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. each with partners as the lead.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The main thrust of the post is that with YouTube taking a 45% of revenue and talent taking 70% of the remaining revenue, YouTube Networks didn’t have sustainable businesses unless they invested heavily in technology as a tool to increase margin and provide defensibility. margin range to more sustainable 50-60% margin businesses.

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Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

Being self-sustainable has given us a new perspective on startup funding, especially compared to what I experienced on my first accelerator run. 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 plan-sort of worked.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

During this era, from 2009–2015, most founders I knew were in it for building great & sustainable companies. WHEN OUR INDUSTRY CHANGED — THE ERA OF THE UNICORN Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures first coined the term Unicorn in 2013, ironically to signal that very few companies ever achieved a $1 billion valuation.

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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 10, 2024

We provide jobs that help drive the economy, give back to local communities , and create sustainability practices that support climate neutrality to make our world a better place. My diagnosis occurred on October 21, 2013, one day after I ran the Detroit Free Press Marathon. Entrepreneurs change the world.

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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Rafael Ilishayev and Yakir Gola, who serve as co-CEOs, founded the company in 2013 while they were students at Drexel University. We believe that the company’s vision and differentiated model drive industry-leading economics and sustainable growth. Available in more than 650 U.S. delivery fee.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Indeed, the California-based company, founded in 2013 by Philip Ross and Sophia Wang, is among a hot trend of companies working with fungus and other plant-based materials to make fabrics for fashion. Meet retail’s new sustainability strategy: Personalization.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

I knew that I should come to a position that help to increase the sustainability and evolution of the ecosystem. I do research on entrepreneurial ecosystems to further understand their composition and provide findings that may help build resilient and sustainable ecosystems. This is some contribution but not enough. Theodoraki, C.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2021

Giving EV batteries a second life for sustainability and profit. Giving EV batteries a second life for sustainability and profit. Standard Energy is expected to create new standards for the global ESS market through its innovative material and design technology with massive manufacturing capabilities.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 24, 2018

An EO member since 2013, Dave is also a former national champion and Olympic Trials finalist swimmer who continues to train and compete at a world-ranked level to sustain his mental and physical endurance. Dave can be reached through fathom.net.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

More posts by this contributor Preparing for fintech’s second decade: 4 moves your firm must make now Over the last decade, fintech has evolved from a label for plucky startups into a sustained movement that has disrupted the traditionally stodgy financial services industry. Below is a picture of what this looked like.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

To tackle the crisis, capital must flood in and even more so than in the past few encouraging years, during which climate tech VC investment increased 40x between 2013 and 2019. The next Jack Dorsey needs to create a new cement or other building material to create sustainable buildings. The moral imperative.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

“For us the calculus was to look at personal care and see what categories need to be reinvented because of sustainability,” said Bloom. “We first invested in Avametric at Initialized in 2013 and he had experience prior to that as well. Other directors include Columbia Care chief executive, Nicholas Vita, and John D.

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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. We aim to provide local news in as many communities as possible in a sustainable way. What is it that excites you about what youre building? What are your future plans for yourstartup?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

That pattern tracks well with data from PwC, which found that 2,700 unique investors had backed 1,200 startups in its State of Climate Tech 2020 report covering the 2013-2019 period. The report found that only 10 firms out of 2,700 made four or more climate tech deals per year, on average, over the 2013-2019 period.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Thakral Corporation is also joined by ENGIE, Rumah Group, the Asia Sustainability Angels, Anurag Srivastava, and the Chief Executive Officer of PropertyGuru, Hari V. BillionBricks was founded in 2013 as a non-profit by architect Prasoon Kumar and venture capitalist Anurag Srivastava to address the global climate and housing crises.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

BCM was founded by Seyi Taylor and Bankole Oluwafemi in 2013. MaC Venture Capital led the round while VC firms Luminate, Unicorn Group, Future Africa, and several angel investors participated. Tomiwa Aladekomo , the company’s CEO, took over from Taylor in 2018.

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GCUC

MARCH 16, 2020

“Nothing, absolutely nothing, can replace face-to-face communication” —Liz Elam, 2013 on stage at GCUC We are going to face some hard months ahead as. The post 7 Reasons COVID-19 Will Not be the Downfall of Coworking appeared first on GCUC Community.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

Since launching in 2013, it has picked up more than 50 million customers and more than 1.5 Technology can and should unlock new pathways for sustainable development and women’s empowerment,” said Stephanie von Friedeburg, IFC senior vice president of Operations, in a statement.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

That organization is actually where the company’s two co-founders James Petrie and Ben Leita met back in 2013 while working as scientists. Nourish have discovered how to do just that in a way that’s sustainable and incredibly tasty, and we couldn’t be happier to join them at this early stage.” .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Ambar was created in 2013 with the ambition to leverage technology to make the civil construction process more efficient. Transforming the construction business to make it more efficient also happens to make it more sustainable. According to the company, it has raised R$360 million in equity funding to date.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Founded in 2013 in Spain, it quickly shot to the top of the charts in a market that has traditionally been slow to embrace e-commerce over more traditional brick-and-mortar retail. In both cases, there has been a push for more sustainability, with people putting less waste into the world by recycling and upcycling goods instead.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

. “Color has built a strong, sustainable, and profitable business that can scale alongside the myriad of health challenges the U.S. ” Laraki co-founded Color in 2013 based on his own experience. faces,” said Color CFO Mike Herring.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Founded in 2013 and based in Redwood City, California, MOLOCO has now raised $200 million in total. Before launching MOLOCO, Ahn was a machine learning engineer at YouTube from 2008 to 2010, then Android from 2010 to 2013.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

While others like Apple have also built out recurring services businesses based around its hardware, this was an especially important milestone for reMarkable, which has only released two devices since being founded in 2013 and touts that you do not need to buy a new device for at least 10 years when you buy one.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Today , the acute asthma attack of a primary school-aged girl in February 2013 was ruled by a U.K. There is a real opportunity for humanity to rethink how we use the physical world with sustainability in mind as well as making the design of workplaces better for people using them.”. court to be due to air pollution.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Since 2013, Shopify GMV has 10xed from $1.6B Shopify has been able to sustain a greater than 90% growth rate for each of the last four years. How are they able to sustain more efficient growth as they scale? The merchant population has nearly doubled to 201,000 from 120,000. This is unprecedented.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The company began in 2013 when then-med students Saud Siddiqui and Andrew Berg were in desperate need of a better study solution for microbiology. So the real trigger for today’s fundraise wasn’t COVID-19 momentum, but instead, a push to capitalize its sustained growth into more digital curriculum verticals. The story.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 24, 2016

Winning just to win, no matter the cost, cannot bring sustained joy. Doug is also an EMP graduate, Class of 2013. I learned that from Aristotle to Aquinas to Ben Franklin, one of the keys to happiness was striving to live a virtuous life. I also learned bad things can happen to good people but not without a meaningful reason.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

In 2013, he flirted with an idea for a platform that could help people pay for songs on their phones. It’s an ecosystem that keeps feeding itself and growing to the point where it’s sustainable.”. Like Mr Eazi, the songwriter, well-known within the Lagos party scene with hit singles like “Tungba,” grew up interested in tech.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Notably the largest sustainable aquaculture fund globally, with over 300 investors in over 25 countries, Aqua-Spark has grown the amount under their management (AUM) to over 450 million euro since its inception in 2013. Aqua-Spark is a leader in sustainable aquaculture with a proven track record.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Founded in 2013 by Rockson , Daniel Shoukimas and James Finucane , mPharma is one of the well-funded startups across Africa raising over $50 million since inception, this includes a Series C round of $17 million, led by UK’s development arm CDC Group, it received last year. “If

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Founded in 2013 by Markus Villig, the tech firm, which has operations in 45 countries – including seven in Africa – runs a gamut of services comprising ride-hailing, car, scooter and bike rentals, food delivery, and recently grocery delivery, fashioning itself as a transport and deliveries company.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

PV Grows A collaborative network dedicated to enhancing the ecological and economic sustainability and vitality of the Pioneer Valley food system. 2013 and Before Optasite Optasite is engaged in the acquisition and development of telecommunications tower sites in the United States.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

Third, and finally, he thinks that strong business incentives and for-profit businesses specifically are the most sustainable way to make impact last — not nonprofits or government organizations. The startup also recently graduated from the Pear accelerator , a program put together by the 2013-founded seed-stage venture firm.

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