Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 12, 2023

But that’s what happened: My daughter was born in April 2013; my first gym opened in June 2013. So, it’s back to the drawing board. You’re more adaptable than you think As a born planner, I never planned to have a baby and start a business at the same time. Not exactly.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 14, 2021

Dogecoin was initially introduced in late 2013 and 7 1/2 years later it has amassed a market cap of $43bn and is one of the most popular crypto assets in the world. If the board and management teams of the companies with meme stocks choose to issue more shares at these prices, they can raise a lot of capital to transform these companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.” Pre-seed is just a narrower segment where you might raise $1–3 million on a SAFE note and not give out any board seats.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

406 Ventures since 2007 and investing as a partner since 2013. He’s a board director at multiple security companies, including Oort, KSOC, ThreatX, Tausight and Sevco Security. He’s also on the advisory board for the Advanced Cyber Security Center, where he previously served on the board of directors.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Biggs, who has been in the Bitcoin space since 2013, told TechCrunch: “I have never seen this much attention to Bitcoin and other crypto-assets… The time for decentralized technologies has arrived, and their potential is increasingly realized by institutional investors.”

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2022

She is currently a board director for Workwhile and a board observer for Outschool. . In 2013, Monot co-founded Innovative Auctions, a high-stakes auction company. . She graduated from Stanford University with a BS in human biology and an MS in management science and engineering. . He is also the GP of the 500 Fintech fund.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In 2013, Dave faced a life-altering medical diagnosis: primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), a rare autoimmune disease that attacked his liver’s bile ducts. Winnie Hart , former Global Board Director and EO Houston member, and her team at Twin Engine worked passionately to develop and launch the Living Liver Foundation brand.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 18, 2019

I backed that company in 2013 when it was basically a table top science project, but the key was a series of connections that could have only been possible as a full time investor. A lot of these strategic entities have boards that are filled with some of the most successful high net worth individuals, family offices, foundations, etc.

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HPA

JUNE 9, 2021

Congrats to HPA Member Dr. Cheryl Rucker-Whitaker for being added to the Board of Directors at Equality Health! In 2013, she was a co-founder of Chicago-based NextLevel Health, an African American-owned Medicaid managed care organization. The post HPA Member Dr. Cheryl Rucker-Whitaker New Board Role appeared first on HPA.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 4, 2023

Larger, higher-revenue-multiple combinations face more scrutiny from corporate boards when stock prices fall & equity becomes dearer. During the 2013-2014, median acquisition prices increased by 50% in less than a year, from $36m to $54m.

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Revolution

AUGUST 5, 2020

In 2013, we invested in BigCommerce , a SaaS startup helping companies build, manage, and market online stores. Revolution Growth has served on the BigCommerce board since our initial investment. This morning, the Austin-based company raised its initial public offering.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

2013 has proved to be a wild year. Thank you to Tasha for helping to keep me sane by managing the onslaught of meeting requests, board meetings and constant change. 2013 was the year of wearable devices and physical products. So with the wild ride of 2013 I had thoughts about what made me thankful this year.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

As part of the transaction , Vangelov told TechCrunch that he will join Starco’s board and is getting shares in the new company, while himself and Soylent’s shareholders will become the largest single voting block in Starco. He and the board chose to partner with Starco Brands. Other financial details were not disclosed.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Supernova’s Michael Clifton will join the Rigetti board after the transaction closes. According to CrunchBase, Rigetti has raised just under $200 million in VC capital since it was founded in 2013. Ampere Computing, which is mostly known for its Arm-based servers, is also making a direct investment.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 24, 2023

She also currently sits on the Junior Advisory Board for the Leopold Schepp Scholarship Foundation Event Planning Committee. Suissa served on the Board of the Brooklyn-Queens Chapter National Organization, both as President (2006–2013) and as Vice President (2005–2007). Prior to founding Dare to Run, Ms. In addition, Ms.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Within 5 years I was on the board of real businesses with meaningful revenue, strong balance sheets, no debt and on the path to a few interesting exits. We were told that Tiger was going to eat the VC industry because they deployed capital every year and didn’t take board seats. Hey, we got to raise again next year.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Sadly, in 2014, when I relapsed for the second time since my initial surgery, the board of directors made the decision to terminate my tenure at ESTREC. However, prior to the termination, I was in negotiations with another facility to house two brown pelicans from an oil spill that occurred off the west coast of Trinidad in December 2013.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In 2013, just 8% of corporate debt was traded electronically. We’re equally excited to announce that Andreessen Horowitz will be leading Moment’s Series A round of financing and that I will be joining their board of directors. Fixed income, as an asset class, is in the midst of a dramatic market structure transformation.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Guo joined Greylock in 2013 as the firm’s first woman partner and will now transition into the role of board partner. She also is a board director at Mystery and 0x Labs. Sources confirmed to Axios that Guo is planning to launch her own fund.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The metal 3D printing company intends to merge with ONE, a special purpose acquisition company created by Kevin Hartz, who will join its board. The company says its technology has been used to print north of 10 million parts since its 2013 founding, with its machines deployed in some 10,000 locations across 70 countries.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

As part of the investment, Lavender Hill Capital founding partner Xiaoyin Zhang and DCM Ventures general partner Ramon Zeng, will join Glints’ board. Founded in 2013, the Singapore-based startup says its annual revenue and gross profits grew 2.5x This brings Glints’ total raised so far to $80 million. Glints’ team.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Since its establishment in 2013, Born2Global Center served as the Ministry of Science and ICT’s overseas expansion support project for innovative technology companies over the past 10 years. Previously, it operated as an affiliated organization of the Korea Association for ICT Promotion (KAIT).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Associates often shadow partners at board meetings so that they can help follow up with the company on important initiatives between board meetings. I think it’s great for some people because it really does give you some solid benefits: board exposure / experience. In 2013 we launched many firsts to reinvent our firm.

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Founders Coop

AUGUST 7, 2018

With Aviel’s announcement last week, and a new website up at Founder’s Co-op reflecting our new partnership, I thought it was a good time to revisit the themes from my 2013 keynote at the Geekwire Awards: Turtles and Flywheels. Seattle in 2013 was a different place.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 22, 2017

I have also served on the EO South Florida board for six of these years, including serving four years as MarCom Chair (earning the EO GCC Award in 2013), serving on the EO Miami University committee in 2013, serving two years as Learning Chair, and being elected the president of one of the largest chapters in the world (a position I hold now).

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For Entrepreneurs

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Rob is the co-founder of Salsify, a leading cloud-based product content management and syndication solution that I invested in in 2013 and where I currently serve on the board. The following is a guest post by Rob Gonzalez. Prior to founding Salsify, Rob was at IBM, Endeca and Cambridge Semantics in senior product management roles.

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For Entrepreneurs

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Rob is the co-founder of Salsify, a leading cloud-based product content management and syndication solution that I invested in in 2013 and where I currently serve on the board. You can find part 1 here. Prior to founding Salsify, Rob was at.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 12, 2017

The work Mali Rising accomplishes is EO Global Board member Fred Johnson’s passion. In 2013, Fred led 26 EO chapters worldwide, including his own EO Utah, to raise US$45,000 to build the EO Middle School of Dovong. Fred Johnson is an EO Global Board member, founder of Eagle Environmental, Inc. , Put some good in the world.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 22, 2019

He didn’t win the global competition that year, but Carlos went on to participate in GSEA in a variety of roles—first as a special guest in the 2013 finals, then as a jury member in the 2015 semi-finals in Thailand and, most recently, as a jury member in the 2017 semifinals in Germany. In this way, we started a new industry in El Salvador.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Abraaj bought Vine Pharmacy in 2013 when it was the largest pharmacy chain in Uganda. mPharma was originally founded in 2013, by Rockson , Daniel Shoukimas and James Finucane , to manage prescription drug inventory for pharmacies and their suppliers. and Daniel Vasella, ex-CEO and chairman of Novartis; both are members of the board. “I

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

With the extension, the startup has now raised more than $700 million since its 2013 inception. We kept talking and they came back to us after the round, and wanted to be involved so we found a way to have them on board,” Braga said. “We São Paulo-based QuintoAndar is now valued at $5.1 We did not need the money.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

In a 2021 survey from The Conference Board focused specifically on the service industry, 80% of respondents said they were having a hard time finding qualified workers. “Smaller businesses need to focus on growth — not keeping up on HR trends, industry statistics, or job board best practices. Image Credits: WizeHire.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

GIST Net also offers interactive discussion boards to help entrepreneurs connect; a mentorship hub with participants from top U.S. In 2013, the global youth unemployment rate was estimated at 12.6%, or 73 million people. This critical resource could not come at a more pressing time.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

The products are currently under development, however, the plan is to also lend to bigger businesses in the agri-value chain, as the company expands its reach from micro-sellers, who have been their target market since launch in 2013. The deal also comes with the backing of Lightrock’s partner Shakir Merali, who now joins 4G Capital’s Board.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The company, which was founded in 2013, also plans to strengthen its global operations across six countries — Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, and the Philippines.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 10, 2017

It’s an outstanding avenue for members to give back, especially if serving on the chapter board is not an option. The Atlanta EO chapter had a relatively small Accelerator program with 10 to 15 participants—or companies—and only one EO member overseeing the program on the chapter board. We transitioned to a quarterly membership cycle.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

With this increased funding and expanding partnership, Silverstrand’s Principal, Kelvin Chiu, will take a seat on Aqua-Spark’s advisory board while Patti Chu, Silverstrand’s Head of Impact, will join the investment committee. The fund’s portfolio comprises companies such as eFishery and Calysta, among other notable leaders in the space.

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