TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The gradual return of tourism and travel in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to see a wave of startups raising rounds of funding to meet new opportunities in the market. “We see that as a major opportunity, giving creators the chance to get inventory from elsewhere and push theirs out to other places.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2023

by Erick Slabaugh, a long-standing EO member in Seattle and former director on the EO Global Board “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” The Origins David Galbenski and I served on the EO Global Board together in 2007. People don’t hand us greatness.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2020

Meditation apps like Headspac e and Calm will provide opportunities for users to unwind after a long day of solitary work or managing a household full of kids off school. Hasbro , which currently has five of the 10 top-selling board games on Amazon, has major potential here. Opportunity in the Stay-Home Economy. Streaming Media.

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Revolution

MAY 4, 2022

Many times, optimism would be dashed by another Covid-19 variant that would wipe out bookings for the quarter. As board members, there were many hard conversations and no easy answers. We leaned in during weekly board meetings and reinvested when others left the cap table.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. Pre-seed is just a narrower segment where you might raise $1–3 million on a SAFE note and not give out any board seats. We have to have strong conviction in the quality of the team and the opportunity and commit more quickly.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Helping the founder create a company and build a much-needed product in an industry I knew very well, I served as chairman for the newly formed company, and along with my several rounds of early investment, led rounds of other angel investors in what I knew as a successful opportunity to fill a need in an industry I understood.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In a standard Forum meeting, a member makes a presentation about an opportunity or challenge they are facing and asks for the group’s input. Instead, members are guided to share an experience they’ve had, or that someone they know has had, that is similar to the presenter’s challenge or opportunity.

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Dream It

APRIL 3, 2020

In addition to his books, Geoffrey Moore assisted in writing “In a Downturn, Provoke Your Customers” for the Harvard Business Review in 2009. Provocation-based selling turns these challenges into opportunities. But challenges create opportunities. His strategy for selling in 2009 is relevant to any economic downturn.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 17, 2021

Early-stage founders, a shipload of opportunity is about to set sail and you don’t want to miss the boat. Exposure, practice and invaluable feedback from the pitch-savvy TC crew — jump on board that opportunity. Exhibiting in Startup Alley is one big boatload of opportunity and time’s running out to book passage.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Despite the uncertainty in the tourism sector from the Covid pandemic, the PEV team didn’t slow down but instead went on to launch two startups — Elephant Bookings, a software as a service (SaaS) product, and Nomad.Africa, a content-to-commerce magazine. Bookaway books $35M to scale up its ground transportation booking platform.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

In addition to developing Urban Betty , a successful salon with two locations, Neff also created an app for stylists , produced a book about homes in Austin, Texas, and even reached the Inc. You also have an impressive array of side projects—from books and apps to philanthropic and environmental initiatives. 5000 list twice! .

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 8, 2021

A common topic today in software startup board rooms is: should the company price by seat or by usage? To answer this question and many others, Redpoint Office Hours will welcome Madhavan Ramanujam , Partner and Board Member at Simon-Kucher on Wednesday, August 25th at 11AM PT. It’s the canonical book on modern pricing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2021

In MyEO groups, you can: • Gather a group for a poker night • Sail with EO members in the Caribbean Sea • Learn how to write and publish a book • Enjoy a whiskey-tasting tour • Learn and share industry-specific knowledge. My book, From Bad to Worse to Best in Class: A Refugee’s Success Story , was published two years ago.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

Opendoor alums Justine Palefsky and Tasneem Amina teamed up in 2021 to start a company, Kindred , with the goal of giving people the choice of booking lodging through a unique home-swapping model. She booked over 80 nights in her first 8 months on Kindred staying in San Francisco, New York, and a few other destinations, according to Palefsky.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 27, 2020

As everyone knows, ever since the coronavirus pandemic hit us, most of these businesses have gone from making money to generating almost zero revenue, across the board, in a matter of weeks. All of us have read many books written on grit and resilience, and now is the time to put all of that learning into practice.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Blackrock, GIC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Birla MF are among the investors who financed the anchor round, Paytm said in a filing with a local exchange. It has since expanded to a wide range of services such as payment gateway, e-commerce marketplace, movie and travel ticket booking, as well as insurance and digital gold.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 27, 2021

But it is also true that the pandemic created many opportunities for online businesses, and people are reconsidering their priorities. 30% of customers don’t visit a salon if it doesn’t have a website, and 1 in 4 customers avoid a salon if it doesn’t offer online booking options. QuickBooks’ New Business Insights Report.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy founded theBoardlist , a premium talent marketplace that helps diverse leaders get discovered for board and executive opportunities. A technology executive and entrepreneur, board member and investor, she has 25 years of experience founding and helping to scale companies, including Google, Amazon and Yodlee.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

” Strangely, the best I’ve ever heard this exemplified is in Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential - which is really a book about startups as told through kitchen stories. Our founder, Yves Sisteron, was my mentor and board member at my first startup. Writing a book will be fun.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In its first iteration, Beek leveraged tools like YouTube and emojis to create a site and mobile app where people could review the books they’re reading. “I I wanted to get Latinos to consume better stories, so I created this community around books,” she recalls. “I Valdes and Sequeira also realized that while there are 1.5x

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Guides are more like text books or how to’s. The where does it live question is also an equally complex one, but the way we’ve got our Plinko board setup above, e-mail and LinkedIn clearly play an important role—and I’m a big believer that you’re missing out if you’re not using both. Where does it live?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Tye Caldwell has been a luminary in the industry and is a member-elect of the Professional Beauty Association’s advisory board. “If a salon or barbershop has an open station a stylist can book it like they would a hotel room.” The two co-founders certainly have a pedigree in the beauty industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Most VCs are book smart. In fact, book smart can be a negative. I’ve sat on ad tech boards with board members who clearly knew little about impressions, fill rates, CTRs, RTB, eCPMs or the difficulties & opportunities of embedded mobile SDKs vs. HTML5. Smart is simply not a differentiator. Facebook.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Research suggests that denying negative reality is a principal cause for Boards of Directors to fire their CEOs. Gleb Tsipursky serves as the CEO of the boutique future-proofing consultancy Disaster Avoidance Experts , which specializes in helping forward-looking leaders avoid dangerous threats and missed opportunities. Conclusion.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Getting distracted may seem innocuous, but the consequences are disastrous over time: lost productivity, falling revenues, and a gnawing ever-present sense of missed opportunities. Ask if it’s a ‘heck-yes’ opportunity. Here’s the trap: The more successful you become, the more shiny opportunities offer themselves to you.

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

He wrote a bestselling book on computer science and robotics at the age of 16 and has since written or co-authored six more books on artificial intelligence. This, coupled with my belief in the company vision was more than enough motivation to come on board to help build something special. The Obstacle is The Way.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

She told of the teaching of the Talmud – a book which scholars use to debate doctrine and from which Jewish people are reminded to always learn and to debate. But as I rose in my career (and post MBA) I moved into a role in which I was to advise board-level executives on topics where I was expected to rapidly become an expert.

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StartupNation

JULY 13, 2021

They sought case studies and examples of successful companies they could model, anticipating their boards’ reaction to the digital transformation plans they were considering: “Has this been done before? Of course, these boards were missing the point. . Bird in hand, they said! The result?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

Despite the ups and downs, Amazon said in a press release detailing the One Medical acquisition that it plans to improve the quality of care across the board: We think health care is high on the list of experiences that need reinvention. But for Adrian Aoun, founder of Forward Health, he said he wished Amazon did more.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

million home service businesses just in North America, and some $600 billion is spent annually on home services — and so the opportunity that Jobber and its investors see is as clear as a new window pane. Goldman has joined Jobber’s board with this round. But the market is massive — there are around 6.2

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Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2010

And we were able to secure that investment along with a partner from that firm joining our board. It did not take long for the partner to become impatient with the relatively small size of the opportunity. All investors, including the VC firm, lost everything.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

CEO Jonathan Kite said a new automated turn board feature was a significant factor accelerating the company’s success. The company has also spanned far beyond its book-based roots. Look for opportunities to spotlight your efforts. We are bringing community pharmacies new patients by offering concierge delivery.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Lak Ananth is founding CEO and managing partner of the global venture capital firm Next47 and serves on the board of several companies that he has helped to grow beyond $1 billion valuations. They don’t respect founders or their fellow board members, which is damaging to vital relationships and board dynamics. Lak Ananth.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

We built a business with $36 million in bookings and real customers who relied upon our service. So we as a board kicked off a search for the next CEO. When we first funded the company in 2009 we knew there was a big opportunity to help businesses automate marketing through phone channels.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

million appointment bookings each month. The relationship with customers is an opportunity for the barber to make specific recommendations on products and create a grooming experience.”. As part of the investment, Leadout founder and managing partner Ali Rosenthal joined the company’s board of directors.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Opportunities are simply opportunities and not long-term plans. You will have plenty of opportunities to sell your idea, whether it is to customers or investors. It’s so easy, and there are many books on how to build startups. Do you still follow the best-practice guidelines from the brilliant books you’ve all read?

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