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Betting Beyond the Bowl: Investing in Sweetgreen Was Always About More Than Salad

Revolution

In 2013, Sweetgreen had 22 locations in D.C., When Revolution Growth first invested in Sweetgreen in 2013, the whisperings of food and wellness were present but sparse, and the bulk of lunchtime options focused more on convenience than ingredients. an industry I deemed “ ripe for disruption ”?—?in

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The Changing Venture Landscape

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The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. 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.”

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

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My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). The founders had been responsible for gaining staggering scale in the past 3 years, having been trail-blazers in building a network of talent and an unrivaled understanding of the YouTube ecosystem.

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How a Company Becomes a Pillar of Its Local Community

Revolution

And for decades, until the entire industry was disrupted, that attraction established a virtuous cycle. Put another way: If founders don’t have to be in Silicon Valley, New York City, or Boston — if they can choose to start and scale in a much broader range of places — where does it make the most sense to put down roots?

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

Both Sides of the Table

Maybe small amounts of money for what founders reading these pages dream of but life-changing for many. For those who still don’t know the origins, the Harlem Shake started as a small skit from a YouTuber named Filthy Frank (10 million views as of this writing) on January 30, 2013. Gangnam Style Meets Torso TV. billion views.

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Health2Sync Founder Ed Deng wants to solve the problems around chronic disease management

AsiaTechDaily

For Health2Sync Founder Ed Deng, keeping diabetes patients with other chronic diseases alive is not enough. In 2013, Ed launched Health2Sync in his home country of Taiwan. “Action is data-driven. ” Ed sees the healthtech market as primed for disruption.

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Alexa von Tobel will join Disrupt 2021 as a Startup Battlefield judge

TechCrunch

Alexa von Tobel, co-founder and managing partner of Inspired Capital, will be joining TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 taking place September 21-23 to help judge the startups competing in Startup Battlefield. She is also the host of “The Founders Project with Alexa von Tobel,” a weekly podcast with Inc.