Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 22, 2016

Just ask Stacey Brewer and Ryan Harrison , EO Johannesburg members who are redefining the educational ecosystem in South Africa. Historically, South Africa ranks among the worst-performing education systems in the world. SB/ “The state of education in South Africa is stark at the moment.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. I don’t try to optimize for who might be a great investment opportunity or somebody that I really “should know.” We hung out a lot together a dinners and educational events. Examples in My Life & Work. What I love is that I don’t pre pick the companies.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

But founder Zach Sims , who began the company in 2011 as a Columbia student, says that Codecademy’s growth, and hunger for new capital, isn’t due to a pandemic bump. “A A lot of that edtech bump came in K-12 and college solutions, or in leisure educational things like MasterClass,” Sims said. Ours was less pandemic-induced.”.

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Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Spenser and Curtis first applied to YC in 2011, but their idea, a new version of Mechanical Turk, did not impress YC’s reviewers at the time, and although they were clearly brilliant hackers, that first application was rejected. Amplitude founders Spenser Skates and Curtis Liu – March 2011. Amplitude team – February 2015.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. FourSquare obviously brings up a lot of interesting commercial opportunities. Social Chaos Will Create New Business Opportunities: Sprout Social, CoTweet, awe.sm, LocalResponse.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

The MaC Venture Capital founding managing partner hadn’t actually seen Wonderschool’s original pitch deck before investing in the remote education startup. That was happening when I first moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2011. According to Bennet, Nichols reached out about the opportunity on Facebook Messenger.

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Revolution

JANUARY 9, 2019

The new year is the perfect time to take on new challenges and pursue new opportunities. Jewelry Designer at Shinola Location: Detroit, MI Shinola was founded in 2011 with the goal to make quality products and to build them right here in America. Looking for more opportunities?

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities. In November 2011, David Rosenblatt took over as CEO and has been scaling the company ever since. Poshmark was founded by Manish Chandra in 2011.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

Oussama transfers funds to his personal holding companies and tells us after the fact, saying that it’s the only way to take advantage of investment opportunities in question,” Zagury wrote in her blog post. 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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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. “There’s a huge opportunity and we want to move as fast as possible. The company reports it has now raised $332 million since inception.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

They met and bonded over both having type 1 diabetes — Westermann was diagnosed over 25 years ago — and started the MySugr app for diabetes self-management in 2012 ( they won a TC pitch-off back in 2011 ). Four years later, Westermann moved to the U.S. 9am.health’s clinic was launched in August.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

They will also be offered the opportunity to join a customized 6-month Google Developers Launchpad Accelerator program, including guidance from our nonprofit partner, DataKind, to jumpstart their work. Notley is a catalyst for social innovation unlocking opportunities with today’s impact organizations and changing communities.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 4, 2021

Q: In preparing for our interview, I loved reading about how you want to give more power and opportunities to women, who carry the burden of day-to-day work but are under-recognised. All adapted garments available around 2011-2014 were very poorly designed and not fashionable at all! Rut Turró, Founder of Moving Mood.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In contrast to America, he points out how Sweden is among the most successful societies in the world from a social mobility perspective — referencing its free education and free health care, which sets up as many people as possible for success. “We didn’t have a lot of money,” he tells me. billion and $10.65

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Shleifer focused on China; Fixel focused on India, and the rest of the firm’s support team (it now has 22 investing professionals on staff) helped find deals in Brazil and Russia before beginning to focus more aggressively on opportunities in the U.S. 14, 2011. . Every investing decision was made by the three.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 6, 2023

She joined PetHub in June of 2011 as the modern pet ID tag startup was in its beginning stages. While QR codes are now mainstream as a result of the pandemic and NFC is also commonly used, we struggled with educating consumers on usage when we first launched. The growth opportunities available through the Leap program are invaluable.

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Hunter Walk

JANUARY 27, 2023

High performers and culture carriers for years — terminated via email and without the opportunity to celebrate their time with their teams. Don’t let success at a company prevent you from pursuing scary and wonderful new opportunities to build. You are not your org chart, your department budget, or your title.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Tens of millions of workers don’t earn a living wage, and it’s not for a lack of job opportunities. Airspace Link is also a top Detroit startup because of its culture—great benefits, real work/life balance, and the opportunity to work with a high-growth, high-potential tech company. Back in June, Vroom went public with a great IPO.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

2011-2020 was the warmest decade of all. The pandemic hit hard on the fundamental tripod of human development – income, health, and education – and inequality has sky-rocketed. Businesses that challenge the status quo, accelerate innovation and create more inclusive job opportunities.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

2011-2020 was the warmest decade of all. The pandemic hit hard on the fundamental tripod of human development – income, health, and education – and inequality has sky-rocketed. Businesses that challenge the status quo, accelerate innovation and create more inclusive job opportunities.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

They will also be offered the opportunity to join a customized 6-month Google Developers Launchpad Accelerator program, including guidance from our nonprofit partner, DataKind, to jumpstart their work. no-equity stipend + corporate pilot opportunities with our founders. Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship. We offer 7.5K

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2021

The conference also includes multiple networking opportunities each day for you to meet and engage with these influential leaders, so be sure to register and mark your calendar for the angel event of the year. ACA 2021 - The Summit of Angel Investing: Say Hello to Your Programming Team.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 16, 2022

Built on the results of the 2011 Social Business Initiative and the 2016 Start-up and Scale-up Initiative , and preceded by extensive dialogue with stakeholders and civil society, the Action Plan proposes 38 concrete measures to be implemented in a nine-years horizon, between 2021-2030. What’s next?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In contrast to America, he points out how Sweden is among the most successful societies in the world from a social mobility perspective — referencing its free education and free health care, which sets up as many people as possible for success. “We didn’t have a lot of money,” he tells me. billion and $10.65

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

ACA and its members recognized the need for a strong advocacy arm and public policy agenda to educate Members of Congress on issues that affect angel investors and early-stage entrepreneurs. She has introduced bills focused on public markets, small businesses and retail investor opportunities.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 11, 2023

Nelson Mandela’s 1999 retirement brought these injustices further to the forefront, unveiling the deep-rooted inequalities within South Africa’s education system and society as a whole. Quickly, their vision pivoted to the idea of addressing the lack of diversity and access to opportunity in South Africa’s IT industry.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Not only that, but there's a "Series A Crunch" that we've been talking about since October of 2011 where good companies can't seem to get to their next round of funding. So if companies can't get their Series A, it's not some terrible tragedy that there are otherwise great opportunities that are being left to die.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 2, 2011

It will still go on, but what we have now is a unique opportunity to clamor for something else besides the head of one man. Education reform? I hope one day we can look back at May 1, 2011 as the day the US stopped playing cops and robbers, and finished, on a victorious note, the last nearly 100 years of fighting around the world.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 8, 2020

This could mean your health, education, well-being or relationships—anything that can fine-tune and improve your life will bring the highest return on investment because the cost is often very small. Unfortunately, that creates a conflict of interest for the person that educates the entrepreneur about the insurance. Invest in Yourself.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

If our ultimate objective is to understand the current state of opportunity and its expansion over time, we need to, in the words of John Doerr , measure what matters : representation in early-stage financing. from 2011 to 2016 and 3.8x from 2006 to 2011, respectively.¹ For 2011 to 2016, this is 570/395 for 1.4x.

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Hunter Walk

JUNE 26, 2023

At 500, I had the opportunity to work with early-stage founders from around the world and quickly realized that this was where I wanted to spend my time. When we founded DataHero back in 2011, there was a trend going on where people were obsessively trying to “design” their company cultures.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This targeted approach allows more diverse accredited investors—especially those with smaller check sizes—to access thoroughly vetted opportunities. This speed allows startups to seize opportunities promptly. Our limited partners can invest selectively in specific companies rather than a broad portfolio.

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