Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 4, 2016
Of course sentiment can swing wildly with new information but I set out to take the pulse of the market as we enter 2016. My conversations with LPs tell me that 2016 is one of their business calendars in years and unless we see an unexpected, sudden downturn expect the market size in 2016 to remain at current levels or increase.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 1, 2016
It’s a new year – 2016. Most founders have a strong sense of what they’re trying to achieve. They hire their initial co-founders and early employees and everybody has a sense of “mission.” We tend to stick by founders in tough times and often roll up our sleeves in the darkest hours.
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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
2016 YLAI Fellow Marco Mendieta works hard to develop the small-business community of Ecuador and regenerate the economy following the country’s devastating earthquake of 2016. Learn how other #YLAIStrong entrepreneurs are building their resilience and strengthening their businesses in the face of adversity.
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
AUGUST 19, 2020
Rosario Diaz Garavito, the founder of The Millennials Movement , didn’t look to be labeled as an entrepreneur and a leader in her community when she began her small social media movement promoting youth volunteerism in 2013. The recognition of the impact of her hard work came years later when she was accepted for the YLAI Fellowship in 2016.
TechCrunch
JULY 6, 2021
Influential entrepreneurs like Paul Graham and Naval Ravikant always preach the need for startups to have founders-turned-investors on their cap table. As Ravikant puts it, “founders want to know that the people they are taking money from have first-hand experience.” . MAGIC Fund has 12 founders who act as general partners.
American Entrepreneurship
DECEMBER 11, 2024
Companies in every sector are investing in the latest technologies with an eye toward winning in their markets with AI, said Misha Herscu, CEO and co-founder of Cake. A seasoned entrepreneur and software engineer, he founded McCoy Medical Technologies in 2016 which was acquired two years later.
This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 11, 2016
Unfortunately, one of the panelists, Skinny Girl vodka's Bethenny Frankel, told an African American founder in the audience that if she wanted to raise funding, that she should go out and hire a white guy to be the face of her business. Two of the female founders were white and two were of color.
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