Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 4, 2018

In entrepreneurial circles throughout the world, there is a lot of chatter about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) —17 goals to address some of the world’s most challenging socioeconomic, environmental and lifestyle issues. When I became president, the culture of the EO New York chapter was not great.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

China’s e-commerce and industrial ecosystem is as different from the Western world as its culture. He soon set up his own investment fund, Challenjers Capital , convinced that the next big tech opportunity in China was in tech’s application to everyday consumer products. Working With A Chinese Factory, Hardware Entrepreneur Edition.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

Co-founders Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker never wanted to charge consumers for access to Duolingo content, a purpose imbued throughout the company’s culture. In June 2015, Duolingo raised a $45 million Series D round led by Laela Sturdy of Google Capital ( later rebranded CapitalG ), valuing the company at $470 million.

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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. Results through Rapport. Go All the Way!

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Patch will take empty local high street shops and turn them into “collaborative cultural spaces” with its “Work Near Home” proposition aimed at traditional commuters. investment firm Sequoia) and Will Neale (founder of Grabyo and early-stage investor). Now, a new U.K. It’s now raised a $1.1

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The Moderne Ventures team of founder Constance Freedman and partner Liza Benson built a track record of top-tier returns with its novel approach to venture investing. The early-stage investment fund’s vertical specialties span real estate, finance, insurance, and sustainability.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

However, in 2018, the veteran player participated in the government-backed Future Fifty scale-up program — and also took in a “ multi-million pound ” investment from the UK-based Business Growth Fund. While Click Travel has focused on serving the UK market, TravelPerk has had a global focus from the start.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

However, the pandemic has shown an increased need for investment and focus on solutions that work on human and planetary health. Starting in 2015, IndieBio has provided resources to founders solving complex challenges with biotech, from fake meat to sustainability. Bronson was immediately put to the test.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

“We think it will be the best place to invest,” said Shleifer of India at his rare appearance. “We were able to purchase 16 or 17% of Flipkart for $8 million in 2010,” he said of the investment in the e-commerce giant, which is currently valued at over $37 billion. billion valuation.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Over time, the business may osmose a sluggish culture from its leadership. The other bit of decision-making wisdom I’ve collected is from Bezos’ 2015 annual letter to Amazon shareholders. Improving our decision-making process is probably the single highest leverage investment we can make. The converse is also true.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

million since its 2015 inception, meaning that this round alone effectively amounts to nearly $30 million more than what the company has raised over its lifetime. The new capital will go toward continued investment in its products, risk platform and design, according to Walsh.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

When quizzed on whether Pulse was more like a feature that the big tech platforms could just build themselves, rather than a sustainable business in its own right, Singh was adamant that Pulse could thrive as a standalone product. For starters, there is the fact that Pulse had been focused exclusively on Slack status updates.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 30, 2024

In 2015, I spearheaded the development of ‘Vantage Fit,’ a platform designed to promote holistic employee wellness on a global scale. I saw a significant gap in how many companies were approaching employee wellness, particularly in terms of integrating physical health and overall well-being into their corporate culture.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 10, 2020

With such a fundamental shift in the mindset of their customers, businesses are having to reconsider their approach, not only to ensure that they are sustainable in terms of resourcing but to guarantee their appeal to consumers. The mindset of consumers is changing. Actions need to be taken for change to occur.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

Whether you’re building a company or thinking about investing, it’s important to understand your strategic advantage. In order to determine one, you should ask fundamental questions: What’s the long-term, sustainable reason that the company will stay in business? Image Credits: Eoneren / Getty Images. Image Credits: Nigel Sussman.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

I’m excited to have Vidit Aatrey, CEO and co-founder of Meesho, which was founded in 2015, and you went through YC in 2016. We have widows who were not able to sustain their family, feed their kids, et cetera. You can find Vidit on Twitter @viditaatrey and Adora is @nolimits. All right, here we go. This is my typical user.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

He is founder of Arowana , a B Corporation which invests in, operates, and grows sustainable companies. “We need all the help we can get,” Jobs said, while the audience loudly booed after he announced that arch-rival Microsoft had invested $150 million in Apple. People and Culture.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

Stephen Harper, the country’s prime minister from 2006 to 2015, famously quipped that the region suffered from “ a culture of defeatism.” Once lone rangers, Q1 Labs and Radian6 are now surrounded by thriving copycats in a self-sustaining ecosystem. Soon, the region’s hard-luck narrative stuck.

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David Teten VC

OCTOBER 31, 2024

We’re happy to share the latest in PEVCtech’s series profiling how investment managers are using AI, tech, and analytics to generate alpha. We have over $400 million of capital under management, our current portfolio is around 20 companies, but so far we have invested in over 40 companies since 2015.

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