American Entrepreneurship

MAY 21, 2025

Creator Ventures initial Fund 0, launched in 2019 as a $1 million investment club, now boasts over 4x DPI and 6x MOIC. A Growing Portfolio of Consumer-Focused Innovation The firm has already backed 30 companies since inception and posted standout returns. Its Fund I (20222025) already shows 0.3x DPI and 3x MOIC, exceptional for its vintage.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 22, 2020

Prashanth wrote a “State of the Company” post yesterday on the Stack blog and I would like to highlight a few sections from it. In 2019, Stack Overflow added over 2.8 Over 40,000 jobs were posted on Stack Overflow Jobs in 2019. million answers and 2.6 million new questions, with over 1.7

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

I learned the phrase “celebrate all mistakes” in 2019, and I have made that my motto! You joined the Austin chapter of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) in January 2019. My motivation when joining EO was to gain more of a support network of business owners around me. Can you share any specifics?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2020

Written by Ruchir Punjabi , the co-founder and chief digital officer of Distributed Energy , a company that matches investors with renewable energy projects across Africa, Middle East and India, and the founder of Langoor, which was sold to Havas Group in 2019. He is also a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) UAE chapter.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 2, 2019

On 25–26 June 2019, EO presented a two-day International Entrepreneurial Summit at the United Nations focused on inspiring, educating and connecting business leaders to promote sustainable business practices. The level of engagement, passion and commitment demonstrated by attendees was beyond expectations.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 21, 2020

5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the US, most recently as #2,118 on the 2019 list. Learn why industry leaders like Tim choose EO for their entrepreneurship network. . In part 1 of this article, Tim discussed the false assumptions driving B2B innovations that fail. Tim has been an EO member since 2011.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

Security companies typically start by focusing on one particular problem, but the biggest ones like Palo Alto Networks, FireEye and Symantec have shifted to a horizontal approach, typically gaining functionality over time through acquisition. Its last raise was a modest $11 million in 2019, according to Crunchbase data.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 15, 2019

The most gratifying thing writing this blog is the feedback from readers who say the content is useful. These are the top posts of 2019 with some commentary and behind the scenes notes on each. The SaaS Valuation Environment in Mid-2019 : 2019 saw the highest valuation environment for SaaS companies for the last 15 years.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 16, 2019

In a July 2019 episode of the Food Network’s show “ Chopped ,” EO Fort Worth member Juan Rodriguez competed against other chefs in hopes of landing the top stop. I was a sous chef on the show “Iron Chef America” in 2006, so I had a taste of what it’s like to compete on the Food Network. Spoiler alert.).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Today Juniper Networks announced it was acquiring smart wide area networking startup 128 Technology for $450 million. This marks the second AI-fueled networking company Juniper has acquired in the last year and a half after purchasing Mist Systems in March 2019 for $405 million.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

No blog post about how Tiger is crushing everybody because it’s deploying all its capital in 1-year while “suckers” are investing over 3-years can change this reality. We’ll just wait until companies that last raised in 2019 or 2020 come to market.” It’s just math. We do deals in NYC, Paris, Seattle, Austin, San Francisco, London?—?but

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UBI Global

MAY 20, 2019

Activate Your Innovation with the World Incubation Summit 2019 (WIS19) Attending a conference, symposium, or industry event is exciting on a personal and professional level.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JUNE 20, 2020

For example, my EDO had “7 wins” (companies that relocated) in 2018, but only “1 win” in 2019. Does this mean we were less successful in 2019? We rocked it in 2019, but our metrics don’t capture the true nature of our work. They learn how to develop community goals and strategies to achieve those. It is called mug.news.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 24, 2019

As an entrepreneur and angel investor, I’ve built a network that spans dozens of countries. While there’s plenty of positive momentum in Canada’s accelerator ecosystem, the reality is that programs with truly global reach—equipped with battle-tested mentors and a robust partner network—remain few and far between.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Discord’s doubling in corporate value comes as the persistent, inept, American response to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to accelerate the adoption and growth of businesses creating virtual social networking opportunities. Those opportunities are apparent in Discord’s explosive growth.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 12, 2019

In fact, the work he does outside of his original business helped him earn the 2019 EO Global Citizen of the Year. EO CARES is designed to address learning, networking, growth and scalability for startups. Ravi Machani , an EO member in Bangalore, India, is one entrepreneur who has done so admirably.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

Applications networking company F5 announced today that it is acquiring Volterra , a multi-cloud management startup, for $500 million. Volterra emerged in 2019 with a $50 million investment from multiple sources, including Khosla Ventures and Mayfield, along with strategic investors like M12 (Microsoft’s venture arm) and Samsung Ventures.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 14, 2019

Each of these Impact Hubs contributes its local context and capabilities to our global network, which contains a diverse mix of talent, knowledge and opportunities. This unique mix is an essential reason for corporates and organisations to collaborate with the Impact Hub network. Applications for the 2019 edition will open soon.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2023

Today, Microsoft confirmed the acquisition but not the purchase price, saying that it plans to use Fungible’s tech and team to deliver “multiple DPU solutions, network innovation and hardware systems advancements.” Nvidia acquired DPU maker BlueField in 2019, while AMD snatched up Pensando late last year.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 1, 2019

Anthony recently shared his top tips for employee retention and growth in an EO Melbourne blog post , which has been adapted for this article. . They can often find talent outside your typical network. Anthony has been a member of EO Melbourne since early 2019. Focus on relationships.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 29, 2019

The combination of networking and educational opportunities that a peer group provides ensures members have access to top-level development. With a peer group—even one with a global presence like EO, “The network effect is huge. One such event will be taking place in Charleston: EO Nerve 2019.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 9, 2019

We’re bringing EO members and non-members behind the scenes of 2019 EO Global Leadership Conference Macau (GLC) as we profile the event’s emcee, Pascal Finette. GLC is EO’s flagship leadership event, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities. Pascal was a tech entrepreneur before there was even a web browser.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

With the world’s attention turning to Japan for the Rugby World Cup 2019 and for the 2020 Olympics, members of EO Japan realized an opportunity to cultivate an international mindset in their families. ” With the global sporting events on the horizon, EO members will certainly be making the most of their global network of peers.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 8, 2018

Step Up in Our Community —We can do this first in our EO community by supporting our peer-to-peer network of learning and, second, by sharing stories of all the amazing things our members are doing to support charities in our communities. Rex Hale, EO Utah, Finance Chair FY2018/2019: Perspective.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

This is something I had to learn the hard way: What you hear in the media or read on a company blog post often simplifies the process, and sometimes fails to cover the trajectory that minority founders, in particular, must follow to secure funding. There is no science to it; leverage your network and reach out to people over LinkedIn, too.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 12, 2019

In today’s Octane blog, we bring EO members and non-members alike behind the scenes of 2019 EO Global Leadership Conference Macau (GLC), profiling Leonard Brody, one of the event’s carefully selected speakers who is known as “a leader of the new world order.” The post Leonard Brody: The Great Rewrite appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The 2019 Deloitte Global Millennial Survey states that “Millennials’ opinions about business continues to diminish, in part due to views that businesses focus solely on their own agendas rather than considering the consequences for society.”. Annie shares her experiences and knowledge through blog posts in a variety of publications. .

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

Christina is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Development Strategies at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at the University of Indiana and Business Development Manager at the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Research Network (EERN). My needs-to-be-updated blog is at www.bit.ly/NKblog2a ESHIPprojects. (2)

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

a single static image that looked like a standard post on the network itself. This is Reddit’s 16th year of operation, and the company has raised around $800 million to date, including a Tencent-led $300 million Series D in February, 2019. Reddit also ran a 5-second Super Bowl ad on Sunday, consisting of.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Resources Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse “‘It’s a canon event’ TikTok trend, explained” Chris Dixon’s blog at cdixon.org “ Come for the tool, stay for the network “ “ The next big thing starts out looking like a toy (..)

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

CEO Kamal Shah, writing in a company blog post announcing the acquisition, explained that the company made a bet a couple of years ago on Kubernetes and it has paid off. That includes Palo Alto Networks acquiring competitor TwistLock for $410 million in 2019.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

TechCrunch held events in China as recently as 2019 , following several years of hosting conferences in the country’s hardware capital, Shenzhen. In the wake of today’s news, TechCrunch.com is no longer available for regular access in China. How quickly things change.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

While there are hundreds of marketing channels, they each fall into seven broad categories: Your website and blog : Make the most of your website and blog by sharing educational, helpful, and/or entertaining content with your audience. This may take the form of traditional PR, guest blog posting or podcast appearances, to name a few.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Global Speakers Academy (GSA)was launched in 2019 with the goal of bringing together members from across the globe and world-class speaker coaches for an intense and immersive 4.5-day It built my network exponentially, and I’m astounded by how valuable the experience has been. and more articles from the EO blog.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

During the onset of the pandemic, Aboyeji, via his blog post , said Future Africa Fund was looking to raise institutional investment. In 2019, Nigeria accounted for more than 53% of the diaspora remittances to the African continent. Syndicates are now emerging as one way of bringing the long tail together for more equity firepower.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2023

Patzer answered that question in 2019, upon the co-founding of Vital with Dr. Justin Schrager, an Emergency Medicine Physician. This keeps patients in-network which bolsters the revenues of hospitals and health systems. Would he remain on the sidelines or again re-enter the challenging entrepreneurial arena?

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Virtual private network. A VPN allows users to create a secure network connection even when you’re using a public network—such as the public WiFi networks at coffee shops. Then build your well-written blog posts around these terms and watch your traffic grow. Originally published Jan.

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