NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Maria King’s governance career has focused on supporting and building innovative new businesses, so when she undertook the Institute of Directors ’ Advanced Directors Course (ADC) , she was delighted to see a section on startup governance included. In 2013, she sold her business and decided to get “more involved in governance”.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Once with Docracy, once with a super cool company launching in the first quarter of 2013.). It was all there--and you could say that we really didn't get much feature or purpose innovation after that for a long time. I can't take credit for this meme, even though I've already invested in it.twice.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

The initial idea was born in 2013 but was not officially registered as a business until 2020 because she faced hardships launching the STEM Builders Learning Hub and finding tutors.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 19, 2020

Rosario Diaz Garavito, the founder of The Millennials Movement , didn’t look to be labeled as an entrepreneur and a leader in her community when she began her small social media movement promoting youth volunteerism in 2013. When she returned to Peru in 2013, she launched The Millennials Movement and began offering resources on volunteerism.

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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.” How little we all knew how ironic that term would become but has nonetheless endured. Ten years on much has changed.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

And with the three C’s driving many of today’s startups, with the Infrastructure & Web Services largely built and with founders raising smaller pools of capital and wanting to live where they want to live I believe it will continue to push innovation nationally.

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UBI Global

MARCH 19, 2021

What you need to know about the next World Benchmark Study Since 2013, UBI Global has conducted the World Benchmark Study, an analysis of the impact and performance of hundreds of business incubators and accelerators from around the world.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 4, 2022

When Qualtrics was acquired by SAP for $8 billion, the city saw itself more authentically as a seedbed of innovation. Distant skeptics also took note, and the belief that “innovation can happen here” proliferated. I saw the impact of an innovation cluster firsthand when my company, AOL, went public in 1992.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

Technology innovation doesn’t occur in a vacuum. Our lease runs out in 2013. In addition to higher rents many cities impose city taxes on local businesses. It’s clearly a complex topic without black-and-white answers. Fred Wilson ponders this in his post “ Cause and Effect ”. It happens in a dialog with society.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

This public-private partnership is part of the State Department’s Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative to increase innovation around the world, and was launched today at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Morocco. This critical resource could not come at a more pressing time.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

I had one of the biggest mental breakthroughs about what I want to do differently at GRP Partners in 2013. I want to make sure that my sixth year as a VC doesn’t just become an automatic continuation of what I’ve done in my first 5 years. I don’t want to be on autopilot. I know, I’m weird.

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Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

In November 2012 Caya was selected as one of 40-Under-40 Costa Rican innovators, and he was a featured speaker on the 2013 TEDx PuraVida Conference. The company then evolved into Saborstudio, a digital marketing consulting agency. In mid-2014, Caya started Slidebean.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Much has been written about the success of fintech and how this wave of technological innovation has changed consumers’ lives. Over the last decade, many once-promising innovations failed and did not live up to expectations. Screenshot of buy/sell/hold recommendations on FutureAdvisor from 2013.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

Final le web london (june 2013) from Mark Suster. I believe that market conditions drive innovation as much as great entrepreneurs do. And it was convenient for me because we also held our annual London board meeting of DataSift , who helps companies processes and analyze large volumes of social plus enterprise data in realtime.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Hickey said the investment from THL will further accelerate their growth through product innovation and continue investment in their partner ecosystem, thus enabling them to scale with their customers and help even more brands deliver exceptional content experiences. It is also serving 1.7 It is also serving 1.7

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Register The Ministry of Science and ICT changed the name of K-ICT Born2Global Center, a public institution under the Association for the Advancement of Information and Communications (KAIT), to ‘Global Digital Innovation Network (hereinafter GDIN)’, and held the “GDIN Opening Ceremony” at Pangyo Startup Campus on September 7.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

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. As such, though challenging, I’m finding innovative ways of engaging stakeholders and donors to fund the cause.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Israel’s startup funding is climbing at a strong pace as tech companies raise $2.24B in Q3 , the most raised in Israel in any quarter since 2013. My thoughts on Crowdfunding, Beyond Meat, Impact Investments, Innovation Ecosystems and the “Israeli Special Sauce”. HR Recruiter for BioCatch (Israel).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

This is classic “Innovator’s Dilemma” market conditions. My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share). Production costs have fallen more than 90%. Distribution costs have, too.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

He was running to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles and he outlined his vision to “open up the city government to technology and innovation” if he were elected. Snap, Riot Games, Tinder, SpaceX and on and on — these are great things for LA as is every new VC fund launching in LA to create the next big innovation. And this is true.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 13, 2020

From 2011 to 2013, he worked with Microsoft to distribute PCs to hard-hit areas. The disaster left nearly 16,000 people dead and 2,500 missing. While Saito avoided danger that day, he saw the devastating impact firsthand and recognized the experience as his call to service. A Direct Avenue for Making a Difference.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 16, 2025

We started franchising in 2013 and today have 95+ franchised TAPinto local news and digital marketing platforms serving more than 135 communities. I started getting more and more requests to expand to other communities but could not do any more local news sites myself. What is it that excites you about what youre building?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%).

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 18, 2019

When USV invested in Coinbase in early 2013, our rationale was that digital currencies and digital assets (like Bitcoin and beyond) were a breakthrough technology, similar to TCP/IP, HTTP and SMTP. We will advocate for those things that USV values most: openness, transparency, decentralization, and permissionless innovation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Together with fellow EO Johannesburg member Ryan Harrison , she founded SPARK Schools in South Africa in 2013. Stacey Brewer’s journey is marked by a passion for giving back. “W e’ve always been passionate about giving back to a country that has given us so much over the years,” says Stacey.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The future of TV will follow the rule of Deflationary Economics as I outline influenced by the book The Innovator’s Dilemma. 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. million views).

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Gust

MARCH 23, 2014

In fact, damage to reputation and brand has moved up to #4 from #6 in the Top 10 risks identified in Aon’s 2013 Global Risk Management Risk Ranking , moving ahead of business interruption and failure to innovate to meet customer needs in 2011.

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Onevest

MARCH 19, 2015

Title II was not instituted until September 2013, a little more than a year after the SEC's deadline assigned by Congress. In October 2013, a month after enacting Title II, the SEC reviewed around 585 pages of equity crowdfunding laws applicable to Title III. Still, the bureaucracy is moving ahead at a snail's pace.

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Gust

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Patents have become a tax on innovation. Until mid-2013, the USPTO still operated on the doctrine of “first to invent,” rather than first to patent. Even after your application is accepted, the issuing process takes a lifetime in today’s technology (4-5 years). Then you need to repeat the process for every country of interest.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Valour, a Zug, Switzerland-based issuer of investment products, brought in Biggs, the former Private Banking Global Head of Innovation for HSBC, as CEO after recently launching Bitcoin Zero , a fee-free, digital asset ETP product that trades on the NGM stock exchange. Tesla buys $1.5B

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Onevest

APRIL 27, 2015

The South African native along with his brother Shaun, launched Bohemian Guitars on Kickstarter in June of 2013. Inspired by the innovativeness of the local musicians in South Africa, Bohemian Guitars are constructed using old oil cans and recyclable materials. Just ask Adam Lee, co-founder of Bohemian Guitars.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 25, 2023

According to a recent Standard Chartered Bank survey , Singapore is becoming an increasingly popular place for companies to establish regional headquarters, sales and marketing offices, R&D and innovation centers. Moreover, 80% of firms in the survey ranked Singapore as the ideal destination for expanding operations.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Puffco was founded by Roger Volodarsky in 2013 and is still held privately. Earlier this year the company unveiled a novel battery-powered dabbing tool that features a ceramic tip that quickly heats, causing the concentrate to slide off. The company says it’s on track to hit $100 million in revenue in 2021.

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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. Through constant innovation, the company has introduced new integrated services for payment, shipping, and tracking. This morning, the Austin-based company raised its initial public offering.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

Founded in 2013, Dataiku is used by data scientists, but also designed for business analysts and other people with less technical backgrounds. The acceleration of B2B AI innovation has begun. New investors included Insight Partners, Eurazeo, Lightrock and Olivier Pomel, the chief executive of Datadog. Enterprise AI 2.0:

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Traditional studios have suffered from The Innovator’s Dilemma. I know it should go without saying that in 2013 you should be thinking about building a global business. That is the definition of Disruptive Technology. So what happens when production is reduced by 99% and distribution bends to infinity? Build a Global Business.

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