Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Damaris, a 2017 YLAI Fellow, is working hard to combine her love for her home country of Nicaragua and her love of tourism to give back to those in her country, providing employment and education opportunities across her community. I cannot change the world, but I can contribute to make it a better place to live.”.

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Revolution

JULY 13, 2023

Revolution Growth first partnered with Scopely in 2017 when we led the company’s Series C. An Acquirer of Choice : Big acquisitions are always challenging, especially for culture-heavy startups. Savvy Games Group’s acquisition of the Revolution Growth-backed company marks the sixth-largest transaction in gaming history.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Since its founding in 2017 the Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Labs has established a track record of success. Health in Her HUE : is a digital platform that connects women of color to culturally competent and sensitive healthcare providers who are committed to providing culturally sensitive and empathetic service.

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Source Link

MARCH 30, 2022

In 2017, we shared 3 ways to empower your entrepreneurial community. Identifying and filling these cultural competency gaps benefits your entire community, and it is an essential component of continued economic and social progress. Culturally competent consulting service provider ThirdEye Network. Make your ecosystem adaptable.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

In 2017, Delahunt was at Ralph Lauren and had her first look at the blockchain, but it wasn’t until years later while working to pioneer some digital wardrobe projects with companies, like Snap, Bitmoji and Roblox, that she had an opportunity to see that web3 was going to be “more than a niche community” for luxury fashion.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

Zoom today announced plans to acquire Workvivo , a six-year-old Irish startup focused on improving companies’ internal communications and culture. Founded out of Cork in 2017, Workvivo has amassed a fairly impressive roster of customers too, including Amazon, RyanAir and Bupa. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

2017 YLAI Fellow Victor Rujano Bautista is the co-founder of Culturas Indígenas y Medio Ambiente Sustentable (CIMAS), an organization committed to promoting and defending the human rights of indigenous peoples and the protection of the environment in the Venezuelan state of Zulia. By Bryce Kelly.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

billion the week it was supposed to go public in 2017. The fact the numbers are the same was not lost on Bansal, and in fact the Cisco deal closed at the end of March in 2017, almost exactly five years ago. He says that starts with building the right culture where everyone feels welcome.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 27, 2021

Trying to reach everyone is “impossible and hard to do,” says 2017 YLAI Fellow Mariery Young, who recommends that “it is vital to work with a specific target audience in mind.” When thinking of a name for her studio, she wanted to embrace her diversity, culture, and interests. Knowing your target audience.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Making Waves Lennert and Murnaghan opened a newcomer-friendly, Toronto-based surf and coffee shop in 2017, Surf the Greats. While the film’s original concept was to showcase Canada’s surf culture at large, filmmaker David Kalinauskas uncovered Lennert’s story—and knew it was one that needed to be told.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 7, 2023

Founded in 2017, Rainmaking APAC is a startup development company dedicated to helping businesses launch, build, and scale in their industries. The studio’s entrepreneurial culture and innovative approach to equity co-investment and risk-sharing with corporate partners have set it apart in the market.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

2017 feels like a very long time ago. With members in more than 70 countries, EO is truly global, but that does not mean that our members around the world share the same culture, views or experiences. By Dr. Carrie Santos, CEO of Entrepreneurs’ Organization. The world has changed significantly. A global pandemic. A brutal war.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Wee also said Tech in Asia will remain independent, preserving its unique culture, processes, and HR policies. million in November 2017, adding to its total funding raised, which exceeds $13 million. Notably, Tech in Asia started its funding journey, securing $6.6

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In 2017, we partnered with iconic leaders in American business to turn the thesis we developed on the road — that great companies can start and scale anywhere when given a chance — into an investment vehicle. Founders, take note: your startup’s location is a strategic lever.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

To create big ideas, you have to create the space and encourage that sort of behavior and culture. Developing a creative culture takes time and it begins with management, being more open-minded and less judgmental to the suggestions of their team. Originally published March 9, 2017. Dopamine, curiosity and creativity.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Gutierrez told TechCrunch that Ampverse was founded because its team saw a “huge opportunity to create a company with IP and products for gaming fans that sits at the intersection of gaming and popular culture, be it esports teams, merchandise product or other fan experiences.”

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Hunter Walk

JUNE 26, 2023

500 Startups was looking to add someone with an enterprise background to their investing team, so I made the leap into venture at the start of 2017. When we founded DataHero back in 2011, there was a trend going on where people were obsessively trying to “design” their company cultures.

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OnStartups

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Today the State of Remote Work 2017 report revealed that 63% of people in product and engineering roles work remotely at least once per week, which is 21% more than the average. Considering stage, sense of innovation, hiring needs and nimble state, startups have the upperhand when adapting to this cultural shift toward flexible work.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The United States-based company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortescue, a global green technology, energy and metals company recognized for its culture, innovation and industry-leading development of infrastructure, mining assets and green energy initiatives. About FFI Ionix FFI Ionix Inc.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

Burns joined the firm (formerly known as Google Ventures) in 2017 as a principal, then was promoted to partner last year — making her the first Black female partner at GV, and its youngest partner as well. This year, at our second virtual Startup Battlefield , GV partner Terri Burns will be joining us as one of our judges.

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

We remain steadfast in our commitment to continuing to increase all of the above. And now, with Silver Lake’s investment and support, we can accelerate our growth investing even more into our strategic roadmap, and placing some new bets on ideas we’ve had but haven’t been able to find the space to explore.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

In 2017, Stone publicly announced he was returning to Twitter to lead strategic vision, brand, and culture, where he remained until 2021. “The [web3] culture doesn’t appeal to me. However, in 2013, Stone and the others shifted their focus to individual startups.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 13, 2020

As a member of EO Puerto, he’s also seen the company through the 2017 hurricane Maria. But it is a major challenge at the same time for our corporate culture because personalization and a strong connection to our guests is our biggest strength and the key value I grew this company up with. Carlos Melendez, Wovenware, EO Puerto Rico.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

He and his co-founders saw an opportunity to innovate around the tail spend space when they launched the company in 2017. “We Since we last spoke, the company has brought in a head of belonging, inclusion and culture. “So He admits that it’s challenging, but they are working hard at building an inclusive culture.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2023

Will we make room on our plates for lab-cultured meat or pour frosty mugs of genetically modified beer? Can we really preserve beer, meat and other cultural touchstones — like coffee and wine — while mitigating climate chaos? In 2017, he co-founded Berkeley Yeast to commercialize this technology and its transformative benefits.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This year, as funding for female founders drops to 2017 levels , Feinzaig realized why accelerators, hers included, might not work for women as well as they work for men: demo day. Health In Her HUE : Founded by Ashlee Wisdom and Eddwina Bright, the company is a digital platform connecting Black women to culturally competent providers.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

We think there’s a continuing manifestation of the cultural bias against cats and toward dogs in the U.S.” The brand has doubled year over year in both customers and revenue since 2017, growing to eight figures in sales to feed more than 100,000 cats. That was a surprise to us. The company has 50 people currently.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Big acquisitions can be challenging, especially for culture-heavy startups, but the leadership team at Scopely executed the transaction and integration with an abundance of thoughtful planning and negotiation. This is just the latest addition to an already high-caliber senior team.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2022

With this round, Ubie has raised a total of $76 million since its inception in 2017. Kuto told TechCrunch that Singapore’s medical system is similar to Japan’s, given its geographical and cultural background, so the company decided Singapore would be “an appropriate first step for global expansion.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

The company claims that this approach means that organizations can then “peer into” their workforce’s security behavior, culture and risk reporting to preempt security problems and track improvements over time. CybSafe’s competitors include KnowBe4 (raised $393.5 million) and Infosec. Image Credits: CybSafe. special forces.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

CK’S got started in 2017 in Europe when founder and head of R&D Niclas Luthman’s mother was diagnosed as a diabetic, and Luthman diagnosed as pre-diabetic, according to Altschul. “He CK’S is a snacking brand that is “a platform for changing culture.” Kinnevik, Ambrosia and Temasek co-led the round and were joined by Gullspang.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

Glorang was founded in 2017 by Hwang, who started off this company with an AI-powered platform helping students match with study abroad programs. The Asia Pacific is one of the fastest-growing regions in the adoption of Edtech, increasing to $64.5 billion in 2027 , from $17.6 billion in 2019.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

In fact, as the keynote speaker at the University of Oklahoma graduation in 2017, Piyush paid off one of the graduate’s student debts. Make your impact grow exponentially by cultivating a giving culture in your business. Piyush’s background is in elementary education. We had different categories and one was philanthropy.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Before launching Goodwater, co-founder Eric Kim was managing director at Maverick, an early investor in Coupang, and served on the company’s board from 2011 to 2017. “But more surprising is that as early as 2017, Coupang’s performance already started to exceed Amazon, with year 3 dollar retention of 346% with Amazon at 278%.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Challenging your employees more often will require a shift in the status quo, from goal-setting to your company culture. Create a Culture of Feedback . Creating a culture of feedback, however, can be challenging. Peformance tracking tools such as 15Five make it easier to provide ongoing evaluations and comments.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2022

The contrasting strategies come down to technical differences in cap tables, the culture of communities that many companies in this space are built upon, and, of course, the non-crypto world’s fear of missing out. These structures were popular in the 2017-2018 [Initial Coin Offering] days and have become less prevalent today.”.

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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. By 2017, Duolingo would boast having 200 million users, which was double von Ahn’s goal when he first launched to the public on the TechCrunch Disrupt stage.

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