A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

And between that talk and today, Scratch published their 2019 Annual Report. As an example of a powerful model that I like very much, I talked about Scratch , the visual programming environment built at MIT over the last twenty years. Anyone can use Scratch, from anywhere, as long as they have a computing device.

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Dream It

APRIL 7, 2020

In 2019 Dreamit saw over $600 million in exits of companies that got their start at Dreamit, including LevelUp (acquired by GrubHub), Trendkite (acquired by Cision), and Adaptly (acquired by Accenture). Since 2008, Dreamit has worked with over 350 companies.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 22, 2020

First, this is what an Internet Treasure looks like by the numbers: Across Stack Overflow and the Stack Exchange network, we saw around 10 billion page views from 100+ million unique visitors over the course of 2019. In 2019, Stack Overflow added over 2.8 Over 40,000 jobs were posted on Stack Overflow Jobs in 2019.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 29, 2020

In Forbes Magazine’s 2019 list of the world’s 100 most innovative leaders, 99 were men and only 1 was a woman (Washington Post). It is significant to note the tenacity required of her to enter the field as a technological entrepreneur.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Planit initiated a deliberate growth push in 2019, acquiring several new clients just prior to the COVID shutdown. What factors have driven your agency’s growth? I attribute Planit’s growth during this pandemic to a combination of preparation and nimbleness.

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500

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Alluva at 500 Startups: What it was really like being a part of Batch 25 In March of 2019, Alluva was accepted into Batch 25 of 500 Startups. Under no circumstances should any of the below content be construed as legal, tax or investment advice from 500 Startups or any of its affiliates.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

link] — Charlie O'Donnell (@ceonyc) February 18, 2019. Perhaps if tech suddenly made housing, healthcare, transportation, combating opioids AND fixing climate change super cheap, AND enabled underemployed and displaced workers to survive on a living wage, AND provided childcare and education, I’m sure @aoc would give you a refund.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

I learned the phrase “celebrate all mistakes” in 2019, and I have made that my motto! You joined the Austin chapter of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) in January 2019. Finally, feeling that as an entrepreneur has given me grace in places that I truly needed it in 2019 to grow and learn. Can you share any specifics?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 1, 2021

This historic shift is evidenced in a report published by Women Business Collaborative, C200 and Catalyst, which announced that the number of women CEOs has risen from 6 percent in 2019 to a projected 8.2 percent by February 2021.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 21, 2021

But their growth rates will be more like what they were in 2019 than 2020. These businesses all got a huge boost in business over the last year and they aren’t going to give it all back. And they will be growing from a much larger base.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 4, 2021

In 2019, he became the director of Frontier Lifeline Hospital in Chennai, India. In 2019, I was sent to Chennai, India, as part of the team assigned to turn around a once prominent, now ailing, hospital brand in South India. Contributed by Saravanakumar Periyasamy of EO Oman, director of Zawawi Powertech Engineering. My journey begins.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In 2019, the program was expanded in each of Ecuador’s provinces, providing “mini master’s degrees” in entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership. With the support of the U.S. Embassy and Consulate in Ecuador, Misión Ecuador was created and 100 Ecuadorian entrepreneurs and small-business owners were selected and awarded scholarships.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In venture capital, there were something like 30,000 companies that raised venture capital in 2019. And within each category, there are so many different investment opportunities. In public stocks, there are something like 5,000 listed stocks in the US. How do you make sense out of all of that opportunity?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 13, 2021

I’ve been working exclusively from home since the end of November 2019 when we left NYC to go to LA. So the Gotham Gal and I took an hour-long walk with our dog Ollie. It cleared my head and when I got back to work, I was full of energy and clarity. It has been a stretch of incredible productivity for me.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 11, 2021

Consider a survey comparing productivity of in-person vs. remote workers during the first six months of stay-at-home orders, March through August 2020, to the same six-month period in 2019. Employees showed a more than 5% increase in productivity over this period.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

From varying sources, it is estimated up to $2 billion went into African tech startups in 2019. In the end, information from the likes of Maxime Bayen and Briter Bridges made 2019 numbers look like child’s play. In Africa, the first two unicorns were Jumia (in 2016) and fintech giant Interswitch (in 2019). billion and $1.5

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 8, 2022

In 2019, 2020 and 2021, IFSH was awarded the IREM Workplace Environment Award for exemplary practices in leadership development, employee engagement, corporate culture and wellness programs. We started using Traction in 2019 and created our company core values, vision statement, mission statement and 10-year target.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 13, 2020

However, disaster struck again in 2019. . Building his legacy as a socially-minded entrepreneur proved a winning combination and his company, VISIT Tohoku , expanded with a new office and satellite business in rural Taiwan. A typhoon pummeled the company’s new office, leaving one meter of water in its wake.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

I have had the great pleasure of working with Matt Blumberg and the senior leadership team of USV’s former portfolio company Return Path (which was sold in 2019) for much of the last twenty years.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

According to the 2019 RBC Economics Research report with findings from Statistics Canada, Ranaldi is part of the glaring “1.7% And they’ve accomplished this all before the age of 25 and while simultaneously juggling the demands of being full-time civil engineering students. That’s a story we will all be sharing with our kids, isn’t it?

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Source Link

APRIL 14, 2021

in 2019 , and even less makes its way to minority women. Despite the growth in women-owned businesses, venture capital is still funneled to mostly male-owned businesses. of venture capital funds went to women-owned businesses in the U.S. When it comes to loans, the news is no better.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 23, 2020

The live reads ad market for podcasts was in excess of $700mm in 2019 and seems headed to a multi billion dollar ad market in the coming years. Live reads are powerful and a form of influencer marketing. If you love Howard and he waxes eloquently about LoJack, you love LoJack. Or so it seems.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

million debt — in 2019. But in 2019, the company began to connect FMCGs and manufacturers with retailers in Kenya in a bid to increase revenue, thereby dipping its hands into a space with regional players such as Sokowatch and MarketForce. . This funding comes after the company’s $30 million Series B round — $23.75

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 25, 2021

Álvarez : In 2019, our organization trained members of the civil society, LGBTQ+ leaders, the police, district attorney’s office, and the senatorial office on advocacy and public policy focused on issues like equal pay and sexual harassment in the workplace. People using Lazarillo in the U.S.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 1, 2022

However, we were not able to do that in 2020 and 2021 so this was our first Portfolio Summit since 2019. Every year we invite the leaders of our portfolio companies to come to NYC and spend a couple of days with us and each other.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 31, 2020

Additionally, I was awarded a travel grant in 2019 to attend a major financial conference in the United States.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 23, 2020

A 2019 survey revealed that 26 percent of work is done outside of regular working hours. When I unplug from the minutiae of daily business, I develop fresh ideas and perspectives. The line between a business leader’s personal and professional life is growing blurrier and blurrier with each passing day.

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Dream It

DECEMBER 19, 2019

NeuroFlow ( Healthtech - Fall 2019 ) is a platform for getting patients with behavioral health issues better by supporting clinical teams with collaborative and measurement-based tools in all care settings. This week, the company announced a $7.5 million Series A financing round led by San Francisco-based Builders VC.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 15, 2020

This article originally appeared in the USA Today Small Business Insert that ran on 31 December 2019. . “I have learned over time to be more willing to seek help when I need it and to be vulnerable enough to say, ‘I don’t know what to do’ to the people who may be in a position to help me solve the situation.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 27, 2020

He joined EO UAE in 2019. This will create numerous opportunities for investors, and I’m spending most of my time now thinking about what the world will look like after this is over, and what role I would like to play in it. Abdul Wahab Al-Halabi is a partner at Decker & Halabi , a global advisory firm.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Embracing vulnerability Dave was listed on the transplant waitlist on February 14, 2019. “In The diagnosis thrust Dave into a battle for survival, but it also ignited a profound realization – that entrepreneurial skills don’t just grow businesses; they can also give the gift of life.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

The first two MyEO DealExchange conferences in 2018 and 2019 made a significant impact on the members who attended—including a 7-figure investment in Scott Mesh (EO New York)’s company. The MyEO DealExchange DX22 Conference will take place in Denver, Colorado, from 12-15 October 2022.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 18, 2019

After selling La Escombrera to competitors in 2019, the company continues to reform construction in Argentina. La Escombrera repurposes debris, sand, and rocks to use as concrete and then sells these to construction companies. La Escombrera changed the rules of the game and has been successful in promoting sustainable products.

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Dream It

APRIL 26, 2019

Register Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2019 | June 17 - 20 | National Harbor, MD | The Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit will bring together thousands of cybersecurity leaders to network with one another and learn about the future of the industry during 120+ research-driven sessions.

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Dream It

DECEMBER 9, 2019

RaySecur ( Dreamit Securetech Spring 2019) closed a $3M seed funding round. The startup’s mission is to be the first line of defense to safely detect suspicious powders and liquids, as well as conventional mail threats. RaySecur’s technology can detect such threats in extremely small quantities, even as small as 2% of a teaspoon.

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