classes in subjects ranging from web development to UX/UI design, and data analytics to cybersecurity, according to a statement. . “We Since its launch in 2013, the company has graduated more than 8,000 students, with a job placement rate of 89%, according to data collected as of July 2020. In the U.S.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Glints , one of Southeast Asia’s largest talent development and recruitment platforms, announced today it has raised $50 million in an oversubscribed Series D. Founded in 2013, the Singapore-based startup says its annual revenue and gross profits grew 2.5x This brings Glints’ total raised so far to $80 million.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase. 5/ The Enduring Allure Of Platform Potential: Revenue is important.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

According to CrunchBase, Rigetti has raised just under $200 million in VC capital since it was founded in 2013. The company argues that the proceeds from the SPAC and PIPE transaction will allow it to accelerate the development of its next-gen quantum processors. Currently, its systems scale to 80 qubits.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%).

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

The core idea behind Iterative is to provide data scientists and data engineers with a platform that closely resembles a modern GitOps-driven development stack. After spending time in academia, Iterative co-founder and CEO Dmitry Petrov joined Microsoft as a data scientist on the Bing team in 2013. Image Credits: Iterative.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 4, 2023

On the buy side, acquirers delay bigger transactions, preferring to accelerate early stage product development with tuck-in acquisitions of small teams. During the 2013-2014, median acquisition prices increased by 50% in less than a year, from $36m to $54m.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 1, 2019

He bought into Sharp & Carter in 2013, and the firm has grown from seven people in Melbourne to 120 people across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, Australia. . One thing that his firm did early on is invest in an organizational development team. His approach to hiring has helped grow his business significantly.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 22, 2017

I have also served on the EO South Florida board for six of these years, including serving four years as MarCom Chair (earning the EO GCC Award in 2013), serving on the EO Miami University committee in 2013, serving two years as Learning Chair, and being elected the president of one of the largest chapters in the world (a position I hold now).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Jordan-based mobile game publisher TamatemGames announced today it has raised $11 million in a Series B led by KRAFTON , a South Korean game developer behind PUBG, marking its first investment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). PUBG Mobile-developer invests $22.4 million daily active users on its top games. .

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A Smart Bear: Longform

JUNE 7, 2025

Even after the first hundred customers, half of those were serendipitous one-offs, not representative of repeatable, predictable customer acquisition, and the scale of the data isn’t statistically significant.

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