Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 5, 2010
“Staple green cards to the diplomas of foreign students who graduate from any U.S. I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. university in math or science&# (Thomas Friedman). I hope that didn’t have a stature of limitation!
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
After months of advocating for the idea of allowing QuickBooks users to process credit card payments from their customers inside the product, we were finally given the green light to proceed but only had 12 weeks to make it happen. I was generously rewarded the Intuit Founders Award in 2011 for helping get it started.
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Hearpreneur
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. Using this capital , the founders launched and enjoyed exponential growth in their first year, with 10K users and thousands of listings. Photo Credit: Rob Greene.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 25, 2016
But that’s harder to build in 2016 than it was in say 2005. ” If you launch a fizzy water product you may think your competitors are Badoit and San Pelligrino but a substitute product might be flat water like Propel or cold green tea. In economics this is known as a “substitute product.” You need a wedge.
Feld Thoughts
JULY 16, 2018
The head of Google Boulder (I think his official title in Googlespeak is “Engineering Site Director”) is Scott Green. I got involved shortly after it was founded in 2004 and became the board chair in 2005 (which I served as until I resigned all my non-profit board positions at the end of last year.)
Hearpreneur
MARCH 13, 2020
Photo Credit: Sheryl Green. Thanks to Sheryl Green, Sheryl Green Speaks ! #3- I now am the CEO and founder of Berri Properties in Asheville and Charlotte, NC. in December of 2004 with just our one little product, and by the end of 2005 we had sold 1 million Finders Key Purse(r). Thanks to Will Bachman, Umbrex ! #2-
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 16, 2011
“There had to be a scalable and smarter way for people to handle and pay their bills, especially helping them to stop their paper bills, says co-founder Narulla. Green Growth. But the founders admit they’ve been extremely fortunate to ride the trends which has helped them get to this place. The Journey.
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