Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

In 2011 the company was sold to Nordstrom for $270 million in a deal that has been widely seen as a success for both buyer and seller. He co-founded a prominent accelerator in Los Angeles called MuckerLab , that has produced a number of impressive companies and he mentored more than 20 of them.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

3/15/2011 – All in on Facebook, “Your Trusted Social Media Marketing Company” Social Media Platform. 7/19/2011 – Same page, but Wayback Machine stops crawling pages. 8/15/2011 – The day that Buddy Media became a software company? 8/31/2010 – Same thing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

The moment that you have a product that seems to satisfy the needs of a large enough market you enter what startup people like to call “product / market fit&# characterized by the rapid acceleration of customer demand and therefore adoption. In fact, not going fat at this stage can also cause problems.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Robert Glazer is a member of EO Boston and the CEO of Acceleration Partners , a leading independent affiliate management agency with 160 employees. His company, Acceleration Partners, was honored with Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award , recognizing the Best Places to Work in 2019.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. Back in 2011, Ammar used to work for a company called Be Sport. Since 2020, we have been trying to find an amicable solution.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Aaron graduated from EO Accelerator and went on to become an EO member in 2011. He says, “One of the most meaningful discoveries I made in EO Accelerator was that I was not alone as an entrepreneur. It was a cool morning in April of 2011 when I found myself wandering around this cliff side town of Positano, Italy.

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

Of course a nice chunk is primary capital, i.e. for the company balance sheet, to invest in growth initiatives, security and quality, and advancing our existing strategic priorities through acceleration and de-risking. We have never been in a stronger position. We remain steadfast in our commitment to continuing to increase all of the above.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. I created an accelerator & mentor network (Launchpad LA). In the end, if you’re not developing a deep bench of talented professionals who keep you on your toes, you’re bound to be disrupted. I keynoted.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. As I alluded to in my post on our recent program in which we now invest $50,000 per company and have shared office space , Bill Gross (the founder of Idealab) was instrumental in convincing me to keep Launchpad LA running despite an over-abundance of local LA accelerators.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 1, 2020

million from Plains Venture Partners I, as well as $1,000,000 from the Accelerate Oklahoma Fund and $500,000 from the Oklahoma Angel Fund II. Plains Venture Partners I, the Accelerate Oklahoma Fund, and the Oklahoma Angel Fund are each managed by iMCI. The iMCI-led investment in Linear Health Sciences includes $2.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Should you try to get your startup into an accelerator program? In 2011 he co-founded what is often referred to as the “first coding bootcamp,” with The Starter League, acquired by New York’s Fullstack Academy in 2016. How do you make the right impression on the application?

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The CertifID tool is used by real estate companies to insure and accelerate transactions with financial institutions for real estate purchases. Treatments aim to create precision diagnostics and solutions for diseases and accelerate treatment onset. Building Catalyst is also a Conquer Accelerator Grand Rapids pick. FirstIgnite.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

billion and over 10 times 2011’s total of $3.6 headquartered, female-founded startups actually doesn’t pay enough respect to the accelerating pace at which female founders have raised capital. But the gender gap in startup fundraising is closing slightly, new PitchBook data shows. Female-founded companies raised $40.4

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

The stock market is expected to be tough for the time being, but the mobility industry will grow rapidly that we can’t miss this critical time; we will focus on accelerating mergers and acquisitions and investments in new businesses and technology.”. billion won ($ 284.2million) since its inception in 2011 before its IPO.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Had I begun this tradition earlier, for those wondering, it would’ve been Airbnb in 2012, and Uber in 2011.). As Airtable only slowly moved into monetization, the last 4-6 quarters of retention and revenue growth likely convinced investors the product was not only here to stay, but very likely to accelerate revenue growth even more.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

We hang on just a little bit longer, expecting continued or accelerating growth and value as in previous periods of the same. LivingSocial took in $583 million in capital in 2010 and 2011 with little left in time to show for the investment and tremendous dilution to the founders.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

The company has raised a total of about $275 million since its inception in 2011, the company spokesperson confirmed. SOCAR will accelerate to make additional acquisitions and advance its technology with the IPO proceeds, Park said. SOCAR has reached approximately $834 billion (1 trillion won) valuation after raising $50.7

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

Long before SoftBank launched its $2 billion Innovation Fund in Latin America, and before Andreessen Horowitz began actively investing in the region , Sao Paulo-based Kaszek has been putting money into promising startups since 2011, helping spawn nine unicorns along the way.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

MessageGears intends to use the investment to accelerate the innovation of its technology platform, with an emphasis on bolstering its mobile channel capabilities, expanding its global presence, and opportunistically exploring acquisitions that align with its vision for the future.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2019

In 2011, I heard a speech by Mark Zandi [chief economist of Moody’s Analytics] revealing that entrepreneurship in the U.S. If you’re a startup founder ready to gain the tools you need to get to the next level, check out the EO Accelerator program. What prompted you to write Boom ? was in trouble.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The company closed the funding round at the end of last quarter and put it to work with a couple of acquisitions — Kumolus and SovLabs — to help accelerate and fill in the road map. Kumolus, which was founded in 2011 and raised $1.7

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 28, 2024

As I’ve said many times before, women need to be in a position to make decisions, control resources, and shape policies and perspectives, and I want to accelerate progress toward that vision,” French Gates states. Leymah Roberta Gbowee , 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate and Liberian peace activist, trained social worker, and women’s rights advocate.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

CircleCI CEO Jim Rose says part of the reason for taking on $200 million in two years is because even though the company was founded in 2011, the continuous delivery approach is still really just getting started. 4 enterprise developer trends that will shape 2021. . 4 enterprise developer trends that will shape 2021.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Tan will be taking over the role from Geoff Ralston, who has been with YC since 2011. Michael Seibel was chief executive of Y Combinator’s accelerator up until 2020, when the accelerator evolved from a more traditional partnership to no longer having multiple CEOs.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The company, which was founded in 2011 and is led by CEO Dan Preston, said it has reached a merger agreement with special purpose acquisition company INSU Acquisition Corp. II, with an equity valuation of $1.3 Metromile will have about $294 million of cash at closing.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The Princeton undergraduate saw the film in 2011, and it started her on the journey that would lead her to launch Joro , the Sequoia-backed startup that monitors consumer spending to offer tips on how to offset and reduce a user’s carbon footprint. . But we’re not powerless either.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The pandemic has accelerated and exacerbated the situation. In his 2011 paper, The Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Strategy as a New Paradigm for Economic Policy: Principles for Cultivating Entrepreneurship , he outlines multiple principles in arguing the case for entrepreneurship ecosystem strategies. Economies are hurting.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Jhawar joined payments company Braintree in 2011 as COO and CFO. Transactions have doubled over the past year, which means that usage is accelerating. Interestingly, Amit Jhawar is heading this investment for Accel. He joined Accel as a venture partner in July and he’s going to join Lydia’s board of directors.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

. “SingleStore helps businesses adapt more quickly, embrace diverse data and accelerate digital innovation by operationalizing all data through one platform,” Verma said.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Jive focused on enterprise social networking, went public in 2011 and later sold itself in 2017 for an all-cash deal worth $462 million. Koan, which raised $3 million in seed funding last October , was co-founded by Matt Tucker , who previously co-founded Jive. The OKR-focused startup competes in a somewhat crowded space.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

The round follows $25 million in financing from CIBC Innovation Banking last September, and brings Vena’s total raised since its 2011 inception to over $363 million. Vena CEO Hunter Madeley told TechCrunch the latest raise is “mostly an acceleration story for Vena, rather than charting new paths.”.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Once the startup is able to prove its potential and sustain this exponential growth during the growth-inflexion phase, its growth continues to accelerate at a fast pace, attracting more customers to try the offering. Surging Growth: This period started in 2011, where Groupon crossed the 1 billion mark. Surging Growth.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

billion in 2011. It’s a really hard world, and it’s been complicated and accelerated by how much every company has really put a fine point on needing to be a software company and even an excellent software company,” Lau added. They need help making sure the teams are aligned.”.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

million round in Kaleidos, Penpot’s parent company that has largely been operating as a bootstrapped operation since 2011 and produces another open source tool, the project management platform Taiga , which today is used by more than a million people. Athos is a repeat backer: It also invested in an earlier $2.6

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

James covers the genesis of Ministry of Awesome following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011, and provides updates on Ministry of Awesome approaches to startup founder support and programming. You’re also sort of no longer running your classic three-month type accelerator program, which finishes on, say, a demo day.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Augury, founded in 2011 but out of stealth since 2014, has now raised $106 million, and we understand from a source close to the company that the valuation is in the range of between $200 million and $300 million. Up-and-coming enterprise startups in NYC. Beyond that, and perhaps more immediately, is the state of the world today.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The main thing is getting construction companies and contractors to accelerate their adoption of the tech and the labor shortage issue is putting substantial pressure on them to act. From 2007 to 2011, during which the Great Recession of 2008-09 took place, the construction industry lost approximately 2 million workers.

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