Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

Overcoming obstacles and transforming STEM education in Jamaica By Zoe Sweet “All I wanted to do was make an impact that will transform the education system in Jamaica,” says Kavelle Hylton , a 2022 YLAI Fellow and founder of STEM Builders Learning Hub.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 7, 2023

For Health2Sync Founder Ed Deng, keeping diabetes patients with other chronic diseases alive is not enough. In 2013, Ed launched Health2Sync in his home country of Taiwan. “Action is data-driven. He wants them to experience the fullest and highest quality lives possible.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2023

Serial entrepreneur and seasoned investor Vinod Khosla has some strong, contrarian advice for the venture capital industry: don’t sit on your founders’ boards. I’m not a big fan of governance; I think if you engage as a team member with a founder, you have much more influence than if you’re sitting on a board and voting,” he said.

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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. There’s no denying that women have made many strides in closing the gender gap in tech, but those trends haven’t necessarily been true for female founders. Melissa Butler, Founder and CEO.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 12, 2023

Veronique James, EO Arizona, founder and CEO, The James Agency 2. Brannon Poe, EO Charleston, founder, Poe Group Advisors 3. Liza Roeser Atwood, EO Idaho, founder and CEO, Fifty Flowers 4. But that’s what happened: My daughter was born in April 2013; my first gym opened in June 2013.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2022

If you have a pre-seed or seed-stage startup, 99% of time, you should be using a SAFE (a Simple Agreement for Future Equity agreement that Y Combinator devised in 2013). ” What to look for in a term sheet as a first-time founder by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch.

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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. It doesn''t prove squat.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

What better way to recognize these hard-working innovators than by showcasing female founders who have been featured on EO’s Wonder podcast ? In her interview on Wonder, she talks about racism in all of its forms, her experience as a black female founder and how she’s using her position to make a difference. Listen here.

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500

MARCH 18, 2020

I first met Flavio in 2013, when he co-invested alongside 500 Startups in Olist, one of Brazil’s largest online marketplaces–which recently raised a Series C round. Olist’s founder was in our San Francisco accelerator program, and in his next round of funding turned to Flavio, who was then president of Walmart.com in Brazil.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 19, 2020

Rosario Diaz Garavito, the founder of The Millennials Movement , didn’t look to be labeled as an entrepreneur and a leader in her community when she began her small social media movement promoting youth volunteerism in 2013. By Jewelle Saunders. She was just focused on doing the work. and she decided she could do something about it.

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UBI Global

JANUARY 9, 2020

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – UBI Global, an intelligence company and community founded in 2013 and located in Stockholm, Sweden, announced today that Fredrik Grufvisare has been appointed to the role of CEO. Ali Amin, Co-founder and former CEO of UBI Global, will remain with the organization as the Chief Commercial Officer.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 12, 2021

It is exciting to see all that Tulsa is pouring into minority founders through ACT Tulsa. ACT Tulsa, Oklahoma’s unique six-month cohort-driven accelerator program aimed at cultivating and driving innovation for underestimated founders located in Tulsa and beyond, is accepting applications for cohort #2. By Scott Meacham. Comme Homme.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Chris Dixon is the founder and managing partner of a16z crypto and author of the new book Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet. Robert Hackett is an editor at a16z crypto who worked closely with him on the book as an editing and thought partner.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The founders are likewise transformed by the many years of struggle and personal growth necessary to build and successfully lead a large business. Gone is the uncertain new startup founder, replaced by someone almost impossibly formidable and experienced. I first met and interviewed the DoorDash founders on Friday, April 26, 2013.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 10, 2024

My diagnosis occurred on October 21, 2013, one day after I ran the Detroit Free Press Marathon. Dave is co-founder and chairman of the Global School of Entre preneurship , which provides education for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs. Contributed to EO by Dave Galbenski, an EO Detroit member who served as EO Global Chair in 2008-2009.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Put another way: If founders don’t have to be in Silicon Valley, New York City, or Boston — if they can choose to start and scale in a much broader range of places — where does it make the most sense to put down roots? In 2013, Indianapolis-based ExactTarget was acquired by Salesforce for $2.5

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 19, 2020

It is the story of Ross Ulbricht (aka Dread Pirate Roberts), the founder and owner of The Silk Road. million in commissions, at current Bitcoin exchange rates…”, according to the September 2013 complaint, and involved 146,946 buyers and 3,877 vendors [link]. I highly recommend the book. billion in revenue and $79.8

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 7, 2021

Liza Roeser Atwood, EO Idaho, Founder and CEO, Fifty Flowers. But that’s what happened: My daughter was born in April 2013; my first gym opened in June 2013. Alice Kao, EO Los Angeles, Co-founder and CEO, Sender One Climbing. Anna Redmond, EO Los Angeles, Co-founder and CEO, Hippo Thinks. .” . ?

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UBI Global

JANUARY 9, 2020

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – UBI Global, an intelligence company and community founded in 2013 and located in Stockholm, Sweden, announced today that Fredrik Grufvisare has been appointed to the role of CEO. Ali Amin, Co-founder and former CEO of UBI Global, will remain with the organization as the Chief Commercial Officer.

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UBI Global

JANUARY 9, 2020

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – UBI Global, an intelligence company and community founded in 2013 and located in Stockholm, Sweden, announced today that Fredrik Grufvisare has been appointed to the role of CEO. Ali Amin, Co-founder and former CEO of UBI Global, will remain with the organization as the Chief Commercial Officer.

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UBI Global

JANUARY 9, 2020

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – UBI Global, an intelligence company and community founded in 2013 and located in Stockholm, Sweden, announced today that Fredrik Grufvisare has been appointed to the role of CEO. Ali Amin, Co-founder and former CEO of UBI Global, will remain with the organization as the Chief Commercial Officer.

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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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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

As venture capital continues its slowdown after an aggressive 2020 and record-breaking 2021 , it’s clear that early-stage founders looking for their first dollars will require a new approach. What do early-stage founders need to know to capture VC interest, and dollars, in a challenging market?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 17, 2020

I met the founders and was happy for them. Crypto was helpful for me back in 2013 and 2014 when I was going through one of those periods. It was as fun to play it as it was to play Turntable back in the day. Then I woke up. Investments that don’t work haunt me. It isn’t the losing money part.

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500

MARCH 25, 2019

My journey with 500 began eight years ago as a startup founder in Batch 3. In 2013, I became an entrepreneur-in-residence and helped run the accelerator batches when 500 expanded to San Francisco. At the time, 500 was a fledgling early stage investor just beginning to establish itself in Silicon Valley. I was excited to join the ride.

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Founder Bounty

JANUARY 27, 2023

Andrew Wilkinson is the founder of MetaLab , a design agency based in Vancouver, and Flow. In 2013 they shifted focus from starting businesses to buying them – which proved remarkably successful. MetaLab is the design team behind Slack which is now valued at $2.8 Andrew Wilkinson is building a multi-million dollar empire.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

2013 has proved to be a wild year. 2013 was the year of wearable devices and physical products. So with the wild ride of 2013 I had thoughts about what made me thankful this year. I know your 2013 success will lead to more sustained travel in 2014. eCommerce was battered this year. I feel confident in our 2014 plans.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The event starts with a conversation with Matt Caulfield , founder and CEO of Oort , and one of his investors, Greg Dracon , partner at.406 406 Ventures since 2007 and investing as a partner since 2013. Who should people know in the local area, and what events should founders attend? 406 Ventures. 406 Ventures?

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Y Combinator

MARCH 30, 2021

We’ve been talking about the unique challenges facing women founders for years, but the pandemic was particularly hard for women looking to start their own companies. Last year, during Y Combinator’s Future Founders Conference , a16z’s Sonal Chokshi led a conversation on “Leveling the Playing Field” with Anu Hariharan, YC Continuity Partner.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 15, 2024

Takeshi “TK” Mori and Clancey Stahr met in 2013 at a cafe on Stanford’s campus and worked together on various investment projects before deciding to launch GoAhead Ventures I in Q4 2014. Generally speaking, startup founders are some of the most passionate people in the world, and they’re often tackling humanity’s biggest problems.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

How to Build a Multi-Million Dollar per Month Startup in Public w/ Nathan Barry | ConvertKit Founder Image of Nathan Barry Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Today’s guest is Nathan Barry, the founder of the email marketing platform ConvertKit.

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Founders Coop

AUGUST 7, 2018

With Aviel’s announcement last week, and a new website up at Founder’s Co-op reflecting our new partnership, I thought it was a good time to revisit the themes from my 2013 keynote at the Geekwire Awards: Turtles and Flywheels. Seattle in 2013 was a different place. Founders’ Co-op has grown along with Seattle.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

Founded in 2013, Dataiku is used by data scientists, but also designed for business analysts and other people with less technical backgrounds. Co-founder and CEO Florian Douetteau told TechCrunch at the time Dataiku Online is focused on getting more startups and SMBs onto the platform.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 22, 2023

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. At a glance Founder: Dr Keryn Johnson – PhD MSc BSc Business: Quantum Technologies HQ: Wellington Can you tell us a bit about your business?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 14, 2019

David Karp, the founder of Tumblr, always focused on making Tumblr a “positive” experience. The news hit yesterday that WordPress has purchased Tumblr from Verizon (which owns it by virtue of its acquisition of Yahoo! I maintained an active Tumblog from before we invested in 2007 until October 2016, when I stopped posting there.

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