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Founder Interview: Jim Elliott – Volunteer to NonProfit Entrepreneur

The Startup Magazine

As a great example, we had a chance to interview, Jim Elliott, Founder and President of Diveheart. Five years later, in 2001, he founded Diveheart, a volunteer-driven organization focused on building confidence and independence in disabled children, adults and veterans through scuba diving. What big-picture problems does it solve?

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Mattermark – An Example of How We Decide to Invest

Feld Thoughts

” With Mattermark , I remember the moment clearly – I was at The Kitchen in Boulder with the founders (Danielle Morrill, Kevin Morrill, and Andy Sparks) and my partner Seth. This kicked me in the ass very, very hard between 2001 and 2004.

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The Other Amazon Deal this week. Drupal founder attracts over $100 Million in 3 months.

Scalable Startup

Drupal was launched in 2001, and Acquia started in 2007. Over its 13 year life the web has vastly changed from primarily static pages to dynamic database driven automated (“rendered”) web page serving, which Drupal excels at. Acquia, Inc. more info on the funding round from @thewhir [link].

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Don't Let the Wrong Name Sink Your Startup

ReadWriteStart

But the online database of talent agents has been around since 2001 (capitialized as WhoRepresents?com Absolutely," said Phil Davis, founder of Tungsten Branding. "If For startups, not as much as you might think. For example, you might expect a company called whorepresents.com to quickly hit the skids. com , natch).

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Do lean startup principles have a place in the enterprise?

The Next Web

WebVan went bankrupt in 2001 after burning through $1 billion on warehouses, inventory systems and fleet delivery trucks. Zappos could have gone off and built distribution centers, a large database of footwear, and inventory systems for shipping shoes. Contrast this to Zappos.

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4 Top Myths About Start-up Pay

Altgate

—————————————– I’ve been collecting data about startups and compensation since 2001. Since 2000, I’ve been collecting information about startups, including how much founders, their lieutenants, and their employees get paid. Myth number 2.

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4 Top Myths About Start-up Pay

www.noamwasserman.com

I’ve been collecting data about startups and compensation since 2001. Since 2000, I’ve been collecting information about startups, including how much founders, their lieutenants, and their employees get paid. The big difference is in equity: Startup CEOs who are not founders get 6.2 Founders make more than everyone else.