YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2012

It was the use of these very strategies that enabled me and my business partner, Bonnie Harvey, to found and grow Barefoot Cellars, the company that transformed the image of American wine from staid and unimaginative to fun, lighthearted, and hip. Trust me, I know what it’s like to try to start a business when you’re basically broke. (Co-founder)

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 27, 2019

Despite multiple failures, Huffington ran against Arnold Schwarzenegger for a seat as governor of California. In 2005 she started The Huffington Post with Kenneth Lerner and assumed the role of Editor-in-Chief. While most people would give up, Arianna kept striving for success – and achieved it. Oprah Winfrey.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. And I also now have to raise money myself, but this time from bigger institutions that our industry calls LPs (limited partners). Partners make investment decisions. Meet in person. They’re buying you.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 29, 2009

I packed up my life in Michigan and spent five days driving to California to start work. No one will say work less and go home and spend time with your partner and/or family. Steve Job’s 2005 Stanford commencement speech still says it best - Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish. You’re Hired, You’re Fired.

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2017

In 2005, he returned to West Point (where he earned his undergrad degree) and ran the Combating Terrorism Center. Ironically, I was first introduced to Joe not at Stanford but through one of his other lives – that of an entrepreneur and businessman – at the company he founded, BMNT Partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. Current round: $31.0mm in Series C by Insight Venture Partners (Jeff Lieberman). Total: $41.0mm plus undisclosed Series A. Read more: TechCrunch.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

There was a meme that started going around LPs around 2005 that “I’m not sure LA is really its own venture market” and some LPs actually believed that. But we do 50% of our deals in Southern California from San Diego to Santa Barbara and we think that’s part of what makes us special. ” Boom.

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thenextweb.com

AUGUST 6, 2012

Seven long years ago, in 2005, Paul Graham had dinner with a bunch of college kids. While not every startup born in that experiment back in 2005 is still going today, their founders have arguably all found success. The 8 companies and 15 founders that made up the Summer Founders Program of 2005. Eight little seeds. Enjoyed this?

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VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

California-based Gigya , an Israeli startup developing social tools for websites, quietly raises $6 million according to a regulatory filing. Moshe Bar, a general partner in the fund is a former entrepreneur and chairman of Zooppa – full article. Gigya was founded in 2006 and has raised close to $30 million to date.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

owing to projected weakness in the economies of Israel’s main trading partners, the United States and Europe. Broadcom, headquartered in Irvine, California, is one of the world’s largest fabless communications semiconductor companies, and addresses both wired and wireless transmission of voice, video, data and multimedia.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

Ultimately, the company partnered with the City of Los Angeles , and as Eren recalls, "seven days after the original handshake and launch into a scheduling website, we helped launch Dodger Stadium, which was the single largest mass vaccination site in the country." My answer's really it isn't, that is, since 2005, a lot has changed.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

So I've been able to move to another location with my partner and another city, I should say. And so while she was at IBM, we were living in San Jose, California, where I grew up in the Bay Area. Well, I feel like we've been in a very fortunate position in that we've been able to run Coinbase in an entirely remote way.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? Mark Suster GRP Partners Advice. Philippe Botteri, Bessemer Venture Partners. Their Partners all come from industry, where each has held senior level executive positions delivering industry-leading products. accel partners. Advent Venture Partners.

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Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

or out here in California, to contribute in the fight against terrorism, to help the young men and women who are out there putting their lives on the line for us. . I also was part of helping create the Technology Commercialization Fund created in 2005 to help get research out of labs and into creation of new products.

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