Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 12, 2019

In today’s Octane blog, we bring EO members and non-members alike behind the scenes of 2019 EO Global Leadership Conference Macau (GLC), profiling Leonard Brody, one of the event’s carefully selected speakers who is known as “a leader of the new world order.” Master digital disruption with digital reinvention.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

We believe this consistency in leadership and intuition for where the markets were going in the heady days of 2019–2021 helped us to stay sane in a world that momentarily seemed to have lost its mind and since we have new capital to deploy in the years ahead perhaps I can offer some insights into where we think value will be derived.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Of course, we’ll cover both sides of the venture capital coin at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18-10, and we’ve already announced the investors who will offer the venture perspective on the first fundraising question. TechCrunch Disrupt is back in person on October 18-20 in San Francisco. Early action equals bigger savings.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 17, 2018

Its disrupting nature has given it an enormous potential with countless applications. As per a prediction made by IDC (International Data Corporation), by 2019, 40% of digital transformation initiatives will be supported by some sort of cognitive computing or AI effort.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2021

Overall, the startup’s revenue has ballooned by 300% since September 2019, when it last raised money , he said. The startup is also open to exploring opportunities to acquire smaller firms for inorganic growth, he said. Salesforce Ventures is exploring more investment opportunities in India, he said.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Djamo is one of such companies taking advantage of this opportunity to bring affordable and seamless banking to the region. In 2019, Hassan Bourgi , a second-time founder, returned to Ivory Coast after exiting his Latin American-based startup, Busportal, to Naspers-company redBus.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The fund, which closed a $400 million investment vehicle in November 2019, has noticed that more and more startup employees are thinking about entrepreneurship as the pandemic has shown how much room there is for new innovation. The checks that Unusual cuts in pre-seed often range between $100,000 to half a million dollars.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 8, 2023

in 17 startups since 2019. SDAC angel investors build social capital as they work together to discover investable companies with the potential to disrupt industries and solve real-world challenges. Accredited investors are invited to nation’s largest angel conference, which has invested $4.8M

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The new fund builds upon SoftBank’s $5 billion Latin America Fund, which was first announced in March 2019 and was formerly called the Innovation Fund with an initial $2 billion in committed capital. At that time, Nyatta told me that technology in LatAm is often more about inclusion rather than disruption. billion as of June 30.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

According to Mohamed Emera, the company’s director of growth, ILLA is targeting the FMCG logistics head-on, which speaks to the company’s focus on disrupting the market in Egypt. Image Credits: ILLA. The bigger picture is global, where fragmentation in supply chain is a $1 trillion market. .

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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).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 9, 2019

We’re bringing EO members and non-members behind the scenes of 2019 EO Global Leadership Conference Macau (GLC) as we profile the event’s emcee, Pascal Finette. GLC is EO’s flagship leadership event, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities. Pascal was a tech entrepreneur before there was even a web browser.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

When combined with the electronic signature capability of HelloSign, which Dropbox acquired in 2019 , the acquisition gives the company an end-to-end document sharing workflow it had been missing. Meanwhile, DocSend participated in 2014 at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York City. PandaDoc is another competitor in this space.

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Revolution

JANUARY 19, 2021

And like many other industries, “business as usual” has been completely disrupted by the coronavirus. the way in which Miami’s entrepreneurs, investors, and elected officials are publicly embracing and activating this opportunity. 2021: The Great Acceleration of the Rise of the Rest & the End of “Silicon X Syndrome.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

“We basically just chased the opportunity wherever it was,” he tells TechCrunch, summing up how Bounce tackled the last two years of pandemic disruption. ” The platform itself launched on Product Hunt in February 2019, ahead of the pandemic. Now almost half (45%) of its revenue comes from outside the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

EdgeQ , Kneron , and Hailo are among the dozens of upstarts vying for customers, the last of which nabbed $136 million in October as it doubles down on new opportunities. After emerging from stealth in 2019, Sima.ai has created a software-centric, purpose-built … platform that exclusively targets this large market opportunity.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

That means that most of the continent faces challenges chasing new job opportunities, going to school, accessing healthcare and just having a night on the town. The combination of an increasingly educated workforce and still-sucky public transportation means the way people move is ripe for disruption. ” Treepz CEO Onyeka Akumah.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Data reveals Women Entrepreneurs Gaining Ground On the startup side, according to the 2024 Wells Fargo Impact of Women -Owned Business Report, between 2019 and 2023 women-owned businesses grew at nearly double the rate of those owned by men which was exceeded during 2022 to 2023, reaching 4.5

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Raised so far: Undisclosed amount / seed, 1 December 2019. This addresses Counter-space and Mission opportunities.” Raised so far: 2018 secured undisclosed funding from ICURe; 2019 £70,000 of funding from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and £30,000 from a Glasgow company to support that award.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Much like every other hospitality and travel firm, Oyo was also severely disrupted by the pandemic. As of December 2019, it said in the filing, the startup viewed its total addressable market opportunity as serving 54 million short-stay storefronts. In Europe, OYO-powered home storefronts earned an average of 2.4

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families. They are filled with growth spurts and setbacks.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

Since 2019, Apeel has prevented 42 million pieces of fruit from going to waste at retail locations; that includes up to 50% reduction in avocado food waste with corresponding sales growth. When we saw them double-down on their investment, it gave us confidence to invest in Apeel and an opportunity to do so,” Park said. and Europe.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

That’s Lumchain’s goal: help the global meat industry innovate and solve some of the key challenges they face, including employee shortages, the impact of inflation and high operational costs, supply chain disruptions and that meat plants are still operating the same way they did 50 years ago. Its global team is over 100 now.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In 2019 alone, companies founded by Russian-speaking entrepreneurs were sold to U.S. A mine of opportunities. For investors, this represents a massive untapped opportunity. Estimates suggest there are already some 17,000 Russian-speaking and Eastern European entrepreneurs operating in key hubs in the U.K.,

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 12, 2022

Large hedge funds over time hit liquidity limits and start impacting market pricing when they trade, losing their ability to exploit arbitrage opportunities. MGMA, “The 2019 MGMA Physician Compensation and Production Report”, 2019 . Mergers & Inquisitions; Brian DeChasare; “Venture Capital Careers: The Complete Guide”.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2021

million since its 2019 inception. Kaszek led Cora’s $10 million seed round (believed at that time to be one of the largest seed investments in LatAm) in December 2019 with Ribbit then following. The combination of these factors makes Brazil an especially attractive market for Cora to launch in and disrupt,” Kostov told TechCrunch.

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Youre left with: A healthy sales pipeline A well-run CRM thats got more opportunity for you to mine Better forecasting to help your team with long-range planning Across several of our retainer projects, the stats are clear on the value youll get. Its no wonder opportunities stall, and buyers refuse to budge. How are sales?”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

in 2019, driven largely by the global pandemic as sales shifted online while brick-and-mortar stores closed. Though being bootstrapped for over a decade, the company’s growth and opportunity drove Hutchison to go after venture capital dollars. Flippa is an incredible opportunity for us,” he added. in 2020, up from 15.8%

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Electric bike sales boomed in 2020, a phenomenon driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption it delivered consumers’ daily lives. electric bike startup — is a validation of Rad Power’s business model and its ability to expand beyond the $100 million in sales it generated in 2019.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The idea for a syndicate fund would come in the following months as the pandemic disrupted investment activities worldwide. In 2019, Nigeria accounted for more than 53% of the diaspora remittances to the African continent. Investzilla is focused on unlocking that opportunity for them.” million across 19 African companies.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Adtech and martech VCs see big opportunities in privacy and compliance. 3 adtech and martech VCs see major opportunities in privacy and compliance. 5 creator economy VCs see startup opportunities in monetization, discovery and much more. 5 creator economy VCs see startup opportunities in monetization, discovery and much more.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The pandemic’s disruptive effects have accelerated the growth of the digital economy across Southeast Asia,” Itai Lemberger, founder and CEO of Bow Wave Capital Management said. Ascend Money provides a financial platform of opportunity for those financially excluded as well as SMEs around the region.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

South Korean startup Seadronix wants to reduce the issue of marine accidents, 75% of which are caused by human error, according to a 2019 Allianz safety and shipping report. Oceans of opportunity: surveying 2020’s seafaring startup potential. The company just secured a $5.8

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 16, 2020

In December 2019 I became the first Israeli investor to appear on a public platform at a business conference in the United Arab Emirates. At the SALT conference in Abu Dhabi in December 2019, where I was the first Israeli investor to appear on a public stage in the United Arab Emirates. Food Industry is Ripe for Disruption.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 1, 2016

We’re making a mark through disruptive change, but we realize we can’t compete with the 25,000 schools throughout South Africa alone. While pursuing an MBA at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, we saw an opportunity to leverage our business acumen to drive growth in South Africa’s educational sector. in Johannesburg.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

Manoela Mitchell (CEO), Thiago Torres (COO) and Vinicius Correa (CTO) founded Pipo Saude in July 2019 with the goal of “bringing an unparalleled experience” of buying and managing healthcare benefits for corporations in combination with providing a care navigation platform for employees. Also, the opportunity in Brazil is just so large. “We

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In 2019, the U.S. In 2016, Premise had its first opportunity to work with USAID, and it was a proud moment. Although NPI was founded in 2019, the 2021 legislation codifies significant funding for new and underutilized partners. Disruption in the industry. Share on Twitter. Thinking beyond the system.

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