TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription “Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started,” says Brett Calhoun, managing director and general partner at Redbud VC.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. We're entering another election year, and recent history has given us unprecedented access to information and interaction with our elected representatives. Reader beware.). Open Government.

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

We foster an open and inclusive environment and we want to hear about new business ideas and ways in which we can grow as a community. Atomos is building the railroad of space using high-powered electric propulsion space tugs to move satellites to any orbit beyond low Earth orbit. Florida is the gateway to space for us!

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

What’s changed isn’t the market or its potential, but rather the perception that ambitious and sustainable companies can truly be built in education. One of the companies that has led the charge in transforming those perceptions is Pittsburgh-based Duolingo. It’s a language-learning app that has caught fire.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 14, 2022

After careful consideration of community-driven feedback and market research, TOMS decided to evolve our giving. We know that community organizations and leaders best understand the challenges their communities face, but also know they don’t always have the resources? so seize the chance to build a sustainable business.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

First, he said that education is the most high-leverage way to make an impact on an individual, community and world. Third, and finally, he thinks that strong business incentives and for-profit businesses specifically are the most sustainable way to make impact last — not nonprofits or government organizations.

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Continuations

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Since then the AI safety debate has become more heated with a fair bit of low-rung tribalism thrown into the mix. To get a glimpse of this one merely needs to look at the wide range of reactions to the White House Executive Order on Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. Faster chips?

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Our movement stood for building a better world through the power of entrepreneurial solutions , supported by a powerful magic mix of inspiring spaces, vibrant communities and meaningful content. The latter covered topics such as community building, space development and operations. But, we’re not a community that doesn’t dare.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

For local restaurants and bars, having an outdoor patio may have given you a leg-up on your competition during the spring and summer, but is not sustainable throughout the colder months. Then ask yourself what you can do to level up and build a greater sense of your existing community.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Kikoff is hiring for 10 roles (a mix of hybrid and remote), including senior product manager, associate product manager, senior product designers, engineers and a growth marketing manager. It’s great to see more women in leadership roles in the fintech community. a way to see what positions are available out there.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

As notably, despite introducing a far smaller number of teams to investors than Y Combinator and more renowned accelerator programs, there always seem to be at least one or two projects in Pear’s Demo Day mix that turn into actual, sustainable and, sometimes, sizable companies. ” Parthean. ” Aklivity.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

At Impact Hub we are a community and space, offering opportunities for investment, training, networking and providing solutions for innovation and sustainability within the entrepreneurial sector. Written by Impact Hub San Salvador | As part of their #ImpactonTour Social Media Takeover. How the application process works.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Who are the best search partners to use, and let then letting you and that search firm run with the execution. I think it’s probably about 40% with the portfolio, about 40% with the executive community, and then about 20% on work with the veterans community, which we can get into later. Where are we putting our energy?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The company has already scaled to 600 communities and more than 35 countries. Either through in-house development or mergers and acquisitions, Via wants to use the funds to add more products to its suite of tools. ” Via has also been able to show investors that it’s got a sustainable business.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

And while social media, growing exponentially over the past decade, has changed the way we communicate and connect, it has also changed how we travel. More than 36% of social media users use platforms for travel ideas, according to Statista ; over 60% of these people share photos when traveling. ” Image Credits: Backdrop.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

The new funding will be used for AlterPacks’ commercialization, including production and supply, in markets like Asia, Australia and Europe. Founded in 2019 to tackle single-use plastics, AlterPacks’ main raw material are spent grains, a by-product of manufacturing foods like beer.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 6, 2014

The city doesn''t have the taxpayer dollars laying around to pay for such a thing, so it was decided to leverage the value of waterfront NYC real estate to create a self-sustaining economic plan. People use the park and people love it. Housing on the ends of the park will be created in order to pay for the park in the middle.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 20, 2019

The Malengu name, an amalgamation of Maya, Lenca and Garífuna, harkens back to some of the country’s largest indigenous communities. Detail of the handbag Rafael designed using Lenca patterns. “It We are a mix of Spanish, Indian, black and Mayan culture.”. And it’s our heritage, in the end, that makes us unique.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

.” To achieve this flexibility (or at least try), Morales and Grover co-founded Orb , a pricing platform that helps companies automate a range of different billing types — usage-based, subscriptions or a mix of both. Image Credits: Orb Orb can be used to schedule future price changes for customer cohorts or contract renewals.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 9, 2010

At the same time, two of the most awesome people I know, Mike Galpert and Amanda Peyton , are using Sam Lessin’s letter.ly Your inbox is the best mobile RSS reader out there, and I’ve started using FeedMyInbox to subscribe to blogs by e-mail. My blog wouldn’t have the community around its ideas the way it does.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2023

During the initial onboarding process, users are first asked to select topics that interest them — such as databases, developer tools or data science — and then they sign up using either their email address or credentials associated with Facebook, Google, GitHub, or Apple. So what, exactly, is Daily.dev hoping to bring to the mix?

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

Now, we are self-sustaining and will be until we reach profitability.”. Very quickly, users discovered that they can use the Alan app to find a health professional near them using Alan Map. It provided a mix of content, some community discussions and the ability to start a discussion with a doctor.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I worked with outsourced research firm Wonder * to identify all of the institutions we could who support tech impact startups with cash and community, and in many cases without dilution. Aspen Tech Policy Hub.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

I’d be lying if I told you that every week was an embarrassment of riches here at Actuator HQ (a one-bedroom in a Queens office managed by a mischievous lionhead rabbit mix), but I’ve thus far been happy with the flow of news. The argument they’re using is exactly the argument I used in 1992, when I started doing it.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I worked with outsourced research firm Wonder * to identify all of the institutions we could who support tech impact startups with cash and community, and in many cases without dilution. Aspen Tech Policy Hub.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

US fresh berry market leader Driscoll’s is partnering with OurCrowd portfolio company Consumer Physics to use its SCiO technology to innovate quality measurement of its produce. Westbrook will advise on the direction of Varo Bank’s programs aimed at underserved communities, including communities of color.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 14, 2019

Our members are working side by side in one of our 100 Impact Hubs around the world, connecting digitally through our global Community App, or using their Impact Hub Passport, which gives members the possibility to work and meet three days per year at any Impact Hub.

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Impact Hub

JULY 1, 2019

This blog post is part of a wider campaign aiming to share knowledge about environmental challenges within our communities. Plastics impact our lives daily — from being largely used for electronics, airbags, helmets, and protective gear to save lives to cups and even the clothes we wear. Use metal straws. .

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 29, 2023

First Place of $20,000 H oney Bear Kitchen (Natalie Wallace, Dauphin County) Honey Bear Kitchen produces super premium non-dairy ice cream, free from 6 of the 8 major food allergens using a proprietary mix of 14% plant-based fat churned with a low overrun, giving it the mouthfeel and creaminess of dairy based ice cream.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Funding of women-founded startups remains significantly lower than those that are gender-mixed While women entrepreneurs are making significant strides in startup formation, they continue to struggle to gain access to funding on par with men. of all VC funds raised in 2022 to 17.2%—seen as part of a decade-long trend.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

The problem, in part, was that they claimed to have used a material (lead apatite) that not only isn’t a known superconductor, but also isn’t, in fact, conductive at all. YHBT, YHL, HAND , as they used to say in the early days of the internet. If you love yourself some sustainability, get your behind (and the rest of you, please.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 6, 2023

REGISTER The eight entrepreneurial teams represent an exciting mix of food and beverage related products. KEVO has developed a patented, innovative device to make a single cup of cold brew using either coffee pods (also known as K-cups) or regular grounds.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The most notable change to the available product mix is probably period pants — which have recently started to appear on mainstream shop shelves and seem to be selling well in markets like the U.K., The bigger behind-the-scenes change is that it’s been designed for sustained, repeat usage. ” Image Credits: LastPad.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Per Jenkins, a key cohort of Remojo’s users are thus Christians, Muslims and Hindus looking for help to live up to religious ideals — and maybe also seeking a non-judgmental support community for an issue that can be taboo for them to talk about in their usual social circles. “It’s a hybrid of a few things.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

and yes, I’m intentionally not throwing DAOs or web3 in the mix here as just doesn’t yet deserve implied parity). So a sincere hope of mine in building Frank isn’t that we’re right, it’s that we can be part of growing an ecosystem or community of folks building tools specifically for worker power (LaborTech).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The intention for us was always to deliver on a number of different areas of gynaecological health — not just changing the tampon so it serves people better and so it delivers pain relief. “We know the majority of our community will not be able to sit down and read a bunch of research papers.

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