This is going to be BIG.

MAY 2, 2023

When I think about true disruptions in tech—the ones that enable huge investor outcomes because they create generational behavior change, entirely new markets, and populate whole business ecosystems out of nothing—location-aware mobile devices stand out to me as right up there with the web itself.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2013

That''s kind of like what it''s like being on board with these companies after you make an early stage investment. Even the best and most active board members can still feel pretty helpless. 4) Most of the job isn''t in the picking, it''s in the struggling. Ever watch an animal get hit by a car and limp around afterwards?

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

These issues often transform payments from a growth enabler into a cost and risk center for businesses. Now, with Flourish Ventures on board, we are laying the foundation for global expansion. Fraud rates and cart abandonment are over 20% higher than in developed markets, says Nader Abdelrazik, co-founder and CEO of MoneyHash.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

We remain confident in the long-term trend that software enables and the value accrued to disruptive startups; we also recognized that in a strong market it is important to ring the cash register and this doesn’t come without a concentrated effort to do so. In fact, I am still active on two boards where I first invested in 2009.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2020

Businesses that provide this enabling technology and equipment can capitalize on this with special pricing and promotions. You can expect to see families invest in toys, to keep their children occupied, as well as board games, projects and puzzles that can be done as a family in the evening and on weekends. Direct to Consumer Brands.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

This critical investment will enable Apptronik to ramp up the production of its groundbreaking humanoid robot, Apollo, and accelerate the development of next-generation robots tailored for a wide range of industries. This Series A funding round is a significant milestone for Apptronik, following its earlier funding which totaled $28 million.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

If you want to understand the software trend that drove the creation of the seed-stage VC phenomenon I wrote about it that linked blog post but in short: cloud computing drove down the cost to create startups enabling a new category of investor.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I tend to believe that it is more likely to automate out tasks, not whole jobs—that making it easier to get from zero to one in the creative process will only enable more creative experts to work on higher order, more challenging and interesting tasks. The best thing they can do is get on board early in the right way.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

So Nick drove strategy & tech from the UK and remained an active board member and CTO of the company. That enabled us to bring Rob Bailey on board as the CEO and it was the best decision we could have made at the time. I think it’s fair to say that Rob managed me as a board member more than I managed him.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 13, 2019

Using the proliferation of newly GPS-enabled mobile devices to enable taxi hailing and beat out stagnant incumbent providers was always going to be a big win for consumers. How many LPs are asking the top tier funds what they’re doing to enforce and oversee values and culture from a board perspective?

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Fei-Fei Li, AI pioneer, and Nimble Board Director, describes how Nimble’s technology will transform FedEx’s operations and other companies in the future. “By Their AI robotics will enable the fastest, most efficient, and most sustainable supply chains which has gained FedEx’s commitment.

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Dream It

MAY 18, 2020

As part of the Series A round, yabeo’s Dr. Gerrit Seidel will join Wellth’s Board of Directors as the new Chairman of Wellth. Wellth’s platform has the potential to enable new models of patient engagement and drive further transformation for the 200,000 patients we serve.” ? ?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2015

We recently released the video sharing app Ferris and announced that Upfront Ventures led the funding in the company in our seed round of $2 million and I personally joined the board. The backend services to enable scrolling, click-and-watch, scroll forward with minimal buffering, etc. If you’re captivated you click and watch.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

It enables women on a budget to be able to get new outfits without outlaying tons of money to buy them first hand. I’m told she just signed with one who will be on-boarded soon. Tracy claims that only 30% of clothes in a woman’s closet is actually warn. She exudes many of the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

And it was convenient for me because we also held our annual London board meeting of DataSift , who helps companies processes and analyze large volumes of social plus enterprise data in realtime. That’s what Deliv enables. The 20-minute video of my presentation is here if you’re interested. Retailer wins.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

That meaning isn't going to be something you search for on a traditional job board branded around impact--it's going to be an inherent part of the way you search. Pre-sales would enable companies to exist off the financing of the fans most passionate about their vision for products. That's where Wethos comes in.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The cloud enables collaboration in real-time among colleagues who may not be in the same building or even the same time zone. Most cloud services offer flexibility to scale up and down in terms of storage capacity and users, eliminating entrepreneurs’ risk of overcommitting before the time is right, yet enabling growth without delays.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

It will enable the naturally creative but geographically and socially disenfranchised to make money doing what they love – participating. One idea I’ve been searching for is a platform that enables the creation of serialized programs with audience participation. Serialized TV with Audience Participation. No linearity.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

. — Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 Removed from office : Tage got word that Prince Boakye Boampong, the founder and CEO of alternative payment network Dash, was placed on “indefinite administrative leave” by the company’s board amid a financial audit. Sources told Tage that Boampong allegedly engaged in financial misreporting.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

James Kilkelly is founder and CEO of Tellerex , a company that enables its customers in the banking and banking technology industry to manage their ATM assets in a secure, compliant and environmentally responsible manner. Their metals, plastics and circuit boards can be separated and reused for other products. But how do we get there?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

As he built this organization he realized the limitations of tools that existed to help recruit, nurture and manage communities so he set out to build these tools and capabilities to enable other companies to launch communities more effectively and with fewer resources. Derek founded Bevy ?—?a And it would be?—?but

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This can be achieved through future-facing core values that enable happy, productive, and self-sufficient teams that deliver exceptional products and services. Contributed to EO by Erick Slabaugh , a long-standing member leader of EO Seattle and former director on the EO Global Board, who is a serial entrepreneur, board member and advisor.

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Dream It

AUGUST 6, 2020

Commentary and Market Context Commenting on the news, Piotr Orzechowski, CEO at Infermedica, said: “We’re thrilled to welcome EBRD and Heal Capital as new investors on board of our venture. The tool has been used by more than 500K patients and has been implemented by 300 organizations, including two national governments.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2014

As a VC if you don’t have that sounding board you’re missing a very important input into your business. But if you want to build a fast-growing, tech-enabled startup it’s hard to imagine doing so without venture capital and lambasting VCs publicly probably isn’t the most thoughtful strategy.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 25, 2024

At the recent March board meeting, Ben Franklin CNP approved investments in the following companies: Lightscline , located in State College: Lightscline pioneers lightweight AI technology aimed at revolutionizing sensor data analytics.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The 4 states of an engineering team is a mental model that resonated with me, and I think it provides a framework for leadership teams and boards to understand the state of a developer team. Innovating - craft enough slack in the system to enable the team to transition to this phase, invest in good quality code.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 10, 2024

The other teams who participated include: Digital Evaluation Board , founded by Oren Gall (Centre County): OZG Systems’ Digital Evaluation Board (DEB) revolutionizes digital circuit design education with a portable, self-contained learning tool, enhancing flexibility and practical learning.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

As an active board member across several companies, I often advise against acquisitions that require additional investments to actualize value. A second non-traditional way to enter the M&A stream is through strategic board enhancements. People join boards for many reasons, but one of them is to leverage their networks.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

On the other hand, Appruve, which provides an API that verifies user identity, fraud detection and digital documentation, primarily focuses on new datasets that enable or complement traditional government data such as international passports and national IDs.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

As longtime investors in web3 and board members (also individual shareholders) of Coinbase, one of the oldest and best-known companies in the space, we thought we might share some thoughts. Web3 is a software-driven innovation that has a built-in financial system. This has been both a strength and a weakness.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 18, 2024

Co-founder and board member Singolda is well-known in tech as the Founder and CEO of Ta boola Inc. , Bloch, former CEO of Hydrogen Health, brings his healthcare experience and serves on multiple boards. The four co-founders’ backgrounds are a combination of healthcare and entrepreneurial experience.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Bilden’s background includes his current position as Chairman Emeritus of the Naval War College Foundation and previously Director on the Board of Directors of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., “This successful fundraise enables us to back additional founders and provide even greater assistance to our current portfolio.”

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The Four Pillars of Governance Best Practice (strategy, culture, accountability and compliance) still underpin governance in a startup context but they are applied differently than on an established corporate board. Strategy is everything for a startup company board. A startup board is brave and supportive. Accountability.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2019

Photo by ROBIN WORRALL on Unsplash Several members of your executive taken hours to prepare board materials so that you can inform your board of how things have gone since you last met 3 months ago and you have 3 hours together to make sure they have an accurate picture and to make sure you have their input into how to proceed in the months ahead.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 30, 2022

This approach lets you get wins on the board quickly, building momentum to effect larger and larger culture change to facilitate ever greater innovation & impact. Other companies buy into an enterprise platform just to learn they are costly, take years to generate results, and disrupt the core business.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

The Scotts Valley, California-based company is using cloud technology and the Ethereum blockchain as the engine for its Paystand Bank Network that enables business-to-business payments with zero fees. As part of the investment, Jazmin Medina, principal at NewView Capital, will join Paystand’s board. Paystand wants to change that.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 25, 2016

Deals look great until they aren't anymore--Theranos, Fab--these are the kinds of opportunities that enable you to raise another fund or maybe even two because of the on paper returns. Now, they're spending a lot of time managing staff, going to board meetings--and much less of their time is spent sourcing and investing.

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