This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

To put that timeframe in perspective, here’s a picture of analyst me taken at USV’s first office in 2005, dressed in khakis and a button-down shirt versus a picture of me, a GP at my own firm, over 100 deals later, now on my latest Zoom board call from my couch at home with my junior analyst of about a year and a half. Consider this.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 5, 2015

Ten years ago, in 2005, I started working for Union Square Ventures as their first analyst. You could literally get to know everyone in the local tech community at the time. Now, the community is orders of magnitude larger and the number of investors who invest here has grown significantly. Twenty years ago, I got my first job.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

We met back in 2005 through our respective blogs—he was writing at Businesspundit at the time. What's really exciting is the enthusiasm among the tech community for services that help enterprises, small businesses, and consumers alike move to the cloud.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. And that is precisely my thoughts for Seattle and what I plan to deliver on Thursday night: Which few key community leaders are going to step up and get those neurons properly firing and connected? My recipe for Seattle or your community: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

He built a practice around a growing community in the Mid Atlantic and beyond. This was 2005 when I had no exits under my belt, no blogs … nobody was looking. And again I won’t take credit for his decision to join Cooley but the magic of having David join Cooley is simply an awesome outcome for our community at large.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 15, 2012

So what would have happened had Sean met Joshua Schachter in 2005--would Josh have still sold out early to Yahoo! NYC needs him not only to wave the flag a bit on the ideas here that could go big, but also to share the steps needed to get here with the local community. or would he have been convinced to take a financing round?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

I first started my meditation practice back in 2005. In the below video that I’m honored to share with other entrepreneurs and EO —a community I’ve proudly been a part of for 25 years—I’ll dig deeper into the benefits of mindfulness and meditation for leaders and entrepreneurs. Becoming a Mindful Leader. The company was thriving.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 I do something I now call community hours. And so that is a steady import of talent but even more interestingly what it really did is it re-energized the entrepreneurial community.”. was starting.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

He turned me down for a job in 2005. I like to meet people like this because in an hour I get catch up on everything going on in the startup community. It’s an entrepreneur with whom I’ve been wanting to work for 6 years. Actually, longer than anybody else in the US I’ve hoped to work with. And I theirs.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. Criteo was founded in 2005 in France; now based in Palo Alto, CA. This is unintentional and inevitable. We covered the topics discussed on VentureHacks.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. There is no sector of the economy that isn’t being transformed by the online community that is now voraciously consuming media, applications, communications and buying global products.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started ( today and 2005 ), largely due to the emergence of cloud technologies, no-code tools, and artificial intelligence. Digital communities and social platforms such as Twitter, Signal NFX, YC’s co-founder matching, and Slack communities (e.g.,

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 17, 2013

When I was in college, at Fordham''s scenic Rose Hill campus in the Bronx, I deeply rooted into my community. Being intensely involved in community life there made the campus seem small and familiar. Passing on that experience has been at the core of what I do in the NYC tech community for the better part of the last decade.

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American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 27, 2024

. “By supporting this vibrant assortment of businesses, we are not only enhancing the economic vitality of our city but also creating spaces that reflect the rich culture and community spirit of Newark.” “These grants are not just investments in businesses, but investments in our community’s future,” said Marcus T.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Never missing an opportunity for a good war story, I’d like to revisit one high-profile transaction, the $650 million acquisition of MySpace by Fox Interactive Media in 2005, on which I spent many sleepless nights along with the rest of the deal team. The spin-out took a few months to negotiate and didn’t actually close until February 2005.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2021

In addition to SaaS companies, RBI is being used quite frequently in the impact investing community as it solves the problem of a lack of normal M&A or IPO exit paths for impact-driven companies and are sometimes marketed as a nonextractive form of investment structure. Image Credits: Bootstrapp (opens in a new window).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

“ My goal has been to cement YC as an institution that will endure for decades – not only through organizational changes but by leading a team that has scaled the community we bring together, the products and capital we provide to startups, and the software we build. Ralston continued. — Garry Tan ??? garrytan) August 29, 2022.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Our collective strategy Ambition 2030 represents the promise of Impact Hub when I first joined as a member (Impact Hub Islington, 2005). Also, it’s why I started an Impact Hub (Amsterdam, 2008), why I served on the global Board (2015-2018) and contributed through other roles, and why I want to continue to serve the network.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

While a lot of open source has been seen as the domain of developers and others in the technical community, Odoo designs software on its platform that is actually aimed at others in the workplace, not engineers. What is also notable is how Odoo pitches itself.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 24, 2023

Suissa served on the Board of the Brooklyn-Queens Chapter National Organization, both as President (2006–2013) and as Vice President (2005–2007). The purpose of this program was for high school students to be able to build their research skills by writing a paper on a quality of life issue in their community.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

These heads work tirelessly to run ERG communities with no extra pay and little recognition, and the data hopes to show companies the impact ERG leaders have through their work, Shells said. in 2005, Umubyeyi studied political science at the University of Notre Dame, believing that was the way to create positive change.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

These heads work tirelessly to run ERG communities with no extra pay and little recognition, and the data hopes to show companies the impact ERG leaders have through their work, Shells said. in 2005, Umubyeyi studied political science at the University of Notre Dame, believing that was the way to create positive change.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

Hurt says that the mission is to create a collaborative community for data scientists, engineers and researchers, and, toward that end, he claims that Data.World now has more than 1.6 In 2005, he helped to launch the startup Bazaarvoice, which provides data about retail customers’ shopping habits. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

The company is claiming this is the “world’s first” technology of its kind, and Daniel Russek, founder and CEO of Atarraya, told TechCrunch that Shrimpbox was an idea he got after college in 2005 when he started with a non-government organization working with fishing communities.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

The entrepreneurial community and coworking space of Impact Hub Recife, embarks this month on a new vision. Since launching in 2005, the Impact Hub network has undergone significant growth, now reaching over 16,500 members in 100+ locations across the globe.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

Jerusalem’s economy and therefore startup scene suffered after the second Intifada (the Palestinian uprising that began in late September 2000 and ended around 2005). There are three main hubs for the Israeli tech scene (in order of size): Tel Aviv, Herzliya and Jerusalem. billion (£7 billion), came from Jerusalem.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

2005 / Ask your employees for feedback. It shows up everywhere: how you greet people in your office , how your website looks, how your physical office looks, and even how you and your employees show up in the community. I confess that wasn’t always the case.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 30, 2020

Boxgirls Berlin has supported the sporting and social engagement of women and girls since 2005, doing so through power, endurance and boxing training for girls, with certified trainers. The program is now also active in Stuttgart, Hamburg and Frankfurt. If you are interested in partnering with Impact Hub, learn more here.

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Y Combinator

JUNE 25, 2021

Last week, we launched our Summer 2021 batch here at Y Combinator, the 33rd batch since our founding in 2005. By joining YC, by going through our program, working with our group partners , and by becoming part of the YC community, each startup undergoes a subtle transformation into a company more likely to succeed.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

Ross had been interested in wireless internet since 2005, but the technology was early — and very expensive. “I We’re kind of primarily focused on bedroom communities, the doughnut around the urban core in big cities,” Ross said. Rick Shrotri and Neil Sheridan from Digital Alpha will join WeLink’s board. Photo via WeLink.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2021

An oft-cited number in the vaccine logistics community comes from a 2005 World Health Organization report suggesting that as much as 50% of vaccines are wasted — partially thanks to temperature, logistics and shipping issues. The biopharma industry uses more optimistic numbers.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 27, 2020

I had commitments to the community. We scheduled an initial production run for early April 2005, since it was going to take a while to get everything lined up. I was flattered and tempted by the offers, but ultimately I turned them all down for various reasons. I didn’t want to travel a lot while the kids were young.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 11, 2022

Your community is the best sounding board for trying out different types of content. Your community isn’t there. For example, Pew Research publishes an annual fact sheet that charts the demographics of social media users annually, since 2005. Trust them. However, keep in mind that user behavior changes.

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Impact Hub

MAY 20, 2021

Annual food inflation in Nigeria reached 22.95% in March 2021 – the highest reading since October 2005 – according to a recent report by the Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics. The good news is that local entrepreneurs are creating innovative solutions to address this challenge.

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Impact Hub

MAY 1, 2020

After 5 years, Impact Hub Honolulu has decided to depart from the global Impact Hub Network in an effort to localize their focus and best serve their local community. . Since launching in 2005, the Impact Hub network has undergone significant growth, now reaching over 17,000 members in 100+ locations across the globe.

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Feedough

APRIL 14, 2021

This term is believed to have first appeared in a blog post by Rex Hammock on May 11, 2005. Acquiring talent is beneficial not only to an organisation’s talent pool but also in transforming an organisation’s community by bringing in innovation DNA and entrepreneurial vision. They should make sure that creditors will be satisfied.

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Y Combinator

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

YC was founded in 2005 as an antidote to the classic venture capital firm. PG, Jessica, Trevor, and Robert decided to fund hackers and thereby enable the next generation of startup founders who would understand technology and its capabilities.

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