David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. However, as we got involved in issues like clean drinking water, we realized we’re missing a big opportunity to rally communities around us.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 15, 2013

I talk more about this and lots of other topics in my recent book Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City. . As a co-founder of TechStars , I’m a huge believer in the mentor-driven accelerator model. We funded the first TechStars program in Boulder in 2007 with $230,000.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. He’s pushed us to be out in the community more. From 2007-2012 I scoured LA constantly. I created an accelerator & mentor network (Launchpad LA). I tried to be at every event.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 14, 2012

Last week David Cohen, the co-founder and CEO of TechStars announced that he had raised a new $28 million seed fund called Bullet Time Ventures II. Not including the active programs, 126 companies have gone through TechStars since we ran our first program in Boulder in the Summer of 2007.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. Co-founder Naval Ravikant explains that 18 pilot companies in the program, including Transcriptic, Double Robotics and Tred, received $6.7 Life360, A Family Networking App With More.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 31, 2013

I’m intensely proud of both the amazing startup community in Boulder as well as the many significant companies that have been – and are being – created in the little town of 100,000 people I call home. Dan Caruso, the co-founder/CEO of Zayo Group , is one of them. It’s great – and follows.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 28, 2013

Every time he opens his mouth about founder diversity, he seems completely out of his league to address the topic. The biggest question I think VC''s face right now is whether or not, in the future, the best founders will look and act like the best founders of the past. YC''s best investing days may be behind it.

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siliconflorist.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Last year around the time PIE was starting, David Cohen , cofounder of TechStars , shared the TechStars Mentor Manifesto. Community Manager. Oregon Entrepreneur Network (OEN). Silicon Forest Network. Search for: July 3rd, 2012. Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors. by Rick Turoczy. 3 Comments.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Besides the financial benefits that sharing space provides, coworking offers access to networking and communities that can be invaluable to any new or growing business. Since 2007 it’s helped find, fund, and nurture technology companies out of its 65,000 square foot workspace in downtown’s Lyric Opera building. Suite 1212.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

SocialMediaExplorer.com is owned, co-authored and edited by Jason. He also offers a question-and-answer and learning community at ExploringSocialMedia.com. Lisa Barone Lisa Barone is Co-Founder and Chief Branding Officer of Outspoken Media , Inc and writes for the Outspoken Media Blog. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2011

More importantly, I know them both for a while--Hilary since August of 2007 through twitter and, of course, getting to work with her at Path 101, and Kara since I used to e-mail her about her Boomtown columns in the WSJ over ten years ago. Later this month on the 28th, my co-hosts will be Marissa Campise and Sarah Tavel.

Silicon Valley 112

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

It's brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals. We were founded by a gentleman named Bob Young, who was the original co-founder of Red Hat, which is a massive software company. John Jantsch (02:25): So I, I published my first book in, I think my first book came out in 2007.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 6, 2023

She is the Founder and CEO of Weaving Influence. She's the founder and CEO of weaving influence, a full service marketing agency that specializes in digital and integrated marketing services and public relations for book offerers, including business leaders, coaches, trainers, speakers, and thought leaders. This is John Jantsch.

Artificial Inteligence 57

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

MARCH 1, 2010

As recently as 2007 the Small Business Administration estimated that there were more than 21 million self-employed entrepreneurs without employees in the United States. More recently a new alternative has emerged, called co-working spaces, where self-employed people and freelancers can come together in a common space.

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 5, 2010

Before Dr. Sears, Tom was President of Naked Juice and led their growth from $80 million to $200 million in revenues and a sale to PepsiCo in 2007 for 30 times earnings. And he was Co-Founder and President of Fantasia Fresh Juice - leading them from startup to $15 million in sales in 3 years.

Cofounder 67

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. Mr. Lindzon has more than 20 years experience in the financial community acting in both an entrepreneurial and investing capacity. He joined Goldman Sachs & Co.

Technical Review 128

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Lisa Barone Lisa Barone is Co-Founder and Chief Branding Officer of Outspoken Media , Inc and writes for the Outspoken Media Blog. Get involved in Twitter chats, industry podcasts, and community events.

Web 52

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Pascal's View

MAY 23, 2009

  Through Levensohn Venture Partners' involvement as the lead venture sponsor of the IT Security Entrepreneurs' Forum (ITSEF) since its inception in 2007, and through my personal initiatives advocating public policy solutions to address cyber security issues, I have had some positive impact in increasing awareness of this problem. 

Security 28

Security Washington Networking Venture Capital 28

Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Before Dr. Sears, Tom was President of Naked Juice and led their growth from $80 million to $200 million in revenues and a sale to PepsiCo in 2007 for 30 times earnings. And he was Co-Founder and President of Fantasia Fresh Juice - leading them from startup to $15 million in sales in 3 years. Because he has done it before.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Network effects of cities and innovation — and how it ties to inequality Just as there are network effects in online platforms, where a network grows more valuable to users the more users that join and use it, there are also network effects in the physical world. The same applies to cities.

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Silicon Valley Non-Compete San Francisco Government 36

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 20, 2013

20 years ago, the classic startup model was to have young founders start a breakthrough company, then bring in “grey hair” in the form of experienced executives once it was time to scale the business. In other words, Ben asserts that bringing in a professional CEO should be a last resort for a founder. During the dot com era, Yahoo!’s

Founder 78

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www.davidgcohen.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Cohen Thoughts from a geeky ex-hacker turned investor and founder of TechStars. October 31, 2007 By David Cohen Here?s Think about your own network. If you need to extend the net, the next step is to work your network. Hi, I'm David G. It’s about finding and engaging great mentors. Start there.

Cofounder 42

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

He is the co-author of Get Content Get Customers. He is also the founder of Junta42 , the Content Marketing Institute , SocialTract and a few others in the works. Find out where your customers are on the web and be active in those communities. Joe Pulizzi Joe writes one of most popular content marketing blog s in the world.

Social Media 41

Social Media Small Business Matching RSS 41

Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2020

I told the story about how Brant Barton, my Bazaarvoice co-founder, and I picked the name in Chapter 7 of my book “ The Entrepreneur’s Essentials ” (also available for free online). Netflix pioneered many social networking and community features along the way, including ratings and reviews and great collaborative filtering (i.e.,

Technical Review 62

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

A fortnight ago, Boris interviewed Reed Hastings on his business lessons and experience, but now I’m shaking it up with a look at a 26-year-old founder who is disrupting the mobile and social networking spaces: Kik CEO and founder Ted Livingston. That something the Kik CEO found to be “personally devastating”.

Entrepreneur 167

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Its founders (Bret Taylor and Kevin Gibbs) have extensive experience with some of the biggest online properties. Taylor was the co-founder of Google Maps, CEO of the ill-fated social network FriendFeed, and former Facebook CTO. Gibbs was the founder of Google’s App Engine. One of the best is Notion.

Small Business 55

Small Business Product CTO Hire Fractional CTO 55

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? Create a strong brand, solid social community, sell advertising.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

While many travel industry leaders chose to “go dark,” as Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky put it , while they decided how to navigate next steps, Chesky took a different approach: He got candid. Today, we are thrilled to have Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky with us. And it was 2007.

Silicon Valley 69

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Most investors rely on their network of colleagues and service providers to source investments. The funds with sophisticated non-venture center outbound origination programs were almost all able to raise funds equal or larger than their preceding fund in the economically challenging period 2007-2010.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 12, 2015

I decided to start Noble Brewer to give great homebrewers an easy and legal way to share what they love doing and to give craft beer lovers a way to try amazing beers that the homebrewing community is creating. When the recession hit in 2007, I was really excited for the art world. Thanks to Danay Escanaverino, LunaSol Media !

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley North Carolina Technical Review 48

Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

While many travel industry leaders chose to “go dark,” as Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky put it , while they decided how to navigate next steps, Chesky took a different approach: He got candid. Today, we are thrilled to have Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky with us. And it was 2007.

Silicon Valley 36

Silicon Valley Hosting Rhode Island Design 36

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

We started as a way to help us monetize our networks since we found ourselves making great introductions to people and we would find in our inbox, “hey thanks for the introduction to so and so, they wrote me a check for a million dollars! In 2007 our agency started to service the Medicare market. #7 – Great Introductions.

Naming 48

Naming Entrepreneur Haiti Nigeria 48

thenextweb.com

AUGUST 6, 2012

After giving the applicants just 10 days to submit, Graham received an amazing 227 applications, which just goes to show the unbelievable drive that the young would-be founders had. Like a parent, Y Combinator protected and guided a group of eight applicants who were chosen to be part of the Y Combinator Summer Founders Program.

Cofounder 70

Cofounder San Francisco Programming Founder 70

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

Originally founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin Slide.com was known as the largest third-party developer of Facebook applications until Google purchased it to “make Google services socially aware.”. In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. billion in April 2007.

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San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

Brandanew

APRIL 22, 2016

They function very similar to an Ad Network but with the main purpose of helping publishers and content owners get their posts in front of audiences on well-known websites. Taboola was founded in 2007 in New York City, and has been competing with Outbrain head-to-head almost from day one. Content.ad.

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. The hybrid social network, communication and crowdsourcing platform allows startups to access investors, and has also become a resource for investors looking to boost dealflow and connect with other investors.

Term Sheet 70

Term Sheet San Francisco Technical Review Seed Stage 70

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2010

Presented by John Gruber of Daring Fireball and Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners and The Deck Network. 02:00 PM: Valerie Casey Keynote ACC L1, Exhibit Hall 1 – Casey, founder and Executive Director of the Designers Accord, works with organizations all over the world to create positive social and environmental impact.

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Omaha Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Media 79