TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

When Goslinga met Njeru in 2008, she worked for Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA). Pula is one of the few African startups disrupting the farming industry with technology. Co-CEOs with agricultural backgrounds.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Fernandez, founder and CEO, Sustainable Ocean Alliance, managing partner, Seabird Ventures Rita Sousa, partner, Faber Ventures Christian Lim, managing director, SWEN Blue Ocean Partners Reece Pacheco, partner, Propeller Is ocean conservation the next climate tech?

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 7, 2019

As legislators and business leaders, we should be asking ourselves every day: How do we create a sustainable model that creates more and better paying jobs in Oklahoma even when the economy stalls at some point in the future? Since 2008, OCAST’s budget has been cut by nearly 40 percent — from about $22 million down to $13.4

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Jason Malki

JUNE 6, 2022

Trevor started his career in consumer electronics in 2008, at a small startup in San Francisco called JOBY. We bring to market DISRUPTIVE brands that come into existing categories and shake things up; offering consumers a better, healthier, sustainable option. global revenue. While managing Sales + Strategy over the last 5.5

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 14, 2016

To sustain these growth rates and reach the levels of market liquidity they have, startups like Uber and AirBnB require massive amounts of cash. The capital markets have boosted these types of startups, helping them raise huge amounts of capital at attractive prices, and disrupt massive markets. In 2008, the Fed Funds Rate sat at 5%.

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Reforge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

I still remember reading Eric Ries’ blog post that first coined the term “Lean Startup” in September 2008. Its founder, Rich Barton , knew he wanted to disrupt the real estate space, and deliberately baked a unique user acquisition strategy into his initial product strategy. Not something that's simply lumped on after the fact.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Major capital market disruptions often bring a “VC Reset,” as venture firms rethink fundamentals, often pressured to do so by limited partners. Recovery from the 2008 Great Recession took two years and was relatively weak. The investor exit calculus increasingly includes expectations about exit sustainability. We Warned You!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Kicks Crew, which began as founder and CEO Johnny Mak’s side project in 2008, wants to carve out a niche for itself as a resell platform that can be counted on for product authenticity and accessibility for all. To sustain its growth, Kicks Crew aims to increase its staff to about 150 employees this year.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Fernandez, founder and CEO, Sustainable Ocean Alliance (Seabird Ventures) Rita Sousa, partner, Faber Ventures Christian Lim, managing director, SWEN Blue Ocean Partners Reece Pacheco, partner, Propeller Is ocean conservation the next climate tech? You can sign up here. Use code “DC” for a 15% discount on an annual subscription!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

And basic searches on the Micromax brand on Google from 2008 — its first year in mobile — lay bare the general decline in chatter about the company. Founded in 2000 by Vikas Jain, Rahul Sharma, Sumit Kumar Arora and Rajesh Agarwal, Micromax first started life as a small IT firm, making its first move into phones only in 2008.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 28, 2016

As President and co-owner of the 102-year-old Lamey Wellehan shoe stores, Jim Wellehan used sustainability to foster innovation and remain relevant in the face of fierce competition. If you are simultaneously interested and confused by sustainability, you are not alone. Of that material, 99% is no longer in use after 6 months.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 22, 2022

The result is that any disruption to the flow of energy will quickly cripple the Japanese economy, as it has no way to quickly produce energy internally. Boycotting Russia puts Europe and Japan in far more dangerous positions, as both need cheap energy to sustain their manufacturing prowess.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Or vaginal infections are considered this mundane issue and as a result the way that we treat vaginal infections is also quite flawed because we over-rely on anti-fungal and antibiotic treatments which actually place women at a higher risk of recurrent infections as they disrupt your lactobacilli in your vaginal microbiome.”

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