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. Since its inception in 2014, ROAR has morphed into a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation organization, together with sanctuary services for nonreleasable animals.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Here are four startup myths that hold innovation back. businesses that were started during a recent eight-year period (2007 to 2014). On the other hand, startup founders who fall into the majority can increase creativity and innovation by diversifying their workforce, and doing so as early as possible.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2015

As a user a felt immediately frustrated by this move and said so, in stead wishing that Twitter would win based on innovation. Mark Suster (@msuster) November 7, 2014. The lover of new products & innovation in me was disappointed by Twitter’s actions. They already have home court advantage. YnJM8aeru9.

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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. In mid-2014, Caya started Slidebean. The company then evolved into Saborstudio, a digital marketing consulting agency.

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HPA

JANUARY 8, 2025

HPA led the first round of institutional capital in 2014, providing subsequent capital and strategic support to help drive growth and innovation. This mutual commitment to innovation and sustainability has been central to the company’s journey toward this milestone achievement.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Simply – we believe it’s hypocritical to sit with tech startups every day and talk about the need to innovate while ourselves making no major changes. We don’t lay claim to being the only VC to change or think about the future or to having the only or best strategy.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2023

AMP Robotics , a Denver, Colorado-based startup creating robotic systems that can automatically sort recyclable material, today announced that it extended its Series C round to $99 million, thanks to an investment from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund. Horowitz founded AMP in 2014 after earning his Ph.D. from Caltech.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Upon learning the import of the study, the Citi Foundation announced its first-ever Global Innovation Challenge to address food security. The Foundation’s goal is to help scale the role of nonprofits around the world to support their efforts of developing innovative solutions to improve food security. million meals on behalf of U.S.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

Cathay Innovation is hoping to secure the bag in a new investment partnership with a company that secures crypto assets. Denis Barrier, co-founder of Cathay Innovation Image Credits: Cathay Innovation. Cathay Innovation was the lead investor in that round, which valued Ledger at $1.5 billion, Gauthier said.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2016

We have have been funding agriculture technologies, water conservation, wireless electricity, aquaponics and so forth in addition to our standard investment themes in software, data, video and retail innovation. We are predisposed to backing founders who solve problems in which they have personal knowledge that is authentic.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This achievement highlights their continued commitment to driving innovation and economic growth across Oklahoma and beyond. These investments have made a significant economic impact, creating thousands of jobs and supporting the growth of numerous innovative companies. i2E, Inc., For more information, visit i2E.org and plainsvc.com.

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OurCrowd

JULY 22, 2020

That’s not to say many didn’t see it coming: WHO published a strategic action plan for pandemic influenza in 2007 and in 2014 Bill Gates, representing the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, presented a TED Talk about his anticipation of both a pandemic and societal lack of preparation for such an international medical crisis.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

It freed up Ophir to grow out our sales organization, to work more closely with agencies, to innovate on product and to raise capital. I told Sam that it would pay dividends in spades because he could focus on innovation and not put as much personal time into process & planning. And board confidence matters in growing companies.

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NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Callaghan Innovation’s Deep Tech Incubator Programme has supported nearly half of the innovative deep tech startups founded in Aotearoa over the past 10 years. This can make the innovation journey much longer, and more challenging. times amount of public repayable grant funding. 381M private vs $44m public). 

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Coinbase launched the first in a series of payroll offerings: Proud of the team for continuing to roll out new product innovations at a rapid pace. I wrote about this back in 2014 when I was buying 1.5 Our US customers can now deposit a portion of their paycheck into @Coinbase as crypto or USD. Bitcoin every week.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 7, 2019

Written for EO by Terry Lammers , certified valuation analyst and managing member of Innovative Business Advisors. . Terry Lammers , certified valuation analyst, is managing member of Innovative Business Advisors. After 24 years of raising children, my wife and I will become empty nesters soon.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 25, 2021

Oklahoma’s own Paycom’s culture of innovation sets it apart as an industry pacesetter. Imagine the thousands, or more likely millions, of technology and innovation “dots” that were created and then connected over the last 80-plus years to make that online shopping experience the economic force that it is today. By Scott Meacham.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 22, 2016

I signed up for the half-marathon at the EO Global Leadership Conference in Athens, Greece, in 2014, and I started training on the streets of Delhi. We are young and nimble, and are able to design or innovate pretty quickly. We innovate and constantly improve. EO was the root cause of my awakening. Additionally, 1.25

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The acquisition of Spiers New Technologies is the Oklahoma Innovation Model working at its very best. Dirk Spiers, a visionary of exceptional grit and determination, founded SNT in 2014 in Oklahoma City. The post Oklahoma Innovation Model working at its best with SNT acquisition appeared first on i2E. By Scott Meacham.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Joi Ito’s TED Talk from 2014 remains pertinent and valuable in 2016 – are you working too hard to predict the future of your industry, rather than working in the present and foregoing permission? According to Ito, this model (“deploy, or die”) holds much more possibility for your company.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2021

The Series C was led by Japanese VC firm Incubate Fund, with additional investment from partnerships managed by Innovation Engine, funds managed by SBI Investment Co., Incubate Fund’s investments in ispace stretch back to the company’s seed round in 2014. Ispace’s total funding now stands at $195.5

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

The funding round is led by global banks HSBC and ING, with participation from Sony Innovation Fund by IGV*, SBI Investment, OCS, Global Brain and DG Daiwa Ventures along with existing investors DN Capital, Dawn Capital, IQ Capital and Amex Ventures. with a goal of launching in 10 more countries by the end of 2019.

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Dream It

APRIL 29, 2019

The study looked at 316,244 women whose health insurance switched from a low-deductible plan to a high-deductible plan between 2004 and 2014. Speakers at this year's event include Caroline Savello (VP of Commercial at Color Genomics), Roy Rosin (Chief Innovation Officer at Penn Medicine), and more. months for first biopsy, 6.6

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

The growth funding for the company comes after bootstrapping since 2014, in large part because product managers (PMs) are no longer needed just inside tech companies but have become sought after across almost virtually all industries. It also now counts Google, Facebook, Netflix, Airbnb, PayPal, Uber and Amazon amongst its customers.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Pajani Singah’s company, Amazonia Impact Ventures , was named Top Innovation Winner of the World Economic Forum’s 2021 Tropical Forest Commodities Challenge for protecting the Amazon rainforest and improving the lives of its people through an innovative finance company that works directly with indigenous communities in the rainforests.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

“Through the Startup in Residence program, we want to help nurture our growing technology industry and bring innovative solutions to state government to improve our level of service to the public.”. STiR was created by the City of San Francisco in 2014 to partner with technology startups to develop innovative solutions to civic challenges.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 23, 2023

Register In the swiftly transforming landscape of financial technology (FinTech), Asia stands resolute at the forefront of innovation and entrepreneurial dynamism. These annual gatherings not only exhibit the region’s FinTech prowess but also foster knowledge exchange, networking, and collaborative innovation.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

Started in Chemnitz, Germany in 2014, Staffbase has managed to onboard more than 1,000 clients, including Adidas, Audi, BHP, Deutsche Post DHL, Groupon, Hitachi, Ikea, Johns Hopkins University, McKesson, Paulaner, Suncor, Viessmann and Volvo, among others. Existing investors Insight Partners and e.ventures also participated in the round.

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Revolution

JULY 26, 2021

Shamir sold Simple to BBVA in 2014 and continued to work for the company, further aggravating his frustrations with traditional banking’s slow adoption of technology and ineffective home-grown solutions, which place heavy implementation burdens on innovators in the space?—?from

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2019

What happens when the entrepreneurial spirit and sense of innovation diminish? Perhaps I am an optimist, but I do not see the entrepreneurial spirit or sense of innovation dying out in our country.

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

million adults in the United States experienced a voice problem in 2014. Here’s a look at the companies innovating in this sector: Voiceitt has created Talkitt, which is the world’s first speech recognition technology that understands non-standard speech. Another study estimated that approximately 17.9

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American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 14, 2024

Doing so will not only empower more women in business but also drive broader economic growth and innovation.” The fu ll data set of the 50 U.S.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 16, 2017

In 2014, we saw Heartbleed arrive on the cybersecurity scene. You need to be innovative and creative to come up with security awareness training that educates, engages and enthuses. Take a look at this innovative security awareness video specifically made for CEOs, board members and top management.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

Hundreds of startups dot the landscape, and the amount of money being raised and spent on innovating around the country’s industrial heft is mind-boggling. But Tang wasn’t satisfied and eventually sold ELEX Technology to a publicly listed company for about $400 million in 2014. Tang would walk away with a few important lessons.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 25, 2023

Founded in 2014 by industry veterans Chi-Hua Chien and Eric Kim, Goodwater is the largest venture capital fund focused on consumer tech investments. Besides its traditional investment approach, Goodwater has further introduced innovation by introducing Genesis, a platform that facilitates global seed-stage startup investments.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 15, 2019

Of small businesses started in 2014, only 56 percent survived four years. Figure out whether the market is right for innovation the company isn’t providing. Keep thinking and innovating, but don’t allow yourself to believe that the only path to entrepreneurship involves pushing a boulder uphill.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 6, 2023

echPetHub’s Clemens is Leading Innovation in the Pet Tech Industry I had the pleasure of interviewing Lorien Clemens, co-founder and CEO at PetHub , Inc., Lorien has been honored by Pet Age Magazine as one of the pet industry’s Women of Influence, and she was also named the Pet Industry Network’s 2014 Pet Industry Woman of the Year.

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