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i2E Names Darcy Wilborn as President

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Since joining the organization in 2014, she has held several key leadership roles, most recently as Vice President of Operations. “Oklahoma has an extraordinary community of innovators, and I’m excited to work alongside a dedicated team that continues building programs and partnerships to empower entrepreneurs statewide.

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One woman’s path to financial empowerment leads the way

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

What is the role that ThrivingDollars plays within your community? I put my ambitions of becoming an entrepreneur on pause for a couple of years until finally walking away from the corporate world in March 2014. Create community. Is there any advice that you would give to other YLAI Network members regarding entrepreneurship?

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Please Help Me Congratulate Jordan Hudson as @UpfrontVC’s Newest Investment Principal

Both Sides of the Table

Portfolio community building. Our theme for 2014 is “teach a firm to fish” where we build more scalable support for portfolio companies. finally ) Jordan completely owned this process (although he had major support from Kyle Taylor and from our collaboration partner on this process – Red Antler. VC firm admin.

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EO Members Share Takeaways from 2023 WEF in Davos

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Pajani Singah’s company, Amazonia Impact Ventures , was named Top Innovation Winner of the World Economic Forum’s 2021 Tropical Forest Commodities Challenge for protecting the Amazon rainforest and improving the lives of its people through an innovative finance company that works directly with indigenous communities in the rainforests.

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i2E & Plains Ventures Surpasses $100M Milestone in Total Investments

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Notable investment successes include: Crescendo Bioscience , an early i2E investment, was acquired for $270 million in 2014. The $100 million milestone was made possible through collaboration with numerous partners and stakeholders. Selexys Pharmaceuticals was acquired by Novartis for $665 million in October 2016. million in 2001.

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7 Midwest Sustainability Startups to Know About in 2021

StartupNation

One of the best sustainability startups from Ann Arbor, Michigan, SkySpecs led by Danny Ellis has grown from an early-stage startup in 2014 into a multi-national company that has explosive demand for its automated wind turbine inspection drones. Explore the Community : Purpose Jobs is the Midwest’s largest startup and tech community.

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Letterhead wants to be the Shopify of email newsletters

TechCrunch

Letterhead is slicing through the vast market of existing email SaaS products, betting that a cross-section of revenue and collaboration needs are not being met properly for newsletter creators of all types. Letterhead is actually a product spinout of a community publisher in Miami called WhereBy.Us And there’s a reason for that.

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