This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 2, 2012

It was June of 2003. The problem is that the program simply attracts only "the best"--a group of entrepreneurs who, at first, self select and believe they fit this criteria and then displays whatever patters Paul Graham and his team believe to be indicative of success. She had flower sleeves of spectacular color. They need attention.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2024

As an entrepreneur, you will cross paths with many fellow founders. In 2003, she started Ruby Receptionists , a one-of-a-kind virtual receptionist company where high-tech meets great people and 5-star performance. For more insights and inspiration from today’s leading entrepreneurs, check out EO on Inc. Here’s her story.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. (5:00 5:00 – 5:55).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 26, 2020

Eric Ludwig is a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) Cleveland chapter, which he joined in 2003. Coronavirus has given many entrepreneurs an unlikely opportunity to embrace and truly live their companies’ core values. He is also the founder and partner of Pulsar Eco Products.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

I’ve seen friends (and family members) lose much of their savings that way over the years because “Black Swans” happen and in 1987, 2001, 2003 & 2008 (just to name a few from my memory) huge market gyrations caused much financial distress to people seeking short-term gains. I know what I don’t know.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

I remember just a decade ago in 2003 when we all laughed at how dumb people in the 90′s were talking about the race to “capture as many eyeballs as possible” before your competition. I start to notice when bad behavior creeps into the system as a whole. I have seen much of that behavior over the past 2 years get worse.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

12:00 It seems like there’s a shift in the VC world to more ex-entrepreneurs. 33:15 Have you noticed a change from 2003 to now in the “serendipity factor” of Santa Monica? 8:00 Is your model still a hands on approach? 10:15 Do you the LPs are more open-minded to single VC funds today? Is that a real trend?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Some of the best entrepreneurs and developers have moved over. It reminds me of the early days of web2 in 2001/2002/2003, when we started USV. The good news is there are literally tens of thousands of teams building new things on a web3 stack now. The tooling is getting better. That was also a time of great cynicism.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 31, 2022

His first major company was Blogger (acquired by Google in 2003) which was where the term “blog” was first popularized. He shares thoughts and stories he’s never shared before about Medium, his motivation, and his lifelong journey as an entrepreneur. He later went on to cofound Twitter and served as the platform’s CEO.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

OCTOBER 30, 2024

By Cara Aungst and originally published at HappyValley Industry In 2003, DiamondBack Covers was born out of an assignment in an Engineering Entrepreneurship class at Penn State. Matt Chverchko had some equipment stolen from the back of his truck, and he decided to create a truck cover to keep his belongings secure.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

My initial reaction to Adeo when we spoke was that while it may have solved some issues (debt versus equity) it didn’t solve the ones that I’ve been warning entrepreneurs about most loudly. A standard entrepreneur retort I heard back then (2008-09) was “I don’t know what my company is worth now.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. Entrepreneurs are neurotic about it. In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. I hate losing. I don’t want to lose next time.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Founded in 2003, it began as a platform for founders to connect, exchange insights, and glean knowledge from peers. Innovation Bay, a pioneering community group in the tech sector, powers collaboration and innovation.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. Entrepreneurs are neurotic about it. In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. I hate losing. I don’t want to lose next time.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

I have conversations with entrepreneurs and other VCs on a daily basis about fund raising, the prices of deals, how much companies should raise, etc. 2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. There is no such thing as a uniform price.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

His recently published works include contributions to Renewable Energy World, BPlans.com, Entrepreneur Architect, and Tech.co. Berkeley in 2003 through the Interdisciplinary Studies Field program, Andrew writes and consults for numerous clients in the field of product design, software, and professional services. A graduate of U.C.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

And while every chapter and every launch is unique, entrepreneurs around the world will certainly relate to his journey of building something from nothing. As an enthusiastic EO DC member since 2003, I missed the camaraderie, connections and learning events with my EO family after moving to Virginia.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

From 13–19 November 2017, we’ll share exclusive content designed to inspire and inform every entrepreneur—whether you’re in start-up mode or you’re a battle-scarred founder. Fear of failure can be paralyzing, but determined entrepreneurs conquer those fears and act anyway. Shelley joined the EO Brisbane chapter in 2003.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

It’s two young guys who both dropped out of college to pursue their dream of becoming entrepreneurs. And as I wrote in this post, I think you need to be willing to take calculated risks to be a successful entrepreneur. One was at Yale and the other at Boston College. I don’t have a WakeMate yet but I plan to buy one soon.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

If you’re an entrepreneur who would like to see this clause in more startups please ask your VC to include it in future term sheets and link to it from their home page. “We Many of us had experiences of asking entrepreneurs, “Why are none of our candidates women?” Ours is: upfront.com/inclusion. Well, did you ask them to???”

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

You know this isn’t likely to lead anywhere and frankly you didn’t quit your job to pursue your life dream of being an entrepreneur to sell 12 months later in an acquihire. It’s 2003 and VCs aren’t exactly lining up to fund startup businesses. But in the back of your mind you’re a realist.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Simultaneously, Bursa Malaysia will leverage the data shared by Cradle to work collaboratively on programs designed to streamline and improve funding access for budding entrepreneurs. Cradle, established in 2003, holds a rich legacy of supporting more than 1,000 Malaysian tech firms, making contributions amounting to over 3.4

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

They started their first joint venture, Blue Moon Pizza, in 2003. The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) helps the world’s top entrepreneurs learn and grow through peer-to-peer learning, once-in-a-lifetime experiences, and connections to experts. In Their Industry. Discover EO today!

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. It’s like we need a finance 101 course for entrepreneurs.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

Martino outlined essentially two types of outcomes for this financial crisis from a historical perspective: “In 2001-2003, there was a depression in Silicon Valley. Being a consummate entrepreneur, Martino decided to turn it into a script and see if he could make a go of turning it into an actual movie. The risk paid off.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 3, 2024

Most prominent is the G-Unity Foundation he launched in 2003 which supports programs fostering conscious capitalism and promoting social and leadership skills for youth nationwide. Jackson was recognized for his success in the music industry and his other endeavors.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

I ran my first marathon in London this way in 2003 raising $3,000 for Parkinson’s disease (and finishing in under 4 hours – my publicly stated goal). Most people under estimate the challenge of winning “share of mind” the least understood concept with tech entrepreneurs. Nobody likes to raise money then look like a loser. In 6 months?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 15, 2017

With more than 12,000 members in 161 chapters and 50 countries, the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) continues to make a mark on the lives of those entrepreneurs who are transforming the world. In 2003, Moisés started a food voucher business, Vale Panama. Moisés Cohen was born in Colón City, Panama, in 1967.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2023

LMS365: Tracking and reporting Image Credits : LMS365 The story so far LMS365’s history can be traced back to 2003, when dentist Bjarne Mortensen founded a company called Elearningforce that was focused squarely on on-premise deployments of Microsoft Sharepoint.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Talented entrepreneurs are nothing if not resilient in the face of change: Market forces, competitive threats, technological shifts, you name it. Facebook, which did not exist in 2003, is now valued at nearly $100 billion. Google, which incorporated in 1998, has a market cap of $200 billion and employs more than 30,000 people.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Entrepreneurs and investors who have spent any time dealing with convertible debt seed financing transactions are likely to have encountered the subject of valuation caps. MySpace was incubated by a small team of employees within Intermix in 2003 (Chris DeWolfe, Tom Anderson and four others).

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. Entrepreneurs are neurotic about it. In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. I hate losing. I don’t want to lose next time.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

While building a company here between 1994 and 2003, I saw the Texas ecosystem firsthand and was excited about what it offered,” Smith told TechCrunch. “It We’re constantly meeting entrepreneurs that are at the frontier of things because they’re running into technology issues that others don’t have,” Engineer added.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

2003 / Great service really does win business. But in 2006, I found my peer group by joining the Entrepreneurs Organization —and it was a game-changer. Ruby had grown and changed, and I was still leading like the scrappy entrepreneur that got us through the early years—namely by being in everyone’s business. I certainly did.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

As an Impact Hub entrepreneur, I see opportunities to really give momentum to what we have built – to bring our impact makers to scale, evolve our network into a strong ecosystem that leverages complementarity across our diverse contexts, and widen access to a range of community partners.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 18, 2023

Founded by Ashok Babu Kunjukannan, Harishankkar Subramanyam, and Maharajan Veerabahu in 2003, e-con Systems partners with key sensor makers like Sony, Onsemi and Omnivision, and lens makers like Commonlands and Corning, and ISP partners like NVIDIA and Socionext. For more information on e-con Systems, please visit their website at www.e-consystems.com.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

At the same time, he added, “high interest rates may also increase the demand for venture capital when bank lending is less attractive to entrepreneurs.” Whether we will see as dramatic a correction in the next few years as we did in 2001 to 2003, however, is anyone’s guess.”. “If coming on as Overlooked’s first institutional investor.

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