A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

Period, full-stop. And everyone else at WP Engine would tell you the same thing. So to everyone at WP Engine, let me repeat the message from one year ago: Look what we did !

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Although women make up 47% of the US workforce, in 2015, they held only 25% of computing jobs — in a time when tech is booming and has been for decades. You could even pursue a leadership role. A lack of strong female representation creates a vicious circle that maintains the status quo. Career progression. Something for everyone.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 31, 2020

At the beginning of 2015, I started a “figure-it-out fund” and used a percentage of Accessories & Essentials’ sales over the next few months to finance it. I booked my first two coaching clients five months later — exactly a month shy of running out of savings.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

Invoca had grown steadily and consistently since 2009 and by 2015 SaaS companies with scale had become hot – trading at a median of 7.3x So we brought in experience hand Mark Woodward who had taken 2 companies public and had a storied sales leadership turned CEO career where he learned in academy-rich Oracle.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2015

Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) November 22, 2015. And at just the right moment when my head was about to explode Twitter came to the rescue. Remember, it’s better to create something and be criticised than to create nothing and criticise others. Or I guess more appropriately Ricky Gervais came to the rescue with his Tweet.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Between 2010 and 2015, Evernote raised hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital from investors including Sequoia, Meritech Capital and Japanese media company Nikkei. Evernote’s chief operating officer, appointed in June 2015, left after just a few months. This proved to be a winning strategy — at least at first.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 21, 2023

Along with the rise of mission-driven leadership comes an abundance of business movements centered around purpose: Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Benefit Corporation (B Corp) certification and many more. I interviewed Nathan about his work with BIGGBY COFFEE to learn more.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 16, 2017

In April 2017 at EO’s Global Leadership Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Cameron Madill was named EO’s Global Citizen of the Year. For me, this entire project grew out of an impulsive decision to volunteer for a week in a refugee prison back in June 2015. with a goal of growing from three sites to more than 100 by the end of 2018.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 3, 2020

He is known for his leadership in business and charitable pursuits. Since October 2015, we’ve fed approximately 50,000 people. We recently spoke with Chiranjiv Patel (pictured at left) to learn more. Patel is the managing director and vice chairman of P.C. Snehal Group , a construction company based in Ahmedabad, India.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 19, 2020

By the end of 2015, the movement had over 200 volunteers focused on engaging citizens in the local development processes of their communities. “In When she returned to Peru in 2013, she launched The Millennials Movement and began offering resources on volunteerism.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 25, 2021

I moved back to El Salvador and started working toward my own dream at the end of 2015 with Masshii and started inspiring others to do the same. Since then, I worked independently importing containers from China to Central America and started projects fulfilling other people’s dreams. What is the mission of Masshii? .

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 18, 2020

TransWave has come a long way since its formation in 2015. Equality for All Foundation Jamaica Ltd (J-FLAG) provided support to get TransWave Jamaica running and they held their first campaign in 2015. “We I saw the need to provide space not only for myself, but for other young trans leaders to emerge,” says Neish.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

AUGUST 25, 2020

In 2015, she was able to merge these two passions together to create her company, Beleaf. By Angie Garozzo. 2018 YLAI Fellow Cinthya Andino is most passionate about design and about protecting the environment.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 20, 2015

Congratulations to the 2015 EO Leadership Academy Graduates! We would like to congratulate the EO Leadership Academy Class of 2015! The post 20 Leadership Academy Graduates in 2015 appeared first on THE BLOG. Twenty member leaders congregated from 1-5 November in Washington, DC.,

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Cashfree kickstarted its journey in 2015 as a solution for restaurants in Bangalore that needed an efficient way for their delivery personnel to collect cash from customers. The new round brings the startup’s to-date raise to $42 million. Akash Sinha and Reeju Datta, the founders of Cashfree, did not have any prior experience with payments.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

In 2015, the Slaters sold the legacy to explore other endeavors. How has your EO experience impacted your entrepreneurial journey and leadership style? I feel like we’ve both become much more confident in our leadership styles. Blue Moon Pizza grew from 10 employees to five locations across Atlanta and into Florida.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

It was first acquired by Bitfury in 2015 after building a two-phase immersion cooling 500kW data center in Hong Kong, that purportedly cut energy consumption by 95% versus traditional air cooling technologies. and research and development in Hong Kong, according to a statement. billion last year.

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Revolution

JUNE 15, 2023

Our partnership with CAVA began in 2015, when the Mediterranean fast-casual chain had just a dozen locations in D.C., The approach to geographic expansion was unorthodox, to say the least, and required leadership, partners, and investors to lean in to make the move work. Now their company is trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Jack Zhang, the co-founder and CEO of Airwallex, said that their investment in building a senior leadership team demonstrates their continued confidence and commitment to grow their business in APAC and globally. Airwallex continues to scale to new heights.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Founded by Rose Goslinga and Thomas Njeru in 2015, Pula delivers agricultural insurance and digital products to help smallholder farmers navigate climate risks, improve their farming practices and bolster their incomes over time. The pair both act as co-CEOs. “With our latest funding, now is the time to break into new ground.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 28, 2015

#EOlooksback at 2015 … On the 28th day of December, we celebrate the number of years EO has existed! Since 1987, EO has been transforming the lives of the entrepreneurs who transform the world. The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is a Global business network of 11,000+ leading entrepreneurs in 153 chapters and 48 countries.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 28, 2024

She is the co-founder of the School of Leadership Afghanistan. French Gates executes her vision through Pivo tal which she established in 2015 to fund and advance social progress through venture capital investments, philanthropic grantmaking, advocacy funding, and partnerships.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

A recent study by Deloitte showed that 44% of all Millennials would be willing to leave their current employer due to a perceived lack of leadership-skill development and feelings of being overlooked, compounded by larger issues around work/life balance, the desire for flexibility, and a conflict of values vi.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 4, 2018

In 2015, inspired by Elon Musk and the story of Tesla, Steve was searching for a way to shore up his personal and professional commitment to being the change he wanted to see in the world. And that’s due in no small part to the work of Vanderbilt Financial CEO and EO New York Chapter President Steve Distante.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Instrumental was launched by two former Apple mechanical engineers in 2015. She said they also built a diverse leadership team, which can help attract more diverse candidates, something she said she certainly noticed when she was working as an engineer.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 30, 2019

Mostly because it’s more difficult to lead an organization than ever before, due to a confluence of leadership trends and external factors. It’s not easy: in 2015, the company received nearly 300,000 applications, interviewed more than 100,000 candidates, and hired less than 7,000 employees (roughly two percent of all applicants).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

and moved to San Francisco in 2020, was co-founded by Andrew Butt and Denys Shortt in 2015 but launched fully in 2016. leadership team,” he added. Including the new round, the company has raised a total of $62 million, which includes a $13 million Series A raised in 2020. The company, which started in the U.K.

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abovethecrowd.com

JANUARY 30, 2015

As we turn the page to 2015, Uber has a new BHAG, and it’s name is UberPool. In order for Uber to serve everyone it is critical that Uber not only achieve price leadership, but that the company continually search for new ways to deliver transportation at lower and lower price points. UberPool leverages Uber’s leadership position.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Acrew Capital , founded by Theresia Gouw, Lauren Kolodny, Mark Kraynak, Asad Khaliq and Vishal Lugani in 2019 Amplifyher Ventures : founded by Tricia Black, General Partner, the focuses on diverse leadership teams with a unique ability to create flywheel effects of growth in new markets. Secretary of Commerce.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

Chaitanya Peddi, Jayant Paleti and Rohit Chennamaneni (l-r) co-founded Darwinbox in late 2015. I am delighted to back an outstanding team that is doing exactly that in a highly impactful, fast-evolving HR technology space and partner with them on their journey to global HCM leadership.”. Image Credits: Darwinbox.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 29, 2019

Kolb & Wagner, 2015).The Personal strengths and weaknesses are hugely relevant to each individuals journey to effective entrepreneurial leadership. The only difference between a psychopath in prison and a psychopath in business leadership is the individual’s propensity towards violence.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

An achievement I am deeply proud of as I hand over the reins of leadership to the amazing leader Tatiana Glad and shift to the Board of the organisation to help with larger-scale partnerships and influence through social entrepreneurship policy. Global leadership pioneering meetings. First Unlikely Allies Event, Cluj-Napoca 2015.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Fin was founded in 2015 by Andrew Kortina, co-founder of Venmo, and Facebook’s former VP of product and Slow Ventures partner Sam Lessin. Now with leadership and people in place, Cummack said the company is positioned to scale, though it already had a huge head start in terms of a meaningful business. Productivity startup Time is Ltd.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

An engineer by trade — Rangasaye was the COO at Groq and once headed product planning at Altera, which Intel acquired in 2015 — he says that he was motivated to start Sima.ai Sima.ai’s unique architecture, market understanding and world-class team has put them in a leadership position.” “I founded Sima.ai

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

When Brian Schiff, Sam Krut and Jacob Cooper founded the company in 2015, they were still undergraduates at Cornell University and it was initially an Uber-like social transportation app to help people find rides on college campuses where the transportation giant wasn’t operating. The funding round he refers to is $6.5

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 23, 2024

I love seeing founders mature in their leadership, finding themselves in the process. The broader tech media landscape that started to cover global technology and Asian startups closely starting in 2015. I love seeing a startup grow from a dream to a global phenomenon. I love seeing hope in someone’s eyes. So what’s the announcement?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The latest round brings its total venture funding to $53 million since its founding in 2015. The Chicago-based company, formerly known as WatchTower, raised $8 million for its Series A round in January 2021. ThreeFlow’s deep relationships with brokers and carriers provide it with a trove of data it plans to leverage. “We

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