Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 11, 2023

Private Property swiftly emerged as the most frequented “for sale by owner” property site in Africa, attracting external investment, orchestrating numerous acquisitions, and scaling with remarkable speed. In 2015, WeThinkCode , a software development training academy with a purpose, was born.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 18, 2020

Invest in yourself, and your hard work will blossom.”. TransWave has come a long way since its formation in 2015. TransWave started out as a 30-day project to provide this information through a blog, and it blossomed from there into a full advocacy organization, far exceeding his initial expectations. By Jewelle Saunders.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2015

Mark Suster (@msuster) March 14, 2015. Hunter Walk (@hunterwalk) March 14, 2015. Josh Elman (@joshelman) March 14, 2015. Josh Elman (@joshelman) March 14, 2015. Josh Elman (@joshelman) March 14, 2015. They allow my to drive traffic to my blog, to websites or anywhere I want as long as the audience will click.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 24, 2015

Marshall Kirkpatrick (@marshallk) January 24, 2015. It’s an online relationship and I actually believe that as of 2015 I’ve met more of my close connections in the past 5-7 years online before offline. Some through blog comments – your place or mine. Blog is best. Theory: it’s really that simple.

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OurCrowd

JULY 17, 2019

Investments can be powerful. When successful, they can benefit both investors and the invested. If that is the capital of investing, then why not use it to improve not only the lives of people involved in business, but everybody else as well? Investment can help solve problems facing communities, regions and the world.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 12, 2016

Finalists are invited to pitch their business ideas to a panel of investors for a chance at investment. Investment offers and cash prizes will be announced during an awards banquet at the end of the competition, in which Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter will deliver a keynote address. Photo caption: Jim Murphy, a former U.S.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Beyond co-founding Initialized, which raised a $700 million fund (its sixth) last year and has over $1 billion in known assets under management, Tan was also co-founder of YC-backed blog platform Posterous, which was acquired by Twitter in 2012. Ralston continued.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2023

Investment giant BlackRock announced Friday it is taking a minority stake in venture-backed fintech startup Human Interest. million in funding since it was founded by Paul Sawaya and Roger Lee in 2015. BlackRock has an amazing team focused on providing high-quality retirement saving and investment options.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2016

In 2008 I started VC blogging. I had blogged when I was an entrepreneur. In 2015 I opened up my Facebook page to the public. But how can you invest in technology unless you’re going to use the tools and understand them? They thought it was like MySpace and why did I need a MySpace page? I already have Facebook.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

My goal in the interview overall was to capture more of the personal side of Fred since so much of his investment thesis and portfolio work already comes out in his blog. Not to mention USV’s investments in MongoDB (10Gen), Lending Club and a host of others. You need to invest in good markets and bad.

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Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

“Pre-Seed” is somewhat of a controversial term in the investing world, triggering reactions questions its validity, its effectiveness, and even its contribution. About 150 people showed up, a healthy mix of founders, seed-stage investors and big fund VCs, and a bunch of LPs of various sizes. Some press showed up, too.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Companies like John Deere are investing a lot in homegrown solutions and acquisitions. Chanje (2015-2021). The company announced plans to add 1,000 electric delivery vehicles from Chanje Energy, a California-based and China-backed startup founded in 2015. Katerra (2015-2021). Image Credits: Chanje. Image Credits: Katerra.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2015

Anybody who reads the blog regularly will know that I’m long video. I’ve made 5 investments in the sector and I hope to make 5 more. Here’s a short video we did of our 2015 Upfront Summit : We also shot this one last year to highlight some of our portfolio companies.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2021

Neobrokers are defined as startups that are disrupting the investment industry by providing a platform for a wider range of consumers to partake in the stock market by offering them more incremental investment options and modern and easy mobile-based interfaces to manage their money. Over 85% of its users are first-time investors.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Gloat , an internal marketplace for corporate talent, today announced that it raised $90 million in a Series D round led by Generation Investment Management, bringing the startup’s total raised to $192 million. ” Reuveni founded Gloat in 2015 alongside Amichai Schreiber and Danny Shteinberg. Vice President Al Gore.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2015

Tuvia Elbaum (@Tuviae) July 14, 2015. I don’t know Ezra yet but since he’s taking the time to blog (which I hugesly respect) and share thoughts I thought I’d take him up on his challenge and also spill the beans on my secrets. On blogging I blog because I love it. My other secret on blogging?

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

When it comes to venture investments and exponential technologies, serial entrepreneur Avi Reichental has created brands and reinvigorated digital manufacturing, helping shape the narrative of what people think when they hear about 3D printing. Read more here.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

based and internationally recognized entrepreneurs — Alexandria, Virginia, USA (17 November 2015) – The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week ( GEW ) by presenting EO24 , a virtual and interactive learning event to debut on Wednesday, 18 November, at 8 p.m. appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 7, 2017

At the end of 2015, I met Scott Wilson, CEO of Marathon Consulting and an EO New York member since 2012. This investment in Marathon also supports our long-term vision for growth by ensuring continuity during the merger process. The post How We Put Culture First to Find the Ideal Business Partner appeared first on THE BLOG.

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EntreWorks Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

This program has existed on the books since 2015, but was finally funded by Maine’s new governor, Janet Mills. While $20,000 is not a major amount of money, this small amount can trigger lots of outside investment and make a big difference in rural Maine, where the need for new coworking spaces is strongest. EntreWorks Blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Over the past 20 years, Network Alliance has been “Making IT Simple” for our clients—we simplify, streamline, and take the worry and guesswork out of keeping technology systems up to date, managing infrastructures, and maximizing technological investment at all levels of a company’s growth trajectory. appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 22, 2016

During the recession, while most companies were pulling back and investing less in their clients, we jumped in with enhancements to the closing process that impressed our customers at a time when they were feeling let down by others in the marketplace. Focus on Your Customer Experience appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Hunter Walk

JANUARY 19, 2023

In their 2015 introductory blog post , the group said We’re hoping to grow OpenAI into such an institution. Researchers will be strongly encouraged to publish their work, whether as papers, blog posts, or code, and our patents (if any) will be shared with the world. What does ‘Open’ aspire to in this case?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 4, 2018

In 2015, inspired by Elon Musk and the story of Tesla, Steve was searching for a way to shore up his personal and professional commitment to being the change he wanted to see in the world. The post A Few Surefire Ways to Support the UN SDGs appeared first on THE BLOG. The timing was kismet.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

During his free time, he started a blog to tell his friends back home about his life out west, and also to recommend TV shows. Slowly, Mike’s Bloggity Blog became one of Canada’s premier entertainment sites, and Morrison found himself with a local newspaper column as well as regular television and radio appearances.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 9, 2016

This story was featured in the March 2015 issue of Octane magazine. In my case, I listened to suggestions that caused me to invest valuable resources that broadened the usage base, instead of focusing on usage cases that I understood. They knew this market and could visualize the return on their investment.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 2, 2016

Which of the 16 major start of categories in information technology will reap disproportionate share of investment dollars in 2016? The chart above contrasts the pace of investment across the two markets by sector measured by % of total dollars invested anually. of the series A market in 2015.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

We love capital efficiency until we love land grabs until we abhor over funding until we get huge payouts and ring the bell for more funding until we attract every non-VC on the planet to invest in startups until it crashes and we start the cycle all over again none the wiser. blog here ). I see it in many young pups. Same as I felt.

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OnStartups

APRIL 1, 2021

Disclaimer: I am not an investment advisor or a lawyer. Don’t invest money (fiat or crypto) based on anything you read here.This blog post is for entertainment purposes only. Me : It’s a new social networking site built on the blockchain that allows you to invest in (buy shares) in people on the site. Me : Yes, sort of.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

million since its 2015 inception. Last July San Mateo-based Guideline — which is also focused on SMBs — announced an $85 million Series D round co-led by Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management and Greyhound Capital. With this latest extension, Human Interest has now raised a total of $136.7

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

With small amounts of money invested (sub $3 million) the risks are reasonably low for most VCs and the consequences of bad decisions or decisions a VC has limited say in is tolerable. As we have invested millions in building out our sales organization efficiency really matters.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

Back in 2015, the members and team co-created the ‘Food Talks’ quarterly event series, in which leading industry thinkers explore the major issues affecting the food system. This is a guest blog post written by Luke Davis , Communications Lead at Impact Hub Berlin. This is where the seed for the Feeding the City incubator was planted.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 29, 2016

This investment pays off in terms of a shockingly low rate of employee turnover, at 17% overall (in contrast, turnover at competitor Wal-mart is at 44%, close to the industry average). A Letter to Fellow Entrepreneurs appeared first on THE BLOG. They also have one of the lowest shrinkage (employee theft) figures in the industry.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MAY 22, 2018

Ben Franklin Technology Partners ( www.cnp.benfranklin.org ), an institutional seed investor funded by the Commonwealth, also saw the company’s potential and made its first of three investments. In 2015, Spin-Works moved to its current location in North East, PA.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

I’m an Ashley Mayer superfan so beyond the affinity, have been fortunate enough to also bring her into Homebrew as an advisor to our portfolio companies, and invest in Coalition , a venture firm she founded along with three other amazing female operators. We had overlapping circles and then became friends. It was also one of the hardest.

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