TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

million in seed funding, three months after setting up operations in East Africa’s biggest economy , to provide clean-energy mass transit vehicles in a country that is heavily-reliant on fossil-fuel buses. BasiGo plans to supply over 1,000 mass transit electric buses to transport operators in Nairobi over the next five years.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 23, 2023

Vietnam, a rapidly industrializing nation, has been increasingly turning its focus towards the clean energy transition as part of its strategy to become more environmentally sustainable and combat climate change. One of the key elements of Vietnam’s clean energy transition is the large-scale adoption of renewable energy sources.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The transition from Web2 to Web3 provides a tremendous opportunity for investors! Crypto VCF’s Mellett is Excited About the Transition from Web2 to Web3 was originally published in StrtupBoost on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. Thank you so much for joining us!

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Circularity tales: Accelerating the transition in Rwanda Impact Hub Kigali is a dynamic and forward-thinking innovation hub in Rwanda, dedicated to fostering sustainable business practices and social impact. Sign up now and ignite your journey towards making a difference.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2021

In other words, make a transition into a hybrid workforce. If SMBs want to witness continued growth, it is critical that businesses focus on providing and maintaining reliable collaboration tools that would allow them to make a transition into a hybrid workforce, making employees work comfortably and productively from wherever they choose.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2020

As one of the architects of the Uber Pool service and a longtime proponent of ridesharing as a means to slash vehicle emissions, Cox leapt at the chance to harness technology developed at MIT that purported to perfect a dynamic routing and vehicle management system for transit authorities. We are really making transit a customer.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Former gymnast and current investor Aly Raisman joins general partner Julie Yoo and investment partner Daisy Wolf of a16z Bio + Health. In this episode, Aly chats about her background, how she thinks about health and fitness now that she’s no longer competing, and a few of her passion projects, including financial literacy.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

Mass transit has made a rebound with the return of city life post-Covid 19, and today a startup that’s building tech to help it run more smoothly is announcing a big round of funding to meet the rush. Optibus’s rise underscores to a critical moment for the world of public transportation.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

How can we better support acceleration and incubation efforts to push for the transition from the linear to the circular economy? The post Circularity Tales: Accelerate2030 piloting the transition appeared first on Impact Hub. For more inspiring stories like this, head to our blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Recently the firms two founding partners (and also Managing Partners) —  Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham  — decided to transition management of the firm to Andy Weissman (who joined in 2012) and Albert Wenger (joined in 2008 and writes one of the most thoughtful blogs in our industry ). And so it goes.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Some get through the transition, but it’s an unnecessarily messy process. Decide whether you can and/or want to transition from startup founder to scale up CEO by taking my short quiz below based on the key success factors a scale CEO will need to focus on. (NB, And in some cases, investors lose patience and throw them out.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The post Circularity Tales: accelerating the transition in Rwanda appeared first on Impact Hub. Circularity is part of our broader Environmental Strategy – discover how Impact Hub Global Network is addressing our time’s most pressing issues here. For more inspiring stories like this, head to our blog.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2024

So this pain and suffering will force an acceleration of the energy transition from carbon to clean energy. The energy transition is being powered by innovation in energy generation (renewables, nuclear, etc), energy storage (batteries, storage networks, etc), and smarter energy distribution.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Montamo hires and trains people to work in the clean energy transition with an emphasis on helping migrants build a new career. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Tiger Global Management is going through a major management change.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Organizations (like people) are always in transition. We often do not look at the current challenge as a transition, but indeed, it is. Some transitions are more consequential and important than others and in the case of reviving a failing business is at the extreme of the transition continuum.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 3, 2023

From someone who’s done it successfully Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

On-demand shuttle service and transit tech company Via has raised another $110 million, bringing the company’s total funding to around $1 billion. Via files confidentially to go public Transit tech company Via raises $110M at $3.5B The fresh capital pushes Via’s valuation up to $3.5

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 2, 2021

Chris is a US Army Veteran and mentor for US military service members transitioning into the civilian world. As entrepreneurs transition and adjust to changes the pandemic caused in their companies, how can they build—or rebuild—not only a business but also a team of like-minded individuals with a common purpose or goal?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Make a plan for transitioning to remote. First, establish the steps needed to transition remote. How will you recoup losses, get your staff back up to normal capacity, transition employees back to the office, and so on? The most important characteristics of a good business plan include: Flexibility. Practicality.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 23, 2022

Here’s how I (and many others) did it Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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OurCrowd

APRIL 19, 2022

The post [Superpedestrian in GlobeNewswire] Superpedestrian and Cities Today release roadmap for helping e-scooters and public transit work better together to reduce car trips appeared first on OurCrowd Blog. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Read more here.

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Venture Well

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

To help biomedical engineering educators transition their coursework online, we highlight six strategies around teaching capstone design remotely. The post six strategies for teaching capstone design remotely appeared first on VentureWell.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The picture looks very similar in my current business, which has left me—let alone the entire company—in the fortunate position of frictionless transition into a COVID-19 world. Transition completely to virtual and focus on profit vs. revenue. There are two things I would have focused on: Transition completely to a virtual workplace.

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Y Combinator

MARCH 15, 2024

When I joined YC in 2014, I thought I was transitioning from the management role I had as a startup founder to a job where most of my time would be spent doing office hours with YC founders. As a result, in January I approached Garry Tan about transitioning out of my leadership role.  After

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2020

But are they considering the potential disasters that can occur as a result of this transition? Pete was assigned by senior management to lead the team transitioning all 400 employees to telework. In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, many companies are asking their employees to work from home. Failure Proofing Work-From-Home.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 18, 2024

The promise of the energy transition is that the future won’t just be sustainable – it will be much better,” said Paul Lambert , Co-founder and CEO, Quilt. This promise has attracted world-class talent and investors to Quilt.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

As more people return to the office over the next few months, companies will have to work harder than ever to make sure the environment is comfortable and inviting.

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

You’d think tech companies should be the paradigm of how to prep for leadership transitions, since they operate in such a constant state of flux. If mishandled, the transition from one CEO to the next can result in a loss of market valuation, momentum and focus, as well as key personnel, customers and partners.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Nth Cycle is one of the few startups tackling the cleantech's carbon-heavy supply chain and building a cleaner infrastructure for the sector. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Klim’s product includes an app that supports farmers to transition to regenerative agricultural methods by helping them set goals and determine the best combination of techniques to apply to their farmland (such as which cover crops to sew for their soil type etc). There’s a financial support side too. ” Seed funding. .

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Startup Blogpost

JUNE 29, 2023

Trevor Ewen , COO, QBench Supporting Employee Role Transitions One HR issue that can be easily overlooked is managing the transitions of employees from one role to another. By providing support and guidance during these transitions, startups can not only retain top talent but also foster a culture of growth and development.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 1, 2024

In fiscal 2023, we began transitioning customers from our legacy CDM (Cloud Data Management) capabilities to our subscription-based RSC offerings. It’s a strategic imperative to metamorphose from an on-premises perpetual-license company to a subscription-software company as fast as possible.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 19, 2024

Jennifer joined us 6 years ago as an investment partner, transitioning from a long-time operating role running product teams, and building developer tools, and ML applications. Jennifer Li is being promoted to GP where she will continue to invest broadly within the enterprise space, focusing on infrastructure and horizontal SaaS.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

But the situation is about to change following an announcement that the new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network in the country’s capital, Nairobi, will only be operated by green (electric, hybrid and biodiesel) vehicles. The uptake of electric vehicles in Kenya currently stands at 5% — a majority of which are private vehicles.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

This transition creates an opportunity for entrepreneurship open to former sales agents and the general public. The benefit of this transition is that it allows for higher earnings based on the effort and enterprise of the agent. Twiga starts commercial farming, looking to guarantee quality, sustain supply.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

Now, as the company he started nearly a decade ago prepares to IPO, Mehta says that he will be stepping down as executive chairman and transitioning off the board of directors once the company goes public. Think of the transition as going from being involved with day-to-day decisions to overseeing broader strategy, from time to time.

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