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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

Both Sides of the Table

How did the experience of pitching Iron Planet to investors affect you as a VC? (5:00 In 2002 after exiting his second company he was attracted to the variety of being a VC. Do you think a multi-channel distribution strategy is important to guard against unforeseen changes? (51:30 5:00 – 5:55). How did you get into VC? (9:30

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How Venture Funding For Early-Stage Startups Will Change During the COVID-19 Crisis

Dream It

eBay hosted a jobs fair in 2002 for 75 jobs and 2,000 people showed up,” states Martino. How should startups adjust their pitch when fundraising during this crisis? VCs are going to be asking founders about their “post-corona strategy.” It went from 1 million employed people to 750k employed people within 18 months.

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Keeping It Green In 2019: How To Organize An Eco-Friendly Event

Impact Hub

Once a year, the top leaders from Impact Hubs around the world come together for the Global Gathering, where in one of our locations they review, shape, and decide on the strategy and governance of our network. Back in 2002, food transportation accounted for almost 20 billion vehicle miles. The Global Gathering. Here’s how: 1.

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Jedox raises over $100M to expand its financial modeling and analytics software to more verticals

TechCrunch

Jedox got its start way back in 2002, and in a way is a very typical European startup story. Winterstein notes that its efforts were all open source-based and that the company was “not commercial at all, a lot of tech geeks and German engineering types that were not overly experienced in go-to-market strategies.”

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