Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 1, 2024

For high-performance entrepreneurs, retreats are remarkably powerful tools — and the best ones can offer a significant transformative power to entrepreneurs who are seeking sustained success. I couldn’t remember the last time I had the opportunity to be so selfish!

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 8, 2017

This is an e-mail I got from Amanda Weeks in February 2014, and the beginning of a two and a half year journey that culminated with Brooklyn Bridge Ventures leading a pre-seed round for Industrial Organic that kicked off about a year ago. "Hi Charlie, I've requested a meeting with you during the first week of March.

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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. billion people, combined with little or no environmental consciousness, spells a large opportunity in India. EO was the root cause of my awakening. One evening, I developed a wheeze.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Existing investors, including co-founder of Facebook Dustin Moskovitz, Peter Thiel’s Mithril Capital and notable sustainable tech investor Capricorn Investment Group also participated in the round. million round back in 2014 , when the company said it would be able to get net power generation of fusion up and running within three years.

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

5000 for six years and has won the Entrepreneur 360 award three times, underscoring its sustained growth and excellence. We started Lemonlight in 2014 at a time when the industry was inefficient and outdated, and I knew there was a better way. Lemonlight has been celebrated in Inc. Thank you so much for joiningus!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Founded in 2014, Rohlik’s funding comes at an interesting and key moment in the online grocery business, in Europe and beyond. The opportunity for a company like Rohlik is to export its model to more countries that have similar market dynamics to those it already serves. We understand from sources it is around $600 million.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

But Tang wasn’t satisfied and eventually sold ELEX Technology to a publicly listed company for about $400 million in 2014. He soon set up his own investment fund, Challenjers Capital , convinced that the next big tech opportunity in China was in tech’s application to everyday consumer products. The China opportunity.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Though some businesses may never be truly sustainable, a venture firm in Seoul argues that emerging climate-tech startups will help big manufacturers do better overall. Sopoong was launched in 2008 by Jaewoong Lee , who co-founded South Korea’s largest internet portal operator Daum Communication, which merged with Kakao in 2014.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

“We entered this market because we saw a real opportunity to guarantee and deliver quality furniture. MoKo was founded in 2014, initially as Watervale Investment Limited, an entity that sought to fix raw material supply issues for furniture manufacturers. We were impressed by MoKo’s climate friendly local production capabilities.

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Hunter Walk

MAY 17, 2024

If 2024 Kieran could whisper something into the ear of 2014 Kieran, what would you have told her about the difference between leading a team vs leading a company? If I could give 2014 Kieran one piece of advice from 2024 Kieran, it would be to center this much more explicitly in how I approached my job as CEO.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

Founded in 2014, Everli lets customers order from local supermarkets for delivery. FITEC (part of Fondo Italiano d’Investimento), 360 Capital, Innogest, and DIP also followed on. Everli, formerly called Supermercato24, says it will use the injection of capital to accelerate growth and further expand its international footprint.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

It is also our view that the current economic conditions create a unique opportunity for venture capital funds holding dry powder to earn significant returns, as was the case for VCs that deployed in the 2010-2014 time period. Scenario 1: Additional pain before recovery. ” This implies a period of lower range-bound U.S.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

It is also a competition that provides the opportunity for start-ups to grow and has been doing so since 2017. Subsequently, it provides an opportunity for sustainable growth of minority small businesses that are underfunded. The grant opportunities on their websites are posted by twelve different federal agencies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

However, Tiger Global limited its activity in Africa from 2009 to 2014. And the bets from Tiger Global — and other investors such as Goldman Sachs, which backed Jumia in 2014, and Kinnevik AB, a Swedish firm that invested in IROKO and Konga — was that they would become big winners in the next 10 years.

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Unveiling the Vision: Founder Martins Zemitis on Revolutionizing the Wooden Bicycle Industry with Materia Bikes I had the pleasure of interviewing Martins Zemitis, the founder of Materia Bikes , a Latvian-based startup that is revolutionizing the wooden bicycle industry with its state-of-the-art craftsmanship and commitment to sustainability.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Twiga starts commercial farming, looking to guarantee quality, sustain supply. The company says it plans to create 1,000 opportunities through the agent model by the end of next year’s first quarter. This transition creates an opportunity for entrepreneurship open to former sales agents and the general public.

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Sales tech changes, but at the very heart – sales is about building positive relationships that sustain your business. Since forming in 2014, were excited to be part of the sales growth story for more than 50 businesses. Its no wonder opportunities stall, and buyers refuse to budge. Add seasonal peaks and troughs.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

As evidence of that, the firm led Credit Karma’s Series A in 2009; led Remitly’s Series A in 2014 and participated in Nubank’s Series A in 2014. It’s not a secret that the market’s hot, and opportunities move quickly in this type of environment,” he told TechCrunch. “We

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Impact Hub

JUNE 11, 2019

In 2014, some friends came together with a vision for a community workspace. Many of our events and programming are focused on our impact areas: sustainability, education, and innovation. Member organization Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii Director Rafael Bergstrom at our Sustainable Development Goals event.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 4, 2021

Q: In preparing for our interview, I loved reading about how you want to give more power and opportunities to women, who carry the burden of day-to-day work but are under-recognised. In the long run, this wasn’t a sustainable path. All adapted garments available around 2011-2014 were very poorly designed and not fashionable at all!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

When Andela launched in 2014, it built hubs in Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda to source, vet and train engineers to be part of remote teams for international companies. However , after noticing that this model wasn’t sustainable, it began to make changes. ” Andela CEO confirms staff cuts as layoffs hit African tech.

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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. Precision Ventures Precision Ventures identifies market opportunities and delivers complete concept solutions to brand-name global manufacturers.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

OurCrowd was an early investor in BioCatch in 2014 and invested in the recent $168M lead by Bain Capital. We are pleased to work with mPrest to help advance and support the industry’s commitment to sustainability and a goal of zero emissions,” says Darryl Willis , vice president of Energy at Microsoft Corp.? Job Vacancies.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

The Dan River Region Ecosystem Development Project as a promising sign for the sustainable future of Ecosystem Building… . This advanced approach and active involvement in the ecosystem building process is why I accepted the opportunity as the Principal Coordinator of the DRREE. So far it is looking very promising… stay tuned!

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 7, 2020

Company CEO, Paige Johnson, a noted research chemist and nanotechnology inventor, founded Ten-Nine Technologies in 2014 to develop new materials for emerging economies. Batteries are a foundational technology of modern life, but have not kept pace with other innovations in sustainable energy and advanced electronics.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

By sharing their journeys, our goal is to boost awareness and promote the adoption of a circular economy in Armenia, catalysing a transformative shift toward sustainability. This contribution aims to foster a more sustainable and circular economy, making a lasting and positive impact on the world.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The partnership between AP&E and Pii brings this mobile charger to market, as well as bringing a full suite of advanced charging and power solutions that are focused on sustainability and energy efficiency.

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StartupNation

APRIL 22, 2021

While the purpose of B Corp certification is to drive outcomes beyond the bottom line, it creates business opportunities, as well. For many consumers, whether or not a business acts in a way that’s sustainable is a big factor in whether or not they’ll support that business over others. The growing business case for doing things better.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

Instant purchase and delivery of food and other essentials was one of the big bubbles of opportunity in the world of e-commerce in the last year, with dozens of startups big and small emerging and scooping up funding to build out businesses to bring items like groceries, toilet paper and Tylenol to people’s doors in 30 minutes or less.

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Feedough

APRIL 9, 2021

Its meteoric rise paved the way for multiple funding opportunities. million fund invested by six leading investors in 2014. Users can maximize their savings by receiving prompts and notifications that provide additional saving opportunities like free shipping. In the seed funding stage alone, Honey raised a $1.8 Smart Purchases.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 2, 2016

Cloud computing, which encompasses the infrastructure products used by developers to build services, has remained flat at 4% over the past five years despite some recent declines in 2013 and 2014. Despite embracing combination hardware software companies at IPO, the public markets have not sustained high multiples for these businesses.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Consequently, there are many huge opportunities for entrepreneurs to seize. Second, the capital startups require to pursue those opportunities is plentiful. 2014 will be the third largest year in VC fundraising since 2000. For example, in January 2014, the public markets priced SaaS companies at 8x forward revenue.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2021

Quality of life (personal health, sustainability, proptech, transportation). “As the weeks following the initial shelter-in-place orders ticked by, the rush toward digital grew exponentially, and opportunities to secure new customers started piling up,” Ciabarra writes. Market analysis of different tech sectors.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

virtual events platform Hopin serves as another example, rising from a seed-stage upstart at the pandemic’s outset to become a $6 billion juggernaut in just 12 months — before laying off a huge chunk of its staff in pursuit of more sustainable growth. since it officially moved there in 2014 , its desire to relocate to the U.S.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 14, 2019

Casper is a directto-consumer sleep brand that broke onto the scene in 2014 with a re-designed, high quality mattress that shipped directly to consumers’ doors. Buyers now expect stores to offer an opportunity to connect with a brand in a way that is relational rather than purely transactional. “A Sustainability and Transparency.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

“Last week’s event showcased the growing diversity in New Jersey’s innovation sectors and is a tremendous step toward ensuring every entrepreneur has equitable access to opportunities and funding,” said NJEDA Chief Economic Transformation Officer Kathleen Coviello.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

Nearly a year after the agency announced that SpaceX beat out competitors (including Blue Origin and Boeing) for the opportunity, the agency said it would be opening competition for a second lunar lander under a new contract called Sustaining Lunar Development. The heavy-lift rocket has been under development since 2014. (H/T

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