Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Nairobi, the capital of Nigeria, is often pointed out as the birth place of the so-called Silicon Savanah which gave the rise to the Africa’s tech scene between 2007 and 2010. To diversify its economy and provide more jobs for the youth, in 2014 the country adopted the 2016-2020 Country Strategy Paper. With a population of 11.4

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 26, 2017

Meanwhile, the number of women-owned businesses grew 45 percent from 2007 to 2016 compared to just a 9 percent growth in the number of businesses overall. A study by the Peterson Institute for International Economics found that firms with women in the C-suite were more profitable.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

With the unemployment rates for professional services logging in at an all-time low since 2007, demand for IT professionals is at an all-time high. And if you like what you see, you may also want to check out the Modis 2016 Salary Guide , which features the most accurate salary numbers and job descriptions for tech.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 21, 2017

But we’ll get there … We’ve been investing in stuff around 3D since we started Foundry Group in 2007. We believed that in 2007 we were at the beginning of a 30+ year shift that would make the WIMP interface , which emerged in the early 1980s and was dominant in 2007, look and feel punch-card archaic in the future.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

In 2007, the BOINC framework became the home of World Community Grid , a distributed computing project created by the IBM Corporation. As of 2016, its aggregate computing throughput was about 100 PetaFLOPS, that is it was more powerful than the most powerful supercomputer in the world. million CPUs.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2018

But in commercial terms, they seemed to be swimming against the stream after the Amazon Kindle was introduced in 2007 — bringing a portable library of millions of titles to customers worldwide. Bibliophiles wax lyrical about the tactile, sensory qualities of paper books and the most dedicated will never ditch paper for digital versions.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 29, 2016

Creating new revenue streams is number one of the top 10 strategic CIO issues in 2016. Since 2007 Visionect has worked on numerous electronic paper development projects for many different industries. The role of CEOs here is to embrace digitization and fuel innovation.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 22, 2018

At the end of 2007 , a mere 6% of Americans owned a smartphone. As of 2016, that number was over 80%. Apple launched the iPhone a little over 10 years ago and dramatically changed the world. People have embraced mobile apps in ways that few industry insiders anticipated. Need proof? Over 57% of all digital media usage is through apps.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

They walked me through multiple origin stories, including how I started making angel investments (1994), the origin of Mobius / Softbank Venture Capital (1996-1997), the origin of Foundry Group (2007), and the creation of Foundry Group Next (2015-2016).

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 13, 2017

In 2007, he also sold his Rocawear clothing line for a massive $204 million. Jessica was estimated to be worth more than $340 million in 2016. According to Forbes, Jay-Z is worth more than $800 million in 2017. Tony Hawk – Skateboarder. LeBron James – Basketball Player.

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The Equity Kicker

APRIL 12, 2016

Perspective (@pixxa) April 11, 2016. Meanwhile iOS and Android have grown from nothing in 2007 to c400m per quarter. Personal Computing Platform Shares. A 35-year Retrospective by @asymco #dataviz pic.twitter.com/EYExwJODIT. It’s also a reminder that Apple’s position isn’t as strong as it sometimes appears.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 22, 2018

At the end of 2007 , a mere 6% of Americans owned a smartphone. As of 2016, that number was over 80%. Apple launched the iPhone a little over 10 years ago and dramatically changed the world. People have embraced mobile apps in ways that few industry insiders anticipated. Need proof? Over 57% of all digital media usage is through apps.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 19, 2017

These discussions resulted in the creation of Foundry Group Next , the addition of Lindel Eakman to our team, and our first Foundry Group Next fund which we closed in 2016. We’ve known Chris since 2007 and worked extremely closely with him when he was the CEO of Gnip and well as a leader in the Boulder Startup Community.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

There’s been a lot of talk recently about what will happen to startup financing in 2016, including here on this blog. Moreover, most of them are only a small way into their funds and under most scenarios will want to maintain a steady investment rate through 2016.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 9, 2017

Fast forward to 2016 and Bandage is a $10 million business and I’m is on the board of the American Rental Car Association. I started my business in San Diego in 2007. I then realized that there’s no reliability in rental van service and vowed to change that. Thanks to Sharky Laguana, Bandago ! #3 16 – Laid Off.

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Austin Startup

JULY 2, 2021

About CareerPlug Since 2007 CareerPlug has worked to make hiring easier for over 12,000 growing companies in the U.S. The company was acquired by Scaleworks in 2016 and has headquarters in San Antonio, Texas and Dublin, Ireland. Visit www.chargify.com to learn more about Chargify Business Intelligence. and Canada.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

The global financial crisis of 2007-2008 was dubbed the ‘worst economic disaster since the Great Depression’. In addition, the impact of the Brexit vote in 2016 made a significant impact on the UK economy over a short period of time. The aftermath still affects many organisations to this day.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Since we started in 2007, we’ve done around ten new investments per year. I expect in 2016 we’ll do about ten new investments, in 2017 we’ll do about ten new investments, in 2018 we’ll do about ten new investments – you get the picture.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

HubSpot finally shifted its language from “internet marketing”—the SEO-friendly choice—to “inbound marketing” in December 2007: The HubSpot homepage in late November 2007—with no mention of “inbound marketing.”. In December 2007, HubSpot went all-in with inbound marketing. March 2016. November 2016.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2019

A news company based in India with online and print publications along with regional and national channels under its umbrella, iTV Media Network was launched in 2007. In 2007, Sharma also launched a national news channel that would soon become known as the most popular Hindi news channel: India News.

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 27, 2018

With the launch of 3G and the rapid growth of iPhones and iPads in 2007-09, the world realised that paper could be entirely digital, beginning a new era for DocuSign, which had invested early on in “mobilising” its product. Real estate brokers quickly realised the value that could be gained from an expedited signature process.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

As head of technology investments at the Partnership Fund from NYC 2007-2010 I collaborated with Partnership management, the Bloomberg administration, and NYC Economic Development Corporation to launch several initiatives, including a seed fund, incubator space, and the Fintech Innovation Lab.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

As head of technology investments at the Partnership Fund from NYC 2007-2010 I collaborated with Partnership management, the Bloomberg administration, and NYC Economic Development Corporation to launch several initiatives, including a seed fund, incubator space, and the Fintech Innovation Lab.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2018

She was elected as a TED mentor in 2016. I opened my office in Copenhagen in 2007, Austin, TX in 2015, and in 2018 I will be opening my next office in Palo Alto. In 2013 she was announced as one of the greatest thinkers in the Nordic by Nordic Business Forum. Tell us your story. Why did you start your business?

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

The geographic concentration of network effects, jobs, and economic growth in cities is not a new phenomenon, but disparities between the haves and have-nots continue to expand : Workers in cities earned more than 50% higher wages relative to workers outside those cities in 2016 (it was 30% in 1980). Furthermore, as of 2016, the U.S.

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Austin Startup

MAY 14, 2019

In 2007 the word “coworking” got its own Wikipedia page and started to trend on Google, and the rest is history! - According to GCUC, the global number of coworking spaces is expected to grow from 11,100 in 2016 to 24,306 in 2020. “If you put up walls, there’s no point. Why are people in the same space?” How does coworking work?

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 6, 2019

If you hung around me during the 2007 – 2010 time period when I was on the Zynga board, you would have heard me talk with amazement at how easy it was to manipulate people into spending huge amounts of their time tending their virtual farm on FarmVille. The book is riveting.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Between 2007 – 2016, 1 million Californians relocated outside of the state largely for financial reasons. California retains its rank as one of the most desirable states to live in, despite untenable property prices, high taxes, and a cornucopia of social issues.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Notion quickly became a darling of the maker and app entrepreneur world after its launch in 2016. This online service got its start in 2007 and has steadily grown in popularity and features. So it’s no surprise there are almost as many different note apps and services available as there are people. One of the best is Notion.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 20, 2018

Answered by Colleen Barrett, president emeritus of Southwest Airlines, winner of the Tony Jannus Award in 2007 and the prestigious Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy in 2016.). Pat passed away on June 28, 2016, but she will be a part of me forever. Can servant leadership really work in a competitive industry?

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Cracking the Code

JULY 23, 2021

Not only is this a far cry from the less than $1 billion invested in 2016, it represented around 50% of the US market. The market cap of public cloud companies in Europe and Israel also hit $124 billion, which is just a slight jump from 2016’s $9bn ;)! So, what’s in store for 2021?

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

For instance, if you’re one of the 871 million people who have viewed the 2007 YouTube hit, “ Charlie bit my finger – again !” Just ask “ Laughing Chewbacca Mask Lady ,” whose video has been viewed more than 12 million times since 2016, despite being more than four minutes long. But a lot can be accomplished in a matter of seconds.

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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?” You’ll see here that in 2007 people were willing to pay 7.7x This corrected only to go back up to 13.4x

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 1, 2018

For historical reference, our early-stage funds (FG 2007, FG 2010, FG 2013, and FG 2016) are all $225 million in size. In 2016, when we raised Foundry Group Next, we approximately doubled the size of that fund to $500 million since 30% of it was going to be invested in partner funds and 70% in early growth.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

After the iPhone launched in 2007 to mass adoption, analytics were never the same. After the GDPR policy announcement in 2016, users became increasingly sensitive about how they’re tracked. Cross-device, cross-browser, and private browsing tracking is hard impossible. If a decent percentage of users weren’t authenticated (i.e.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2018

This was the start of the Green Arcola project, which began in 2007, that today has become a whole new enterprise of its own. Dr Ben Todd became interested in developing low carbon energy solutions during his gap year working at the theatre. Bagelman and Franklins – making beer out of waste bagels. www.bagelman.co.uk/optimist-beers.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 16, 2015

However, for the past eight years, my partners and I at Foundry Group haven’t once scaled vertically (we haven’t added any partners since 2007 when we started) until we added Lindel Eakman as part of Foundry Group Next. Our reach, network, visibility, and impact has grown significantly since 2007.

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