This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 2, 2012

It was June of 2003. I like what Chris Sacca tweeted about it: "I admire how easy fundraising is for founders today. I sat in a little ink shop on Rivington Street called Porcupine Tattoo. Emma was tracing the design I had given her--some wrap around barbed wire--onto my arm with a pen. She had flower sleeves of spectacular color.

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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. He is also the founder and partner of Pulsar Eco Products. He recently shared with us how the COVID-19 pandemic has allowed him to put his EO learning to work.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2024

As an entrepreneur, you will cross paths with many fellow founders. Some will inspire you, others will draw inspiration from you, and occasionally you’ll encounter a founder whose every action leaves you utterly astounded. A study of Jill Nelson offers a Master class on what it takes to build a thriving business. Here’s her story.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

During our recent Dreamit Kickoff week, Bullpen Capital Founder and General Partner Paul Martino ( @ahpah ) spoke with our Spring 2020 cohort about the state of the VC ecosystem in the current economic crisis. The founder negotiated with the fund and ultimately accepted a 15% lower price.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

For starters let me use “CEO” as a proxy to include her “inner circle” which might mean co-founders or might just mean senior execs of the business. The Mind of the Founder. The mind of a founder is wired differently than most people. The startup CEO was not the original founder.

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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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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. Ben Franklin is there to help fuel that growth so that the founders can focus on innovation.” DiamondBack Covers is a perfect example of that,” he continued.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

So I organized a team dinner with all four of my partners and all three of their founders. In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. As the founder & CEO I personally went and met with as many people at Thames Water as I could. 15 companies North of $1 billion exit.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

So I organized a team dinner with all four of my partners and all three of their founders. In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. As the founder & CEO I personally went and met with as many people at Thames Water as I could. 15 companies North of $1 billion exit.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

I’ve decided to take all of my private conversations and subjective points-of-view on the topic and make them public in a keynote speech at the Founder Showcase in San Francisco on June 15th. 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.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 29, 2019

As the founder of Poe Group Advisors , a company that has been facilitating the sale and transfer of accounting firms since 2003, Brannon is no stranger to connecting people and growing an organization. “I really wanted to connect with other local business people, so I decided to contact EO about getting a chapter launched here.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike is a no BS guy, has all the attributes I look for in a founder and says things like, openly shares knowledge and opines without a filter including this one, “whoever invented uncapped convertible debt should be spanked!&# This is an interview you’re not going to want to miss, I promise.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

He suggested an idea that comes from the NFL called “ The Rooney Rule ” enacted in 2003 in an effort to end the era of all-white football coaches in a league with > 75% African American players. Upfront has consistently ranked in the top decile of investments to female founders and the top 20% of investment team diversity.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 29, 2010

I ran a marathon with my colleague in 2003 – I’m still bummed that he beat me even though he was clearly more athletic. From what I’m told the founders were already in the Schmatta ( Jobber ) business selling other people’s excess end-of-line inventory at bargain prices before there was an Internet angle.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

In fact, most early investor work hard to help their startups get to the next level so it makes no sense for the angel investor and founders to be at odds. Convertible debt WITH a cap is stupid for founders. I thought we got rid of that s**t in 2003? Investors call Bull Cap. Enter “the cap.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

As an enthusiastic EO DC member since 2003, I missed the camaraderie, connections and learning events with my EO family after moving to Virginia. Michael is also the founder and executive director of Ideal Body Wellness , which provides the tools and guidance necessary for people to achieve and maintain their ideal body weight.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

As in the case of many startups, FreshBooks was started to solve a pain point for one of its founders. In 2003, FreshBooks’ co-founder Mike McDerment was running a small design agency. After relaunching its accounting platform, FreshBooks has raised another $43 million.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

The founders claim that up to 75% of the population has some form of sleep deprivation. When I trained for the London Marathon in 2003 I bought a Nike device that I put on my shoe that measured my distance and pace via my Nike watch. But WakeMate isn’t simply an efficient alarm clock. In our industry it must be 90+%.

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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. Shelley Rogers is a business coach, mentor and founder of Maxum , which empowers entrepreneurs to reach their maximum capacity.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

For more page-turning corporate drama, including the feud between Intermix co-founders and UCLA college buddies Brett Brewer and Brad Greenspan, Nasdaq delisting, proxy contest and lawsuits by Greenspan after he was fired as CEO, see Stealing MySpace by WSJ reporter Julia Angwin. MySpace became its own company, MySpace, Inc., of MySpace, Inc.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Let’s start with the supposition that the venture-founder compact is built almost entirely on trust, especially early on. Sure, due diligence matters in the investment process, but lying about your capabilities can undercut the founder-investor relationship — and in extreme cases, to the detriment of the larger, global startup market.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 15, 2017

Here’s a profile of one of our members, Moisés Cohen, a member since 2017 and the founder of Capital Bank. In 2003, Moisés started a food voucher business, Vale Panama. Moisés Cohen was born in Colón City, Panama, in 1967. During law school, Moisés founded his first business, Sistemas Jurídicos, S.A.,

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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

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. You’ll find out the minimum when the next round is raised.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 17, 2021

After assisting in founding four angel groups - the Frontier Angel Fund (2006), Vegas Valley Angels (2003), Tech Coast Angels (San Diego - 2000), and Aztec Venture Network (1999) – it was clear to Bill that angels needed comprehensive education, no matter where they were in their investing journey.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

Viken Douzdjian , managing partner and co-founder, Argonautic Ventures. Oliver Lamb , co-founder and investment manager, Óskare Capital. Leah Fletcher , founder and director, Arbutus Innovation Centre. Yoni Meyer , partner, Casa Verde Capital. David Bonnier , founding partner, Enexis AB. Will Gibbs , principal, Octopus Ventures.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

Ajay has been an instrumental investor since joining Bain Capital Ventures in 2003. For the last 20 years, Ajay’s worked with early-stage founders to build companies from seed to unicorn such as SendGrid, Clari, Gainsight, FourKites, 6sense, and Bloomreach. For the uninitiated, TC Early Stage is our annual founder summit.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

For example, Leading Edge Capital closed on nearly $2 billion for its sixth fund, Base10 Partners brought in $460 million for its third fund, Founders Fund secured $5 billion for two funds, Freestyle raised $130 million for its sixth fund and the list goes on and on. Overlooked Ventures co-founders Janine Sickmeyer and Brandon Brooks.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Startups and founders need to come to terms with the stark reality that the rules of the game may be changed mid-play. Facebook, which did not exist in 2003, is now valued at nearly $100 billion. In recent years, government regulation has emerged as another such force to be reckoned with in the technology industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. As the founder & CEO I personally went and met with as many people at Thames Water as I could. I’m talking Tom Watson at the British Open or Andy Roddick at Wimbledon. But first I’d like to start with a story.

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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 Keri Findley, founder of Tacora. The firm has eight investors, including general partner Charlie Plauche, partner Eric Engineer and principal Aaron Perman.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Andre Maciel is the founder of Volpe Capital. Jennifer Queen is the founder of Pina , a PR firm focused on startups and venture capital firms. By 2003, that was gone and the company quickly introduced fees accross its markets. Andre Maciel. Contributor. Share on Twitter. He formerly worked with J.P. Jennifer Queen. Contributor.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 22, 2023

GenAI, Developer-and Data Stack-Focused Companies Dominate List as well as 80% of ET30 founders are Millennials Five years ago, Wing Venture Capital introduced their annual Enterprise Tech 30—a list of the most promising, private enterprise tech private companies across all stages of maturity.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Tatiana, current Co-Founder and Director of Impact Hub Amsterdam, takes over from Gabriela Gandel, who led the network for the past 10 years. I co-founded Waterlution in 2003 and continue to touch in with young water innovators through that network. Q: We talk a lot about taking action today for a better tomorrow.

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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

Jill Nelson is the founder and CEO of Ruby ® Receptionists , which recently reached its 15-year anniversary. 2003 / Great service really does win business. Founders bear the weight of the success of the organization and the livelihood of employees. Jill shared lessons learned and more in a blog post to mark the occasion.

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JUNE 26, 2015

ED ZIMMERMAN : In 2003, I remember the general counsel of a prestigious venture fund shouting down the idea of “secondary” or “founder liquidity” (i.e. enabling a startup’s founders to sell shares and get cash as part of the round). Founder liquidity abides by the law of the jungle – the big beast gets fed first.

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