Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

These can be policy makers, entrepreneurs, students, incubator managers and staff, universities, professors, educators and researchers, or just citizens. Even though I have never known what to be or do in the future, I very quickly knew that I wanted to help entrepreneurs. We are all connected to our ecosystem.

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Founder Bounty

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

One inspiring entrepreneur success story is that of Sara Blakely , the founder of Spanx. Her journey from a frustrated consumer to a billionaire entrepreneur shows how passion, persistence, and an innovative idea can lead to extraordinary success.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

The GitHub Student Developer Pack offers more than $200k in developer tools/training for student entrepreneurs or any students. LawCloud offers free legal documents through the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. The Emerging Entrepreneur Scholarship Grant is “to help entrepreneurial students who have innovative business ideas.”

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

All four of us came to a friend who was a more experienced entrepreneur. That was a Danish client with dentist education who wanted to try his hand at the new field of EdTech. We kept a third of them and successfully sold these modules until 2013. But we lacked legal support and knowledge. We asked him to take us under his wing.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Founded in 2013 by two brothers — Fabian and Felix Wunderlich (now respectively CFO and head of sales) — Lingoda had only raised around $15 million before now, a mark of the company being pretty capital efficient. The valuation is not being disclosed. New Jersey specifically) in an interview.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Women entrepreneurs and fundraising. There is an unmet need of $260 billion to $320 billion for women-owned company funding, according to a 2013 study conducted by the International Finance Corporation. Increasing opportunities for women entrepreneurs sets off a domino effect that local and global markets can benefit from.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

But it’s been hard to argue against this position in the last 10 years, as the country powered ahead, famously producing ground-breaking startups like Waze, which was eventually picked up by Google for more than $1 billion in 2013. Over the last decade, startup funding for Israeli entrepreneurs increased by 400%. So how are they doing?

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 1, 2022

As CEO of i2E , I have had the wonderful opportunity since January 2013 to write this weekly column for the readers of this newspaper. I was educated here. Paycom, the pioneer in online payroll processing and so much more, was founded in Oklahoma City in 1998 by entrepreneur and CEO Chad Richison.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Since the ATC program’s inception in 2013, 2,900 investments totaling $872 million have been approved to support 141 New Jersey companies. Two companies benefitting from the ATC program in the second quarter of 2023 include EV Edison and Beable Education Inc. Based in Lakewood, Beable Education Inc.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 17, 2021

I’m a co-founder of a company in the ultra-competitive online education market, with more than 2.5 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. million users in multiple countries. I’m not naive?—?I’m

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Swing Education was founded in 2015 with the objective of creating a marketplace for substitute teachers. They have helped 2,000 substitute teachers get in the classroom in 2018, including 400 educators who earned permits, which Swing willingly financed. VIPKid , which was founded in 2013 by Cindy Mi , is a truly amazing story.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

According to Briter Bridges , another publication that tracks VC investments in Africa, only 3% of the total funding raised by startups in Africa since 2013 has gone to all-women co-founded teams. I think more female investors definitely means more female entrepreneurs, which is a great thing. Kenya’s Lami raises $1.8M

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

And then we also have a growing portfolio of entrepreneurs in about 20 countries now. We want to harness that network effect for best optimizing the discovery of great ideas and great entrepreneurs. And the reason that I say it in that way is because we have backed many first time entrepreneurs.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

Of course, one could rebut that by saying traditional VC is all about investing in outliers: Seth Levine analyzed data from Correlation Ventures (21,000 financings from 2004-2013) and writes that “a full 65% of financings fail to return 1x capital.

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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 ". I try to involve lots of people in my circle to be accessable, but I can honestly say that I don't do as good of a job with that when it comes to entrepreneurs I've passed on.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Seth Levine analyzed data from Correlation Ventures (21,000 financings from 2004-2013) and writes that “a full 65% of financings fail to return 1x capital. Of course, one could rebut that by saying traditional VC is all about investing in outliers. of those surveyed had earned bachelor’s degrees, and 47% had more advanced degrees.”

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

Of course, one could rebut that by saying traditional VC is all about investing in outliers: Seth Levine analyzed data from Correlation Ventures (21,000 financings from 2004-2013) and writes that “a full 65% of financings fail to return 1x capital.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

While completing my undergrad studies, a group of friends and I started a wildlife rescue organization, Endangered Species Treatment, Rehabilitation, and Education Centre (ESTREC). The need for education on biodiversity, as well as the care of injured animals, also drove me to create ROAR. What are your aspirations with ROAR?

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 30, 2024

After spending 15 years working in the UK and Europe, I returned to India in 2013, where I’ve been dedicated to mentoring the product, operations, and marketing teams at Vantage Circle. Even with all the experiences I’ve had, I still see myself as an entrepreneur at heart, always eager to innovate and grow.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 14, 2022

We have been out since 2013 and knew the day would eventually come where the demand would meet what we knew for a while was a need.” Businesses must consider marketing vehicles a means to engage, educate, and ensure their users/consumers understand how to get the most value out of their products. Anticipate your community’s needs.

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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. However, Adriaanse’s path to uplift South Africa would prove to be a challenging and unpredictable one, a journey befitting a true entrepreneur.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In 2013, Dave faced a life-altering medical diagnosis: primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), a rare autoimmune disease that attacked his liver’s bile ducts. Dave is co-founder and chairman of the Global School of Entre p reneurship , which provides education for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

Unruly Studios Unruly Splats are the only STEM education tool that combines high-quality coding learning with a social and active play experience. Achieving the wow factor, our facility is literally a smile factory using new ways to gamify skydiving and immerse guests in parachute simulations amongst educational skydiving museum exhibit.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

These events aren’t just a chance to review the latest cohort of hopeful entrepreneurs — they also showcase the technology, products and services that will compete for VC and consumer attention over the next few years. Jomayra Herrera, principal, Cowboy Ventures (a generalist fund with portfolio companies Hone and Guild Education).

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

The year 2020 threw online education into the spotlight, but this Ann Arbor tech company has known the value of it since it was founded in 2017. Amesite , founded by top Midwest female founder Ann Marie Sastry, uses AI to improve the online education experience. Founded in 2013, Koddi was built to innovate in the adtech space.

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StartupNation

MARCH 23, 2021

And still, only about 3% of venture capital goes to female founders—that number is even lower for BIPOC female entrepreneurs with an average funding rate of less than 1%. Lori’s advice to women entrepreneurs seeking funding? In the third quarter of 2020, venture capital funding for female founders dropped to a three-year low.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2013

Innovation comes from those who are often less well educated (study the history of Hollywood, founded by “uneducated” Jews) or foreign born founding members (Google, Sun, Intel, PayPal) let alone reversed scientists like Einstein. My kids are growing up in Los Angeles in 2013. I welcome your accents. Your origins.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

— Brian Alvey (@brianalvey) November 10, 2013. It''s more often the case that founders are repeat entrepreneurs on the west coast. Since then, they''ve been #1 on the app store in education in over 120 countries. ." -- @Naval on stage with @Jason. It didn''t get hot until it launched nine months later.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2021

Last year, Lambda School raised $74 million for its coding education program. We believe that practical skills training, a supportive global community and career development programs can give everyone, regardless of their education or employment history, the ability to write their stories through technology,” said Quiñones.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2021

In 2016, that education resulted in the launch of Los Angeles-based Bambee , which helps small companies by acting as their HR department with the goal of keeping them in compliance with government rules and regulations. He went on to run product at a couple of companies before landing as CMO at ZipRecruiter in 2013.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 12, 2017

The Mali Rising Foundation was formed in 2004 to provide accessible, quality education for children, focusing on middle school education. In 2013, Fred led 26 EO chapters worldwide, including his own EO Utah, to raise US$45,000 to build the EO Middle School of Dovong. Educated approximately 12,000 children.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Sam has had a subscription podcast since 2013, while Ben has had a subscription newsletter since 2014. Sam Harris leverages his education in cognitive neuroscience to talk about meditation, belief, and the human mind with such authority. You always want to “own” your connection with your audience. Each has a unique voice.

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StartupNation

MAY 8, 2021

On today’s episode of StartupNation Radio, Jeff interviews four entrepreneurs who share their startup stories: Tania Shah, Erin Nobles and Lisa Sigman of In The Know Legal; and Kristen Denzer of Tierra Encantada. Why entrepreneurs shouldn’t be scared of the legal aspects of business ownership. How In The Know Legal works.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 11, 2016

Meanwhile, since 2013 the number of coding boot camps offered by for-profit organizations (which can cost as much as $15,000 for a 12-18 week course) has sprung up, and these courses are thriving. AlbanyCanCode is convening area employers, educators, and community organizations to launch a coding camp for area employers in Spring 2016.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2016

Ashoka, the largest network of social entrepreneurs worldwide, is a partner of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization. In 2013, Kim sold the company to her co-workers, making it 100% employee owned at a moment of growth and expansion. What were some early influences that most shaped you? How did the notion of ownership evolve?

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StartupNation

APRIL 29, 2021

Goldman Sachs and the Goldman Sachs Foundation launched the 10,000 Small Businesses initiative to help entrepreneurs create jobs and economic growth by providing them with greater access to business education, financial capital and business support services. Are you an entrepreneur with a great story to share?

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 30, 2016

Zendesk’s data team educates and trains its employees to use data in meetings to prioritize key product management and marketing efforts. Hubspot motivates its sales teams not just with a target quota, but a blend of key sales metrics that reflect the strategic priorities of the company.

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