Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

He goes on to say, “We live in a highly individualistic culture. 2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. Do they have a strong sense of culture? When we’re shopping for a vacation we’re primarily thinking about Where. The travel companies offer brochures showing private beaches and phenomenal sights. ” So true.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Glazer has established himself as a leader who invests in his team and in the culture of his organization. . For me, that point came in 2011, when our company, Acceleration Partners, was doing about $1 million in revenue and I joined EO. He shared how to develop a “best place to work” in a recent Octane post.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

My two friends and I started Tejiendo Sonrisas, a Peruvian nonprofit organization, on March 1, 2011. YLAI provides a lot of useful help ranging from training to living experiences, cultural and work exchange, so take advantage of it. Can you expand on why you launched Tejiendo Sonrisas?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 1, 2016

In 2011, we launched the first primary school chain in Africa that employs a blended learning model. These values are deeply engrained in the culture and fabric of SPARK. They get to choose it, and it becomes a part of the school’s creed and culture. We want to change the local mindset when it comes to education.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

Stephen Harper, the country’s prime minister from 2006 to 2015, famously quipped that the region suffered from “ a culture of defeatism.” Business writer Gordon Pitts pinpoints 2011 as the game-changing year for the Atlantic startup scene. Soon, the region’s hard-luck narrative stuck.

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Haystack

JANUARY 14, 2019

When I moved back to the Bay Area in early 2011, the technology and startup sector didn’t feel as big or expansive as it does today. Now, contrast 2011 with 2019, and we have an entirely different situation. Back then, there were fewer deals, smaller funds, and relatively speaking, more deal transparency.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 30, 2019

As media technologies continue to expand in scope and reach, with little regard for physical or cultural borders, how we educate students about the role of media in their daily lives increasingly incorporates more global perspectives. Media literacy education is a global and international focus. References: Pariser, E. NY: Penguin Books.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 22, 2016

In 2011, we launched the first primary school chain in Africa that employs a blended learning model. These values are deeply engrained in the culture and fabric of SPARK. They get to choose it, and it becomes a part of the school’s creed and culture. We want to change the local mindset when it comes to education.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Aaron graduated from EO Accelerator and went on to become an EO member in 2011. It was a cool morning in April of 2011 when I found myself wandering around this cliff side town of Positano, Italy. Aaron Lee graduated from EO Accelerator and went on to become an EO member in 2011. So ask yourself: What’s your Positano?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Kumolus, which was founded in 2011 and raised $1.7 Kukowski says that going remote because of COVID has allowed the company to hire from anywhere, but he still looks forward to a time when he can meet face-to-face with his employees and customers, and sees that as alway being part of his company’s culture.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

And honestly it was the single biggest roadblock at Upfront when we raised out fourth fund in 2011. How do we continue to attract the most talented partners we can who also fit with our culture and values and support our investment theses? We as an industry have seen this.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

In a fireside chat at TechCrunch Early Stage, we discussed her experience validating product ideas, gathering actionable customer data, creating user-centric work cultures, and handling some of the unique challenges that come with scaling teams from a few dozen people to several thousand employees.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

In 2011 , as Twitter hit the 100 million active users mark, the entrepreneur left to pursue new projects with Obvious Corporation , a startup incubator and investment vehicle that had included fellow Twitter co-founder Evan Williams and former Twitter exec Jason Goldman. “The [web3] culture doesn’t appeal to me.

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Hunter Walk

JUNE 26, 2023

That doesn’t mean I’m advising founders to permanently move to Silicon Valley, but all of the best founders I’ve met have spent serious time in the Bay, immersing themselves in the tech culture and dynamics of the region. Overall, we just tried to do the right thing. HW: Who’s an investor you consider to be a role model and why?

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Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

My client handled the whole thing with aplomb, fortified by a decade of immersion in the distinctive culture and language of Egypt and the Arab world. . ”Yes, but… ” Those who have spent much time in the developing world are likely accustomed to dealing with this sort of frustration on a daily basis.

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StartupNation

JUNE 22, 2021

A brand should be rooted in a company’s heritage and culture, connected to a set of core values that are the company’s very reason for being. A reality-grounded CEO manages, protects and leads the brand by managing, protecting and leading the culture and values behind it. This can diminish its authenticity.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

The new capital infusion gives Miro $476 million in total funding since the company was founded in 2011 by Andrey Khusid and Oleg Shardin. In our view, Miro’s culture of customer centricity makes it well-positioned to address a myriad of use cases across hybrid work for more than a billion knowledge workers globally.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Their high-end products and storefront come from a hand-cultivated culture, state of the art facilities and a sustainable growing practice. They’ve been in business since 2011 (founded by entrepreneur coach Ryan Vaughn ) and are growing fast. This year, the company raised $2.8 million in funding. HealthBridge.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

A successful entrepreneur and chairman of HartBeat, a global, multiplatform media company creating entertainment at the intersection of comedy and culture, Hart’s on a mission to keep the world laughing together. In 2011 he founded Legacy Private Client Group, where he built a platform that facilitated holistic solutions.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Many readers know that at Upfront Ventures that’s precisely what happened at our own firm in 2011 when our founding partner and my co-Managing Partner, Yves Sisteron, asked me to lead the daily management of our firm. The great firms transition day-to-day leadership and often those who don’t fail to protect their “franchise value.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

He co-founded Check Point Software, which went public in 1996 and Imperva, which went public in 2011, and was later acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo in 2018. The company reports it has now raised $332 million since inception. Kramer is a serial entrepreneur. He helped launch Cato in 2015.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

By drawing on multiplayer gaming culture, the startups are using spatial technology, animations and productivity tools to create a metaverse dedicated to work. Is that truly the culture you want to build for the company? Culture is living and breathing, it’s not a static thing that you set and is done.”. Zengerle said.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

That was happening when I first moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2011. At my first fund, Cross Culture [Ventures], we were interested in investing in early childhood care. “He was a part of an organization that was helping to bring more diverse founders in touch with investors,” says Nichols. Fast forward to 2016.

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Revolution

APRIL 4, 2019

By Ted Leonsis, Founder and Partner, Revolution Growth I joined the Revolution team as a cofounder of the Revolution Growth fund in 2011 and our goal was, and still is, to make investments in great businesses that give customers more choice, convenience and control in their lives.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Before launching Goodwater, co-founder Eric Kim was managing director at Maverick, an early investor in Coupang, and served on the company’s board from 2011 to 2017. This makes it especially attractive to shoppers in a country where “the work culture rivals that of the 996 work culture in China,” the report says.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Their culture is flexible and collaborative, making it a top Detroit startup to work at, and they’re constantly innovating and helping small businesses find the banking tools they need. As a custom software development company, Detroit Labs has been designing and building mobile and web products (and the teams behind them) since 2011.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

When I joined the ‘Hub Network’ back in January 2011, I had no idea I’d still be here 10 years later, but I knew it was the right place for me to be!” ” When I joined the ‘Hub Network’ back in January 2011, I had no idea I’d still be here 10 years later, but I knew it was the right place for me to be!

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2021

His co-founder Jon Williams was previously a co-founder at Culture Amp, an employee experience management platform he helped launch in 2011 (and which raised more than $150 million), so the two of them have been immersed in this idea. In a nutshell, we radically personalize employee communications,” Luijke explained.

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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.). You may look at this and think to yourself “well, of course, how controversial is those?” ” This year, however, is like any other year in which I’ve tracked these and tried to single out one.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

.” The morning consisted of a presentation by Mitsue Kurihara, a Board member from the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), who launched the DBJ Women Entrepreneurs Center in November 2011; and a moderated panel with three female entrepreneurs: Donna Fujimoto Cole, Fujiyo Ishiguro and Sachiko Kuno.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

Released in 2011, “Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle” was a book that laid claim to the idea that Israel was an unusual type of country. From age 13 Israel’s students are exposed to advanced computing studies, and the cultural push to go into tech is strong. Waze’s 100 employees received about $1.2

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

When Mucker launched back in 2011, our founding partners, who had left Silicon Valley for LA, set out to prove that high-growth companies can be built anywhere. In a post-COVID world, customers have never demanded more transparency into supply chains, workplace culture and equity ownership.

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Feedough

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Partnership with Microsoft: In 2011, to cope up with declining market share Nokia partnered with Microsoft to make Windows phone, abandoning old OSs like Symbian and MeeGo. But because of the corporate culture that was prevailing, it never saw the light of the day. In 2011, Nokia announced a partnership with Microsoft.

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Haystack

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Those opponents have a sense of what comes with the “big tech” bundle — changes to the neighborhood, changes to rent, changes to the culture they have today. I used to live right by Stanford University, starting in 2011. A good number of folks do not want that change. I can empathize a bit here. I lived down there for a while.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

From 2007 to 2011, during which the Great Recession of 2008-09 took place, the construction industry lost approximately 2 million workers. Buildings are the same, however often historically and culturally significant and therefore protected. As of February 2017, nearly 200,000 construction jobs were left unfilled across the U.S.,

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Derek Sivers

JUNE 7, 2013

Starting five years ago, I got deeply curious about the differences between countries and cultures, fascinated with understanding the different perspectives. I set up a Singapore corporation for it from my Yogyakarta hotel room that night in August 2011, and began the next day. I talked about a few fun ones in this 2-minute TED talk.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

That is, in no small part, due to its salaries, its culture, and its brand. But of course, Netflix also has a not-so-secret asset where it shows its culture to the world: the Netflix TechBlog. This cultural change starts with the leaders actually doing what they want other people to do. into the culture.

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