Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

We also spent a fair bit of time talking about the changing nature of venture capital and in particular the hand-on practitioner role of early-stage VC led by accelerators such as YC, 500Startups, Betaworks and the like. You can watch on YouTube or download the podcast (for the gym!) Hope you’re enjoying the show.

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UBI Global

JANUARY 27, 2023

Download the World Rankings Report 2021-2022 Recognizing Excellence Among Business Incubators and Accelerators from the World Benchmark Study 2021-2022 The UBI Global research team has released the World Rankings Report 2021-2022 of business incubators and accelerators as the result of the World Benchmark Study for 2021-2022.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

But big companies are following the wave with big efforts, including Microsoft teaming up with “accelerators and incubators across the continent,” we wrote today, to “support 10,000 startups in Africa over the next five years.” Regardless, it’s out in the market racking up downloads, which is pretty bad. What’s being funded in Africa?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2013

We would allow them to accelerate some Q3/Q4 initiatives to Q1/Q2 if they would fund the development. Often 2-3 customers would band together to fund an accelerated plan. These were always features we knew we needed to build anyways – we were just willing to accelerate / prioritize them. It was a win for all parties.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Following a Covid-driven boost, the popular AllTrails resource for hikers, bikers, climbers, and anyone else who enjoys the outdoors, announced today it’s raised $150 million from the growth fund of global private equity firm Permira to further accelerate its business.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

Alex Haro, co-founder of Life360 , one of the most downloaded apps of all time, went through many challenging times building up his startup into a public company. He is a successful entrepreneur, video game pioneer and venture capitalist and founder of the startup accelerator Play Labs @ MIT. Communicate with the team.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 14, 2021

That time is now, and Yana is now among the top three downloaded apps in Mexico and 12 countries, including Spain, Chile, Ecuador and Venezuela. Some of those people would download the app again months later when hit with another crisis. “We When you download it, it’s almost like you can see a soul in there.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Estimated 15mm downloads to date. Current round: $3mm in Series B by betaworks (lead)(largest investor in company), Ron Conway, Danny Rimer, Accelerator Group, Roger Ehrenberg, Howard Lindzon. Web-based client for user stream data including Twitter (original focus), FaceBook, MySpace, Google Buzz, FourSquare and many others.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 24, 2024

I’ve created two tools that have been downloaded by over 1,000 people that help get people aligned to goals: the Whole Life Dashboard and the Goal Ladder. For a good template, check out Hal Elrod’s Miracle Morning, which I’ve discussed in a previous Friday Forward and on my latest podcast episode.

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

This decline has also become evident in startup accelerator programs shifting their focus on later-stage scale-ups that provide higher returns. The data suggests half as much funding in 2018-19 than in the peak time of 2016-17 (Alex McCauley, CEO, StartupAUS, 2019).

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

As of January 2021 , the accelerator has helped create 60,000 jobs, has 125 companies valued over $150 million, and has facilitated top exits totaling more than $300 billion. In 2012, I thought it would be great to download Graham’s essays, browse by most-used words and publish my findings on Hacker News.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

They can also download the financial data in the “slice” that they want. The new funding will be used to continue scaling and building the bookkeeping and accounting functions and to accelerate hiring, particularly in the engineering, sales and finance team verticals.

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2012

A good beginning would be Bill Payne’s The Definitive Guide to Raising Money from Angels, available as a free download from [link]. Another avenue that is increasingly a good idea is to consider applying to one of the new breed of accelerators. And that capital is going to come from…YOU.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2021

EngFlow , an early-stage startup coming out of the Alchemist Accelerator this month, wants to help fix that by distributing the compiling part over as many machines as needed in the cloud, pushing out compiled projects faster. “We provide the SaaS services, a distributed compute and build acceleration service.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

More people shopping on their mobile devices creates friction due to downloading an app for each brand. Now, maturing consumer behaviors and expectations are accelerating the current phase. Nacelle gives organizations a future-proof way to accelerate their innovation, leverage existing investments and do so with material ROI.”.

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UBI Global

MAY 27, 2019

The in-depth report is available cost-free for download. We discuss this throughout our latest edition of our Insight Series: Lessons in Corporate Innovation – 7 Case Studies in Activation. What […]. The post How Modern Companies Get Smart: Activate Startup Trendspotting appeared first on UBI Global.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The tranche values the company at $1 billion post-money, according to a Bloomberg source, and comes as the demand for AI-powered content generation accelerates. We plan to use our compute to accelerate open source, foundational AI.”. London- and San Francisco–based Stability AI is the brainchild of CEO Emad Mostaque.

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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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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 12, 2023

The capital will be used to expand Overplay’s team and accelerate product development and user acquisition. In a matter of hours, the gaming startup raised $1 million from retail investors with a minimum investment of $100. Needless to say, the Wefunder results excited co-founders Dan Projanksky and Caroline Strzalka.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

MaxRewards is free to download and use, and the majority of the app’s functionalities are free. I downloaded the app, and on the first day, saved $20.”. Khan also wants to accelerate its user acquisition, product improvement and compliance. The average app user has six credit cards.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Sketchfab has been building a platform to upload, download, view, share, sell and buy 3D assets. Joining Epic will enable us to accelerate the development of Sketchfab and our powerful online toolset, all while providing an even greater experience for creators. Essentially, it is the leading repository for 3D files on the web.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

“We want to deliver a platform that helps developers and non-developers — but technical employees — innovate and accelerate their workplace,” Johnston said. Budibase automation in action. Image Credits: Budibase. “Employees from some of the companies mentioned are active in our community,” Johnston said.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2021

The startup has raised a $3 million seed round led by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six, while Snap’s Yellow Accelerator also participated in the raise. One of the team’s big challenges has been highlighting the visibility of their native app which users download to send greetings.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

Though the round was acquired before going into the accelerator program, the Belarus-based pair wanted to wait to publicly share the milestone. There is really nobody that really provides a similar solution that was that easy or didn’t require downloading or installing something.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Techstars NYC just announced the 10 startups participating in this year’s program, making up what Managing Director Jenny Fielding described as the accelerator’s most global class yet. Paerpay (Boston) — A contactless payment platform that doesn’t require additional hardware or app downloads. Prediko (London, U.K.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

A download link is sent to you automatically by Gust once you create your profile, and the book is exactly what it says. Gust is used by over 1,000 angel investment groups, accelerators, business plan competitions and support programs to manage their applications.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Connecting with excellent diversity-focused incubators and accelerators such as Camelback Ventures in New Orleans, Opportunity Hub in Atlanta, the LatinX Incubator in Chicago and the Hillman Accelerator in Ohio might serve as a starting point. Download more information HERE. Work harder to broaden your network. Sign up now.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 16, 2023

Having accumulated more than 40 million app downloads and disbursing over $4 billion in loans, Atome Financial has demonstrated its impactful presence in the fintech sphere.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

MyBillBook, which supports Hindi, Gujarati and Tamil as well as English, will add support for “at least” five more regional languages within the next six months, the startup said, adding that the app has been downloaded more than 5 million times.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Annually the 15 billion new game downloads in the second quarter represented a 45.2% “We feel that these are times of acceleration … it’s great to see how we’re leapfrogging one or two or three years of the games industry in this crisis and it makes it more exciting to invest in these times.” year-on-year growth in gaming.

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Paul G. Silva

APRIL 7, 2020

Here is what the 4×3 foot poster looks like: Download & print the 4×3 ft poster , grab some sticky notes, and follow along. Like other “canvases” (such as the KISS Canvas or Business Model Canvas ), this canvas replaces big, complex ideation systems with a fast, fun, and easy-to-iterate tool.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Speaking of older or more common asset classes, one common question we receive is, “What is the difference between the studio model and the accelerator model?” With major skin in the game, studios are just as motivated to make each company a success in comparison to accelerators, who average equity stake in a startup is closer to 7%.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Your Guide to the Season’s Hottest Gifts from Dell: Download Now and Save up to 39% Off. While a significant number of businesses have faced closures this year, many entrepreneurs (both new and existing) have used the pandemic as an opportunity to light up their dreams and accelerate their business plans. Ditching corporate life.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

And we’ve seen this time and time again in other industries when standards emerge, they become accelerators, enabling more efficient things to happen to make the community as a whole better by building these common building blocks. . “Our goal is to take the existing data analytics ecosystem and improve it based on standards.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Juno used your modem to to download and send email, and it was paid for by placing ads in the email client. If they could raise money and go from 3 to 30 people, they could accelerate their ability to create communities. Eventually, Juno provided free access to browse the internet in addition to sending email.

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Impact Hub

DECEMBER 2, 2020

At Impact Hub, we believe in supporting entrepreneurs with our accelerator programs as they prepare entrepreneurs for growth and serve as a pipeline for investors. Gender gap in access to resources, mainly capital and business support such as acceleration. This guide encompasses all stages of the acceleration process: .

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

These panels involve consumer-facing apps like VPN clients and ad blockers, which users would download not necessarily understanding that they were agreeing to having their app usage data collected. But the company wanted to accelerate its expansion into new areas, including its planned expansion outside of mobile apps.

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