Dream It

APRIL 7, 2020

Since 2008, Dreamit has worked with over 350 companies. Pro tip for creating a sense of community during self-isolation: Virtual Happy Hours ????? Dreamit works with top healthcare, cybersecurity, and urban technology startups, providing access to extensive customer, industry, and investor networks during its 14-week program.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. It feels a lot like NYC as a whole did back in 2005--a handful of relatively disconnected folks, a few marquee companies and a whole lot of pent up interest in doing something impactful in the local community.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 8, 2014

Not only does it give people a sense of familiarity and comfort in a constantly changing city, but it serves as an important reminder of Brooklyn''s history as an industrial community--a place where things got made. Makerbot has a factory in Industry City. It''s all yours.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

In 2008, I went to breakfast with Hilary Mason while I was down there. That breakfast would lead to me hiring Hilary to work at my startup, Hilary deciding to stay in NYC fulltime, co-founding hackNY, and just generally being a great community advocate for science and tech in NYC. Just breakfast. No big party.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Back in late 2008, I noticed that one of my Flickr contacts seemed to be short a few photos--like, a few thousand of them. 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. The origin of this company is pretty interesting.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

He first came to see me in 2008 when we was raising money for his 1st startup – NextMedium. At every entrepreneur event I through between 2008-2012 I invite Hamet because he was a great mentor for entrepreneurs. He has a lovely family – Joy and Zion – who are also active members of the LA community.

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Forward Cities

JANUARY 30, 2020

More information about the ESHIP Communities program can be found here. A: I hope to see more development and opportunities for those from under-resourced communities in order to best serve the people. I graduated from Michigan State University with a BS in Clinical Laboratory Science in 2008. A: You have to support each other.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Many things have accelerated in the world of fintech over the past year, not the least of which is the trend of digital banks aimed at specific communities in the U.S. In the past few months alone, a number of neobanks targeting the Black and Latinx communities have emerged. He will serve as Cheese’s chief community ambassador.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Used by hedge funds, the intelligence community and multiple government agencies. Current round: $4. led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Total raised: $6.0mm.

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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. 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. He became the go-to guy for many in our community including me. There’s more!

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2015

I saw this in 2001-2003 and in 2008-2010. I told her that I believed it came down to one main driver – “acceptance of failure” and that I thought this was particularly institutionalized in one industry more than others – the startup community.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 17, 2021

From my experience, the business community can strengthen its every member if we build it on cooperation, not competition. For instance, in 2008, UPS agreed to ship DHL’s packages (because DHL couldn’t do it at the time and asked a competitor for help). The power of community Building a business community is also a win-win.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

Founder fighting, IP lawsuits, high-profile resignations, trouble fund raising, bad product release, 409a complications, community is rebelling against the CEO: You. Every great investor knows this. The problem with leaderless rounds is that when things get really tough nobody owns responsibility. It won’t be.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As the EO member leader who coined the EO term “insta-macy” to describe the immediate connection EOers feel when engaged with the EO community, Dave experienced the most profound form of insta-macy through Mark’s living liver donation. “I Contributed to EO by Dave Galbenski, an EO Detroit member who served as EO Global Chair in 2008-2009.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 12, 2025

Risk-Taking: He reinvested his entire PayPal earnings (~$180M) into Tesla and SpaceX, nearly going bankrupt in 2008. Resilience: SpaceX had multiple rocket failures before successfully launching into orbit in 2008. Engage influencers, bloggers, and communities in your niche. Problem-Solving: He tackles big problems (e.g.,

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 5, 2023

. — Andrew Cohen, EO Los Angeles, co-founder and CEO, Work Better Now Entrepreneurship is a team sport Your reputation is the backbone of your small business, especially in a small community. During the 2008 housing crisis, my company was on the verge of bankruptcy.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 10, 2024

We provide jobs that help drive the economy, give back to local communities , and create sustainability practices that support climate neutrality to make our world a better place. Contributed to EO by Dave Galbenski, an EO Detroit member who served as EO Global Chair in 2008-2009. Entrepreneurs change the world.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 11, 2023

However, just as the path seemed paved with success, an unforeseen twist of fate — the 2008 global financial crisis — caused the market to collapse and sales to plummet. The company slowly spread its message about the power of code to unemployed youth from underserved communities.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 13, 2023

We commend the VC’s and angels that have rallied around their entrepreneurs to repurpose lessons learned from the 2008/2009 recession. history, behind only the 2008 failure of Washington Mutual with roughly $300 billion in total assets. and its failure is the second largest U.S.

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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. This is unintentional and inevitable. What are the three most important lessons investors could pass along to first-time entrepreneurs raising money?

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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2023

It is a spirit that has contributed to the personal development of some of the world’s finest entrepreneurs making a true impact on companies, communities, and families across the globe. In the first year (2008), we had a meager budget, limited staff support, and only seven months to pull everything together.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

He was raising money initially in the worst market in a decade (we met in 2008), he’s in his mid-40′s, is doing a mom’s site (he has no kids) and he has a JewFro. Investor acceptance is on a case-by-case basis and they have kicked people out of the community. We talk about all of this in the video.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 27, 2016

When Annmarie Lanesey co-founded a software development business in Troy, NY in 2008, she saw business ownership as a means to successful living. My focus now is on working with community organizations to create transparent career paths for people with STEM talent. It takes a matter of months for someone talented to learn to code.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 16, 2023

million from 84 investors in under 45 days during arguably one of the worst times to raise money since 2008. I know now that I am a competent man, worthy of love and support, a person who gives back to his community and is capable of leading a team toward success.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Sanchali Pal first woke up to the world’s climate crisis after watching the 2008 documentary Food Inc. The app also has a community component, connecting users with sustainability challenges, classes and other educational tools, along with a social network to communicate with peers to track relative progress.

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

We started the firm in 2008, on the cusp of the Global Financial Crisis, and it’s somehow fitting to be entering our 15th year as the laws of financial gravity reassert themselves once again. Founders’ Co-op turns fifteen this year. Here’s to the next fifteen years!

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 16, 2025

In 2008, while living in New Jersey and practicing law in New York City, I learned that my one-year-old son needed open-heart surgery. After his successful open-heart surgery I decided I wanted to do something where I could help the community, have more time with my wife and son, and do something I was really passionate about.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 21, 2024

“Their dedication and ingenuity exemplify the vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem thriving in our community.” Since February 2008, ECGRA has invested more than $55 million in Erie County turning gaming revenue into transformative investments in Erie County, PA.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 12, 2017

In 2008, I asked to join the board of directors, and have served on the board as chairman for four years and in other capacities ever since. What impact is Mali Rising making on students, families and communities? Be the influence that helps better the lives of people and their communities. Your reach is vast.

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Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

My first YC Demo Day was in Summer of 2008, where my startup and twenty-one others anxiously pitched a room full of investors on what we’d been working so hard to build. This batch brings the YC community to over 10,000 founders across more than 4,500 startups. YC is a community. Introduce them to potential customers.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 21, 2023

From a single Michigan location in 1995 to becoming the fastest-growing coffee chain in America by 2008, the co-founding duo was encountering great success. But, Bob and Mike began to realize that their exponential growth came at a cost. They weren’t internally practicing the values they had started the company with.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Digital communities and social platforms such as Twitter, Signal NFX, YC’s co-founder matching, and Slack communities (e.g., At the dawn of 2022, there were 2,900 active VC firms, marking a 225% increase since 2008. There is an unprecedented amount of information or knowledge that is now freely available to guide founders (e.g.,

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Husk Power Systems , a clean energy company that has been at the forefront of fueling rural electrification since 2008, is planning to launch 500 solar mini-grids in Nigeria over the next five years. For off-grid communities, where diesel generation is the default source of electricity, the savings to our customers are significant.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

You believe that leaders should embrace their culture and values more deeply in a crisis and cite the 2008 Great Recession as an example. million to Columbus State Community College to go toward the new Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts building. There were a few major things that saved our company during the recession.

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