This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 11, 2011

Back in 2005, when I was with Union Square Ventures, we changed our brochureware homepage into a blog. Mature companies use their biz dev and corp dev efforts to find innovative companies to work with and also to acquire in an effort to stay competitive, innovate, and grow. It changed the way we worked with entrepreneurs.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 12, 2011

I was one of the first 100 members, dating back to February 2005. Over the last seven years, I’ve not only been an active contributer to the NYC innovation community, but I have strived to help make it more accessible, creating new leaders and supporting other people’s projects. Thanks for listening.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. 49:30 Steve: When’s the last time venture capital actually led an innovation? After a recent discussion I had with Steve Blank it made me remember that I had left off one of the most critical factors – a culture of failure.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 14, 2025

At the same time, Launchpad@Stevens supports student innovation by providing mentorship, funding, and networking opportunities. Chegg, a leading student-first online learning platform, has contributed to advancing student innovation by donating $50,000 to Stevens Institute of Technologys iSTEM and Launchpad@Stevens programs.

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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. He's been in Louisville, Kentucky over the last few years and he's been talking about moving to a more robust innovation community for as long as I know him. I sent out a Twitter distress signal and my friend Rob May came to the rescue.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 22, 2021

This was Julie Mitchell’s innovative idea stemming from her extensive experience being involved in EO leadership and the incredible benefits it yielded her. Since 2005, she always had a role in shaping EO: as a local board member, an area director, a committee member and a facilitator.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. David Cohen deserves much credit for building TechStars into an internationally recognized brand name for innovation. You can help local entrepreneurs get their first deal done and the innovation ought to benefit you.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

But knowing the right people and knowing a market only works well for angel investors in bullish tech markets in which IPO’s happen quickly (97-99) or where larger companies are actively scooping up little tiny companies at sub $50 million valuations to drive innovation (05-08, 10-?). got picked up early without raising a lot of VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

I'm a huge fan of this innovation. But now you can learn the origins first hand on this YouTube video as well as how to approach them, how they make decisions and what innovations they've introduced. Josh and Howard began co-investing as angels and in 2005 they started a $10 million fund. and Half.com.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

Before weighing in on the subject I would point out one thing that should be obvious to many of you – the iPhone was originally launched in 2007 in an exclusive partnership with AT&T and this was vital to both Apple and AT&T and was a hard negotiation throughout 2005 and 2006. THAT is the power of exclusivity.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

But in addition to structural reasons such as the market upturn, the increase in IPOs and the need to put capital to work, some real innovation has also encouraged a new round of investment. style euphoria that swept the Valley beginning in 2005. The iPhone success is more profound than just iPhone apps.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 31, 2021

At the height of its growth in 2005, the company underwent some changes. Paul set out to make his mark as CEO, recognizing that continued innovation and execution were critical to future success. Does it share an organizational strategy or information about the culture that would be of interest to employees? Is it memorable?

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 26, 2024

Founded in 2005 by a renowned coalition of innovators, including Dr. Finian Tan, Dr. Khalil Binebine, Dr. Jeffrey Chi, Dr. Damian Tan, Linda Li, and Raymond Kong, Vickers Venture Partners has firmly established its presence and influence in the global venture capital space.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

But knowing the right people and knowing a market only works well for angel investors in bullish tech markets in which IPO’s happen quickly (97-99) or where larger companies are actively scooping up little tiny companies at sub $50 million valuations to drive innovation (05-08, 10-?). Let’s call these cards 1996-99 and 2005-08.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

At the start of 2020, Chelle Neff is wrapping up a decade of considerable success, growth and innovation. You opened Urban Betty in 2005 and it’s been growing ever since. 5000 list twice! . You also have an impressive array of side projects—from books and apps to philanthropic and environmental initiatives.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2019

The breakneck speed of innovation and high-stakes, high-pressure environment of the tech world mirrored what I was already used to out on the ice. Risk-taking is necessary for creation and innovation. Risk is what enables you to innovate yourself—to get better and grow. And I loved what I did. To me, it was a no-brainer.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Trying outrageous new things or even trying mundane things but in new ways but with extreme quality & innovation is what fuels the tech startup industry. But that’s harder to build in 2016 than it was in say 2005. The perfect competitors are the ones where they unable to respond due to The Innovator’s Dilemma.

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American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 27, 2024

They are: Melba’s Restaurant – Grant Amount: $650,000 – founded in Harlem in 2005 and became a premier comfort food destination in New York City, opening its second location in downtown Newark. Audible’s recently-announced Business Attraction Program focuses on stimulating the City’s Innovation Economy.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The company is a role model and innovator in this area: It has been entirely remote since 2005, and at 1,700 employees, it has helped prove that a remote workplace culture can succeed at scale. It’s impossible to talk about Automattic without talking about remote work.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

International Trade Commission ruled on January 6 that Google infringed Sonos’ patented innovations in wireless speaker technology. But it confirms a problem that threatens America’s innovation economy and its international economic competitiveness. innovation economy. innovation economy. The problem?

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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). A: I have a passion for water and social innovation. I co-founded Waterlution in 2003 and continue to touch in with young water innovators through that network. How do you do that personally?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 19, 2021

You’re constantly breaking new ground, innovating, and building upon your ideas to stay relevant. In 2000, I started writing educational skincare content, which led to the creation of my popular skincare blog in 2005. Be an Infinite, Open-Minded Learner Entrepreneurship forces you to be an infinite learner.

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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). Simultaneously, she worked as the Program Manager for the Quality of Life Innovations Program for an educational nonprofit called Working in Support of Education in Midtown.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Since 2017, NCSOFT has been operating a startup booth at G-STAR every year, aimed at supporting innovative game startups. While Nexon has been a regular participant in G-STAR every year since 2005, they did not attend during special circumstances such as internal issues in 2019 and the pandemic in 2021.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Booking.com started in 1996 and was later acquired by Priceline Group (now called Booking Holdings) in 2005. Lots of innovation, great infrastructure, good talent. Adyen launched in 2006, and in June 2018, it was listed as one of Europe’s largest tech IPOs with a value of €7 billion. Stefan van Duin , partner, Borski Fund.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Klarna’s first ever transaction took place at 11:06:40 am on April 10, 2005 at a Swedish bookshop called Pocketklubben, according to the abbreviated history published on the company’s website. However, what is made less explicit is that there was likely very little technology involved. Pitch perfect, you might think.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

One is S3 Ventures , a venture capital firm that’s been around since 2005, which raised $250 million for its Fund VII, touting itself as “the largest venture capital fund focused on Texas-based startups.” They’re the ones innovating, so we believe that big trend is going to be the driver, more than anything.”.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In 2005, three entrepreneurs — Vadim Vladimirskiy, Stuart Gabel and Niall Keegan — co-founded Adar, a Chicago-based company providing “streaming IT” and IT-as-a-service products mainly to small- and medium-sized businesses.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

In 2005, he helped to launch the startup Bazaarvoice, which provides data about retail customers’ shopping habits. . million, will be put toward “global expansion, talent acquisition and product innovation.” Hurt cofounded Austin, Texas-based Data.World in 2015 alongside Bryon Jacob, Jon Loyens and Matt Laessig.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 13, 2020

This significant initiative to mitigate the threat of climate change and commitment to innovation is aiming to fill a void in the climate tech sector. All these variables are positive and constitute a different environment for investors compared to a few years ago. Interested investors are welcome to contact CEVG and/or E8 to get involved.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

When I worked at Google in 2005, we would test individual machine learning models one or two at a time. Access to near-unlimited computational power and storage will define many of the key technology innovations in the next decade. The first manifestation of large scale, near-free compute I’ve seen is in machine learning.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In the mid-1990s, he co-founded WildCard Systems, an early independent processor of prepaid cards, that was acquired by eFunds in 2005 for about $250 million. He was inspired to start Payall after concluding that there “had been essentially no innovation, or marginal innovation, in the cross-border payments space in over 50 years.”.

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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). In late November, Dubai-based DIFC FinTech Hive — the biggest financial innovation hub in the Middle East — signed a milestone agreement with Israel’s fintech (Aviv).

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

has had real-time payments since 2005 via the Faster Payments network. In Brazil, for example, Pix became the most popular payment method in the country in just two years—as well as the second-most used instant payments system in the world. Today, U.K. consumers use contactless payments for nearly 90% of in-person transactions.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

That’s why I founded MarketingCube.co , a boutique strategic growth consultancy for innovative startups and scaleups. Now, everyone sees Google as this huge company with endless products and expansive teams, but back in 2005 when I worked there, it didn’t seem like a megacompany.

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