TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Framed by Kalanick as his “revenge business” after his previous P2P startup Scour was sued into oblivion for copyright infringement, Red Swoosh would be the precursor for Expensify’s future culture and ethos. By 2007, Beevers had completed his Ph.D. for 10 months.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

An experienced investor, his journey in venture capital began in 2007, a tumultuous period with a global financial crisis. Guiding new startup founders: From his vast experience, Kim highlights a common mistake among early-stage founders – the misconception that receiving investment funding guarantees success.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2024

HW: You’ve been a startup founder as well as an executive at larger tech companies. Especially if, say, it’s someone who has only done startups making the case they now want to be at a BigCo, or even more commonly, the BigCo person wanting to join a startup.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

Drew Houston was born in Acton, and met his co-founder Arash Ferdowsi at MIT. They were part of the Ycombinator Cambridge class of 2007, after being rejected by YC in 2005 and 2006. I remember the Demo Day in 2007 where DropBox presented to about 30 Boston area Angels and Venture Capital investors.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Alex Wilhelm hears from one startup founder who has taken a bit of an alternative approach to building a SaaS company. We have a lot more planned across Equity, Extra Crunch and more, and she’ll be able to tie it all together around her daily coverage. How to bootstrap to $200m+ in revenue.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

The firm was founded in 2007 by Goldman Sachs professionals and manages $400 million across multiple funds. A startup-scouting platform and fellowship program that leverages student networks to identify and vet startup founders for accelerators, angels, and venture capital firms. Gen Z Scouts. German Accelerator.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Examples of security companies based in the city include Snyk , a late stage startup, Rapid7 , which IPOed in 2015 and Carbon Black , which VMware acquired for $2.1 I would argue even in the 2007 timeframe when we started our firm, we specifically focused on things we think Boston excels at.I billion in 2019. “I

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Dear Sophie: Does the United States have a startup visa? If not, what are the best visas for startup founders? who is undocumented but wants to found a startup, is it possible? since June 15, 2007. If my friend is a Dreamer in the U.S. Cheerful in Chile. Hello Cheerful!

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