TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

Founded in 2016, Roami sprung from King-Geovanis’s belief that travelers should not be forced to choose between two flawed options: cramped and expensive hotel rooms or inconsistent and unpredictable vacation rentals. . ” Roami takes on Airbnb with creativity, grit and $14M by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Innovators Hernann Zabala Naoumov, 2018 YLAI Fellow, and Antonio Mendoza, 2016 YLAI Fellow, co-founded EnerGea , a social enterprise aimed at increasing energy efficiency and reducing pollution and energy consumption through sustainable technology. Hernann’s advice to network members is to “believe in what you are doing and be creative.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

According to the National Science Foundation , women earned only 19% of computer science degrees in 2016. In 2016, 31% of CS masters degrees were granted to women, up from 28% in 1997. STEM careers are all about solving problems and being creative. Fewer women obtaining CS degrees means fewer women becoming software developers.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 30, 2020

2016 YLAI Fellow Marco Mendieta is working hard to develop the small business community of Ecuador and regenerate the economy following the devastating earthquake of 2016. You have to get creative and innovative while adapting to any challenge. By Jewelle Saunders.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Creativity requires a clear mind. Our “monk on the mountain” suggested that most of us have a lot of junk in our minds that needs to be cleaned out so we can access our creativity. Note that your conscious mind can’t get to your creative mind without going through your subconscious. May the force be with you.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 2, 2021

There are many creative and engaging ways to teach life lessons outside of the classroom ?even Since 2016, not one US state has added personal finance to its K-12 standards. How we acquire, use and manage our money are largely influenced by the information we received from our parents during childhood.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 16, 2017

In 2016, with 10 to 15 volunteers a week, our team represented 30,000 refugee mothers and children, securing the release of 99.9% I think business can be such a powerful and creative force for good in our world. Past winners of EO’s Global Citizen Award include Manny Padda in 2016 and Sri Bharatam in 2015.

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Revolution

JANUARY 19, 2021

One characteristic I have discovered and tracked with fascination since 2016?—?in Silicon X Syndrome So if cities are like startups, what “startup-ish” characteristics might they exhibit? And that’s a good thing. That difference?—?the the unique DNA of each city?—?is is core to its competitive advantage.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2016

But if you’re not on FB in 2016 you’re crazy. It requires too many creative skills including writers, actors, special effects, set designers, sound engineers, editors, make-up artists, costume designers, graphic artists and on and on, which is why LA has become such a hub for online video. It’s both / and.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In addition to the financing, Splice also nabbed Kakul Srivastava, the vice president of Adobe Creative Cloud Experience and Engagement as a director for its board. Steve Martocci at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2016. Splice is also pleased to announce that Kakul Srivastava has joined the company’s board. Image Credits: Getty Images.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Data from the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance highlights a staggering 605% increase in Sustainably-Themed Investing in 2020 compared to 2016. Simultaneously, Kim Sang-mi provided a fresh perspective on leveraging art and creativity for social impact.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

When the autonomous car company Cruise got quickly snapped up by GM in 2016 jaws dropped at the $1b+ reported price (we were small investors in Cruise). So they bit hard and moved to a largely subscription Creative Cloud model. But they lacked the ongoing reoccurring revenue stream of a SaaS company. And it, well, worked.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

for the March 2016 issue of Octane magazine. Some people don’t see themselves as creative and don’t know how they can be “innovative.” … Read the rest of Victoria’s story in the March 2016 issue of Octane magazine. This article was written by Victoria Bondoc, founder of Gemini Industries Inc. ,

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 13, 2017

These two instincts collided for me on 20 April, 2016, when my wife delivered a clever knock-knock joke to inform me that I would soon be a dad. Would a more restricted routine stifle my creativity? I was apprehensive that imposing routine on my life would eliminate the creative aspects of work that I love.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Braid, a group-financing platform, is trying to make transactions work for various entities, from shared households to side hustles to creative projects. Image Credits: Paper Boat Creative (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. The company’s primary backer was Lore, who sold his company Jet.com to Walmart in 2016 for $3.3

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

Amazon’s first foray into the world of accelerator programs, designed to help early-stage startups build and launch, was focused on conversational AI back in 2016. Generative AI, says Rob Ferguson, AWS’ Global Head of AI/ML Startups, has unlocked new developments and creativity. As for why now, isn’t it obvious?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

A group of former Microsoft executives and engineers — Anoop Gupta , Aravind Bala , John Tippett , Vikas Manocha — founded SeekOut in 2016. Enter SeekOut — a startup that is out to give companies no excuses with its AI-powered platform.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

The seed round follows a $620,000 angel and pre-seed round BCM raised between 2016 and 2020, bringing its total funding to over $2.9 The publication, launched in 2016, creates and curates content around African youth culture for Gen Zs and millennials within and outside Africa. The Big Cabal Media team.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Spectators were treated to a display of creativity and ingenuity as the teams competed in friendly yet fiercely competitive matches, showcasing the versatility and potential of robotics technology. While two of the teams advanced to the semi-finals, all returned home with valuable insights to enhance their performance before the next event.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 16, 2017

Shodan, which is like a Google for Internet-connected devices—recently said a search performed in January 2016 identified close to 200,000 Internet-connected devices that are still susceptible to the three-year old Heartbleed vulnerability. Well…surprise! A bored employee doesn’t learn. An unengaged employee doesn’t care.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

” Troops was founded in 2016 by Reich, Scott Britton and Greg Ratner, who sought to streamline the process of by pulling and pushing customer relationship management data in Salesforce by using Slack as a conduit.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 24, 2023

Register Mark & Company, led by CEO Kyungpyo Hong, has announced the establishment and management of a new venture investment fund in partnership with Yoonmin Creative Investment Foundation, chaired by Minseop Sung. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

From that frenetic creativity came the company’s distinctive mascot: a childish and rebellious evergreen-colored owl named Duo. Angry Birds was no longer the only popular game on mobile, and video games generally were getting more engaging, with in-app currencies, progress bars and an experience that felt creatively addictive.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Rick narrated his journey to this collaboration in a recent TEDx talk , sharing stories of participants, how they’re embracing their unique creative processes and the difference they’re making in the world around them. I hope to launch the company in Australia in 2016. Who has been your greatest mentor and why?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

APRIL 5, 2021

According to a recent Hubspot report , 86% of businesses use video as a marketing tool, up from 61% just five years ago in 2016. As the digital space becomes even more cluttered than it was before, small businesses will need to find ways to cut through the noise and reach consumers.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 19, 2023

They reached a collaborative agreement to establish a “Self-Driving Demonstration Complex” and position Pangyo Zero City as a self-driving pilot city.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Rec Room has been around for just five years (launched in 2016 in Seattle), and it has — at least for now — avoided the fast-rise/precipitous fall that has characterized so many other social gaming hits.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

At the recent Creative Technologist conference organized by venture capital fund Baukunst , Salguero shared that the company has seen $600 million worth of revenue without taking a penny of external investment and talked about some of the lessons he learned along the way. . . From there, the company has continued to grow.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

He was a founder of Yodle, which was acquired by web.com for $340 million in 2016. Most of their funding will go toward payroll, which includes engineers, data scientists, and product managers on the product side of the company, as well as development executives on the creative side, who run the incubator.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

However, if you are trying to craft user policies about politics, consider this election-eve analysis from Taylor Hatmaker about how Facebook and Twitter have changed their approaches since 2016. Let’s explore some of the creative ways to monetize a B2B marketplace. Portland, Maine passes referendum banning facial surveillance.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

Creative use of the country’s networked manufacturing and logistics hubs make mass production both cheap and easy. By 2016, China was shipping 30 billion packages a year , already accounting for 44% of global shipments. China’s e-commerce and industrial ecosystem is as different from the Western world as its culture.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The transition to these services will lead to a few fundamental truths in 2021: Real-Time Content Creation: 24-hour turnaround for creative projects will be industry standard by 2025. . Since 2020, Santiago Jaramillo is the CEO of Bunny Studio, an on-demand fulfillment platform for creative services.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

This is the first time that has happened since the end of 2016. Ditto to the rescue so companies can keep it all in sync. There was just one fintech unicorn birth in the entire quarter. “Software investors’ founder-first mantra is simply wrong in the world of deep tech,” writes Suthipongchai.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Through knowledge sharing and funding, the program cultivates a thriving ecosystem for changemakers to accelerate impact and deliver initiatives at the intersection of sport, equity and creativity for Black and Latinx communities. . Earlier this year, adidas announced its newest program, Cultivate & B.L.O.O.M., IG: @hood_health.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Register Established in 2016 and headquartered in New York, SoGal Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated to early-stage investments in diverse founding teams, operating in both the United States and Asia. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 3, 2023

I have always liked creative work (and numbers, which is sort of contradictory) and after a short stint in marketing, I became an Innovation Manager. My journey into start-up ecosystems commenced with scouting bleeding edge technologies in the automotive industry back in 2016/2017. As technology evolves, so does your vision.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The idea for the company came to Wegelin in 2016 when he had a grill that he wanted to sell. Other sellers have gotten creative with drilling holes in plastic containers that can be locked to a fence, Wegelin said. “We have pizza companies using lockers as do people for dropping keys for Airbnbs, as well as Amazon pick-up lockers.

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