Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

In 2007, the Washington Post conducted an incredible experiment. The Post had world renowned violinist Joshua Bell play music in a popular Washington DC subway station. What's cool was that Bell was dressed casually; in jeans and a baseball cap, like most other street performers might. But Bell was also playing a $3.5 MILLION violin.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 5, 2011

While running tech investments at the NYC Investment Fund from 2007-2010 I saw firsthand the benefits of cross industry collaboration as well as public/private partnerships. The NYC Tech Meetup represents thousands of constituents that should have a voice, locally and in Washington DC.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 16, 2010

SlideShare, founded in 2007, started experimenting with MVPs and A/B testing this year. SlideShare, founded in 2007, started experimenting with MVPs and A/B testing this year. If your company is using minimum viable product , you’ve probably said the same thing yourself. What prompted the process change? .&#

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Campus Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 21, 2011

A few weeks back I met Dave, founder of Mike and Cookies , a start-up food truck company in Metro DC. Its business began to shift toward the more upscale mobile food emporiums in 2007, says Arthur Djahani, general manager of Armenco Cater Truck Manufacturing Co. Dave came up with his idea while a student at the University of Maryland.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

Im confident of that last statement, because I made the same mistake again a few years later, when I won an award in 2007. If youd asked me to rank the top most important people Id met that year, I doubt it would look very impressive in retrospect. BusinessWeek named me one of the top young entrepreneurs in tech , based on my work at IMVU.

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venturehacks.com

OCTOBER 21, 2010

SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS The Option Pool Shuffle by Nivi on April 10th, 2007 “Follow the money card!&# – The Inside Man, Three-Card Shuffle Summary: Don’t let your investors determine the size of the option pool for you. Reply # Nivi · Apr 13, 2007 Hi Deva, Thanks for the comment.

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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.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Eric, When I came to IMVU back in 2007, I had really enjoyed the actual product (the chat client) and getting to know the regulars on the forum. Compared to 2007, the chat client runs whole lot smoother (well, right before 2.0 In fact, one of your own mods, told another customer to literally go f themselves.

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