Up and Running

JULY 19, 2017

In 2013, a Pew Research Center study revealed some sobering insights into the reasons why 34 percent of millennial women weren’t interested in becoming a boss or top manager. The figures are more inspiring today: The 2016 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report says “there are now 11.3 trillion in revenues.” .”

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Facetune was originally released in 2013, and Facetune 2 was released in 2016. Lightricks was founded in 2013 by Zeev Farbman, Nir Pochter, Yaron Inger, Amit Goldstein and Itai Tsiddon. This round was led by the prestigious global funds of Insight Partners and Hanaco Venture Capital.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2022

In 2013, I was diagnosed with a painful orthopedic condition that prevented me from continuing my corporate job. And after my surgery in 2016, I dived right into starting my own business and got a job with a photography company based in BC Women’s Hospital where I went on to photograph over 1,000 babies for over two years!

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Angela Duckworth, a University of Pennsylvania professor, is the author of the bestselling 2016 book Grit and is widely known for her 2013 TED Talk that went viral. (As This quality of persistence, or grit, has been shown to independently drive effectiveness. As of the time of this writing, it has more than 18 million views.)

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Sachin Bansal and his business partner, Binny Bansal, launched an e-commerce site in India in 2007. This company’s valuation peaked at $10 billion in 2013/2014. Carlson founded Polychain Capital in 2016. Peter is the founder of Bay Street Capital Partners. He owns a substantial amount of shares in the company.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Therefore, there are as many agendas as there are partners in the coalition. Rewards – Are the partners/persons involved in the partnership experiencing a reward for driving and nurturing the partnership? Honesty: Is there a method for communication so that the partners are motivated to share knowledge.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

Brothers Alejandro (Alex) and David Moreno and their friends, Pablo Sánchez Lozano and Iñaki Soriano, had a business idea in 2013. Following the financial commitment, Betancourt Lopez was named Hawkers company president and Arévalo became the company’s executive chairman in November 2016. From that idea, Saldum was launched.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Last night it was finally time for Wayra demoDay 2013 – a chance for the fledgling startups to draw interest and offers of cash from a crowd of more than 200 investors. Alongside the likes of Accel Partners, Balderton Capital, EC1 Capital and Passion Capital, TNW spent the evening at Wayra London to bring you our favorites.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

2012-2016: The Era of Blitzscaling. Facebook goes public in 2012 and Twitter in 2013. It requires partnering with founders whose drive, invention, and ability to suspend disbelief allow them to embrace the innately unnatural pursuit we call entrepreneurship without succumbing to hubris and vainglory.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2020

My partners and I founded Reel Paper with the goal of adding the positive experience of social responsibility to the simple e-comm purchase of a household staple: toilet paper. In 2013, I started dating a guy who started a marketing agency around the same time. I was determined to be the best business partner he’s ever had.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

Brothers Alejandro (Alex) and David Moreno and their friends, Pablo Sánchez Lozano and Iñaki Soriano, had a business idea in 2013. Following the financial commitment, Betancourt Lopez was named Hawkers company president and Arévalo became the company’s executive chairman in November 2016. From that idea, Saldum was launched.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 26, 2017

In IBM Marketing Cloud’s 2016 Email Marketing Metrics Benchmark Study we also see comparable stats. million digital receipts ecommerce stores sent through our all-in-one marketing dashboard during the full 2016 calendar year. Image Source. Among retail and ecommerce emails, the survey found an average open rate of 20.5% click rate.

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Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 30, 2016

In 2011, The Miami Herald named Michelle one of Miami’s “Top 20 under 40” and in 2013 she won The Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge for co-founding the online Personal Branding program, Make Them BEG. Mike Michalowicz will be speaking at Scaling New Heights 2016 ( #SNH16 ) at the BEAUTIFUL Atlantis on Paradise Island in the Bahamas!

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 23, 2016

That created a gap in market which sub $100m dedicated seed funds (aka micro-VCs) stepped into – there are now over 300 of them (2005-2016). Then competition in the seed market led to increased round sizes driving the Series A bar still higher and causing seed investors to in turn look for more progress before investing (2013-ongoing).

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 28, 2017

Satya and I raised Homebrew’s first fund Q1 2013 and now, four years later, we held our 4th annual meeting last week, just days before our official birthday (anniversary of fund close). Year Three – 2016. “The days are long but the years are short” applies to parenting and venture firms. Year Two – 2015.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

This idea of snackable content format pivoted to a video product in June 2016. Several years ago, my partner and I were busting our tails for 18 hours a day, but we weren’t really running our home services business. The name was supposed to signify aspiration and positivity using the image of space. 4- From a mud run event.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

2012-2016: The Era of Blitzscaling. Facebook goes public in 2012 and Twitter in 2013. It requires partnering with founders whose drive, invention, and ability to suspend disbelief allow them to embrace the innately unnatural pursuit we call entrepreneurship without succumbing to hubris and vainglory.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 14, 2017

According to Edison Research , as of 2016, 21% of Americans 12 or older have listed to a podcast, up from 12% in 2013. In 2016, 64% people, 12 and over say they “most often” listen to podcast on their mobile device. Up from 55% in 2015. The following podcasts have a diversity focus within technology.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 6, 2016

We love working on behalf of these partners because they represent charitable foundations, pension funds, university endowments and other groups who rely upon our returns to grow. Late last year I traveled back east to visit the campus of one of our endowment partners to celebrate a milestone anniversary for their management company.

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Mike Michalowicz

APRIL 25, 2016

Mike Michalowicz will be speaking at Scaling New Heights 2016 ( #SNH16 ) at the BEAUTIFUL Atlantis on Paradise Island in the Bahamas! Corporate Partners. Mike Michalowicz will be speaking at Scaling New Heights 2016 ( #SNH16 ) at the BEAUTIFUL Atlantis on Paradise Island in the Bahamas! Show Links. Website: [link].

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Mike Michalowicz

APRIL 11, 2016

In 2013, Nikki re-branded Petals which has evolved from staff working out a garage to a Parisian styled floral shop on Queen Street and is famous for its distinctive “field to table” style. Mike Michalowicz will be speaking at Scaling New Heights 2016 ( #SNH16 ) at the BEAUTIFUL Atlantis on Paradise Island in the Bahamas!

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2018

What happens when Capital Factory, Austin Tech Alliance, and MobilityX throw a party to benefit Austin Austin is one of the fastest growing cities in the nation, expanding by an average of 159 people per day from 2016–17. That’s the background that led Austin Tech Alliance to partner on the $100k Smart Cities Challenge.

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Up and Running

MARCH 16, 2016

As we head into 2016, we leave behind a year of robust trends for venture capital—or “VC”—funding. billion in 2013. Bessemer Venture Partners: From seed stage to growth, Bessemer Venture Partners invests in enterprise, consumers, and healthcare technology startups to turn their ideas into market-leading businesses.

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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." They pivoted to monitoring patients for COVID, then testing.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 1, 2018

The $750 million fund combines all of our prior fund strategies – our early stage, early growth, and partner fund investments – into a single fund. For historical reference, our early-stage funds (FG 2007, FG 2010, FG 2013, and FG 2016) are all $225 million in size. We now have seven equal partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I recently survey more than 150 VC friends from all stages and geographies what they thought about the market by asking “Which of the following statements best describes your mood heading into 2016?” Many experienced partners are funds have 7-10 boards and most of these will need more capital. This is how VCs feel.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

We've invested $5B+ in more than 250 companies and feel privileged to have partnered with category-defining companies such as Atlassian, Crowdstrike, Docusign, Dropbox, Slack and UiPath. In 2016-17, the five largest rounds had an average size of $100 million. That’s close to 6x more than in 2016.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

JULY 21, 2017

I’ve been fortunate to work with the Mason Honey Bee Initiative (HBI) for a few years (helping them complete a crowdfunding campaign in 2013) and six months ago the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the George Mason School of Business, partnered with the College of Science and took over the Mason Honey Bee Initiative.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2016

Emergent Research partner Steve King commented on this change for Talkin’ Cloud : Today, the U.S. The US Small & Medium Business cloud computing and services market will grow from $43 billion to $55 billion over the course of one year- from 2015-2016. Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2013!

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 23, 2015

Although the way we spend our days are different than the teams we’ve backed, Homebrew started in Jan 2013 with the goal of feeling like a startup, just one which writes checks instead of code. The promise was to be their partners of conviction for the 0-3 years of their company (nominally Seed until B Round).

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 14, 2018

I am a physician and former caregiver to my amazing dad, who passed away in 2013. I came up with the name of my company, Jellifin, while relaxing with family members on Christmas 2016. My business partner Isaac and I came up with the name Baby K’tan. 1-Paired the concepts of navigation and physician. Rochester.

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