2001 communities founder 
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 5, 2023
Last August, I passed the point at which I had spent literally half my entire life working in this asset class, having started at the General Motors pension fund doing institutional investments in venture funds and late-stage directs back in February of 2001. No more founder pitch meetings. No new investments.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 29, 2015
It’s my hypothesis of why so many founding teams have 3-4 founders. I’ve seen many first-time founders who had fallings out with their co-founders, had lawsuits, had investors bail on them, lost market momentum. I saw this in 2001-2003 and in 2008-2010. I fund both types all the time. Yet failure smells.
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
By Rosemarie “Bubu” Andres, EO Global Chair, FY2018/2019 , an EO Philippines member and co-founder of Candy Corner , the number one source of quality candies and chocolates in the Philippines. The EO community has had an exponential impact on me. The entrepreneurial journey can be lonely. My Introduction to the EO Spirit.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 29, 2010
Justyn Howard, founder of Sprout Social has a blog post that he’s written about his experiences of migrating from scrappy tools to more efficient ones (i.e. We went “nuclear&# and slimmed down to 33 people (yes, I know, still large by today’s standards but this was 2001), raised $10 million and we built a real company.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
MARCH 20, 2020
Evan Nierman is the founder and CEO of Red Banyan , an international crisis public relations firm. Within a few days of 11 September 2001, I purchased plane tickets for optional personal travel. We owe it to our families and our communities to spend money locally. He is an EO South Florida member. Not just the big box stores.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
JUNE 8, 2022
Tiera Covington, EO Hawaii, is the founder and president of Integrated Facility Services Hawaii (IFSH). In 2001, while serving in the Hawaii Air National Guard, I started working for ABM Onsite Services as the Administrative Assistant. I had the support of other business owners in the community who encouraged me to leave.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
The founder of Parachute, Ariel Kaye , had a clear vision for what she wanted to disrupt and how she thought she could do it. When we look at investing in companies we often look at their communities and the social engagement as an indicator of whether there is organic demand for the product (vs. Get Physical!
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