Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 18, 2018

Vishal Chordia (pictured above, right, with Kimberley Hickok-Smith) was awarded the 2018 EO Global Citizen of the Year award in Toronto, Canada, in April 2018. Since I have a limited tenure at the Board, I know I will not be able to change everything.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

After numerous discussions we held the line and all agreed as a board that profitability was much more important than chasing new markets and that perfecting our systems and methods was critical before we expanded and just increase the scope of our problems to solve. If I could close with some advice for startups and boards ….

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 27, 2021

In 2018 we had 200 businesses, and in 2019, 400. I’m taking people on board and asking them, what is your vision for small businesses? We want an interactive brand, to have people come on and say, “we want to be a part of this!”. What has it been like to scale your business? When we launched, we had just 20 businesses on the platform.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

The InfoTrust Foundation undertakes charitable events quarterly, including its annual Basket Brigade , which is providing nearly 2,000 Thanksgiving baskets in 2018. EO’s FY17/18 Global Chair Brian Brault accepted the 2018 International Bridge Award on behalf of EO at Nuway’s annual Bianu Celebration in Cincinnati.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2018

For 2018 we are planning for 300-plus attendees. All of the costs of the event were covered by our sponsors, the main ones being TAMKEEN (The Bahrain Labour Fund) and the Bahrain Economic Development Board. ” “The long-term vision for UTS is to make it bigger and better! In 2017 there were 200 attendees.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 19, 2018

The processes I used to hire our first COO in 2012 and the second one in 2018 were basically the same and are strongly inspired by Topgrading as well as the Who Method. Above is the scorecard for our company’s COO opening in 2018 (sorry for the German!). The 4 magical steps that will produce your next killer COO. Big mistake.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 30, 2018

She is currently serving a governor-appointed position on the Information Technology Advisory Board for the State of Nevada. Krupa joined EO Las Vegas in 2018. . The post How a Little Bit of Fear Breeds Innovation appeared first on THE BLOG.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

took nearly 39 million trips in 2018 and another 86 million the following year. 2: First custom-designed shared scooters released (fall 2018). That’s why Bird’s vehicle team unveiled the industry’s first custom-designed e-scooter, the Bird Zero , in October of 2018. After an encouraging start, shared e-scooter riders in the U.S.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 17, 2024

May 8, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today designated Netflix Inc. Total production spending in New Jersey has surged since 2018, when Governor Murphy reinstated the Film and Digital Media Tax Credit program.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Andy Stinnes , general partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners , leads early-stage investments in cloud businesses and serves as active board member and adviser, offering operational support for portfolio companies based on his 20+ years in executive roles in business software. Andy Stinnes. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi will take a board seat in the newly expanded Aurora. Waymo alleged in the suit, which went to trial but ended in a settlement in 2018, that Levandowski stole trade secrets, which were then used by Uber. The entire industry took pause and Uber halted all testing.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

As part of the transaction , Vangelov told TechCrunch that he will join Starco’s board and is getting shares in the new company, while himself and Soylent’s shareholders will become the largest single voting block in Starco. Vangelov joined the company in 2018 after previously serving in executive roles at Califia Foods and Oberto Foods.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

This round of financing is the first substantial outside investment made in the company since it was picked up by private equity firm Fortissimo in 2018. Both Wardi and managing director Lonne Jaffe, as well as senior associate Brad Fiedler, are joining Incredibuild’s board. CloudBees raises $62M for its DevOps platform.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Established in 2018, Soho.com.au “Soho’s growth has been amazing in the past year, and with Feedback Ventures now coming on board as a lead investor, we know we’re bringing on a great capital partner with clear conviction on spearheading the AI evolution in real estate,” Lui stated.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

The company invests $150,000 in each Yellow startup for an equity stake as part of the accelerator program, which first launched in 2018. Shoplook — Is fostering a community-driven platform for visual self-expression, curation and inspiration through mood boards.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2021

Nuro’s delivery autonomous vehicles (AVs) don’t have a human driver on board. government in 2018 for a minor exemption from rules requiring a rearview mirror, backup camera and a windshield, Nuro might have assumed the process wouldn’t be very arduous. So when the company petitioned the U.S. They were wrong.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2021

As part of the investment, Jay Crone, investment director at Telus, joined Full Harvest’s board of directors. million in Series A funding in 2018. Back in 2018, Full Harvest had about eight employees; that has now grown to 35. It’s been a while since we checked in with Full Harvest. The company raised an additional $8.5

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

In a 2018 Accenture survey , 76% of business leaders said that current business models will be unrecognizable in the next five years, with ecosystems being the main change agent. ” Before launching Reveal in 2020, Bouchez was the CEO of Multiposting, an HR tech startup, until 2018, when it was acquired by SAP.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

Lucrezia Bisignani founded Kukua in 2018, but it wasn’t until three years later that the team put out the first version of Super Sema. The movie was released to commercial and critical acclaim in 2018, and its success helped similar projects like Kukua secure investments. Until “Black Panther.” The company raised $2.5

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

The company released its “Diversity Recruitment Platform” in July of 2018 with the aim of helping people earlier in their careers get a “jumpstart” via technology. His tenacity is one of the things that attracted Sequoia partner and Canvas board member Mike Vernal to back the company.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2022

These structures were popular in the 2017-2018 [Initial Coin Offering] days and have become less prevalent today.”. Yet, things are accelerating across the board in crypto. Last year, about $32 billion of capital pooled into the crypto world, and this year, $11.35

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

The company was founded in 2018 by Shamir Karkal, Angela Angelovska, Isaac Hines and Alex Lipton to simplify digital payments and storage in a regulatory compliant way and build on blockchain technology. As part of the investment, Clara Sieg, partner at Revolution Ventures, is joining the company’s board.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The “backed by rigorous science” aspect comes from implementing a scientific advisory board led by researchers in the microbiome and digestive health field and will eventually expand to include other health issues. This year and 2023 will also include an increase in research and partnerships, Goodwin said. After raising some $13.5

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

Over the last five years, Stein has led the company’s growth to a 55% compound annual growth rate and into 15,000 retailer doors at the end of 2021, up from 8,000 in 2018, she said. John Haugen, formerly with General Mills, joined Purely Elizabeth’s board while as founder and managing director of General Mills’ venture arm, 301 Inc.,

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In 2018, Open Robotics opened OSRC-SG and announced collaborations with the Singapore government to work on robotics applications for the healthcare sector. “We will continue to improve ROS, Gazebo, and Open-RMF so that they can be used in even more domains, with ever-higher demands for software quality, testing, and platform support.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

A 2012 study of company performance showed that more than 150 listed German firms excelled when they had at least 30% women representation on their executive boards. Even more interesting, another study argues that women make better board directors than men. That is a crime, and it is a waste of incredible talent.”.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Archer was co-founded in 2018 by Adam Goldstein and Brett Adcock, who sold their software-as-a-service company Vettery to The Adecco Group for more than $100 million. Best practices for Zoom board meetings at early-stage startups. The company’s primary backer was Lore, who sold his company Jet.com to Walmart in 2016 for $3.3

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Using self-directed IRA companies to make such investments was costing Satz over $500 a year in fees, a problem he aimed to solve for others by launching Alto in 2018. ibnAle is set to join the company’s board of directors. Alto last raised $17 million for its Series A in April 2021. .

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 19, 2023

After the successful operation of the Zero Shuttle in 2018, the PanTA-G Bus, a cooperative autonomous vehicle, has begun its journey through Pangyo Zero City. However, for safety reasons, children under the age of 6 are not allowed to board. During the trial period, the service is available free of charge to all users.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The company says that revenues grew 75% in 2021, and between 2018 and 2021, it grew sales 300%, impressive numbers for a company that is more than a decade old, and has been bootstrapped. Elser and Scott Feldman of SGE will be joining the board.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The raise brings the total raised by Occupier since its 2018 inception to $15.5 Fun fact about the startup: Other than two of its co-founders, its board is female. OMERS Ventures and Stage 2 Capital co-led the investment, which included participation from existing backers Alate Partners and Metaprop.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

Tomiwa Aladekomo , the company’s CEO, took over from Taylor in 2018. Lastly, it will use the new funds to grow its audience, make hires across the board, and consolidate its position as one of Africa’s most influential media and technology brands. BCM was founded by Seyi Taylor and Bankole Oluwafemi in 2013.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

Kim co-founded ianacare in 2018 after spending more than seven years caring for her mom during a cancer battle. . Jessica Kim , chief executive officer of ianacare , understands these statistics deeply as she made the difficult choice to leave her job in 2016 to care for her mom full time, as do nearly a third of working caregivers.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

ManageXR announced today it has raised a $4 million seed round led by Rally Ventures , with venture partner and previous lead angel investor Jay Borenstein joining the company’s board of directors. . Wilson founded ManageXR in 2018 with the intention of building VR experiences for pediatric patients in the hospital.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

The APAC hub is backed by Enterprise Singapore, a board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry to foster SME development, and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, alongside industry partners Bureau Veritas Marine and Offshore, PSA unboXed and Synergy Marine Group.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Lighter reports that from 2015 to 2018, the number of VC investments under $5m dropped 23% from 6,709 to 5,139. 2018 also had the fewest number of angel-led financing rounds since before 2010. Lighter Capital is a RBI VC which has provided over $100 million in growth capital to over 250 companies since 2012.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

That news is coming at the same time that Thrasio is changing its leadership: today it announced that Greg Greeley, a former president of Airbnb and a longtime Amazon executive, is joining its board and taking on the role of CEO this August. Their final working day will be May 13. Thrasio’s growth.

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