www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

View More in Seattle ›. Seattle Events ›. After beginning their fund-raising efforts in 2007, the firm was ready to close in the fall of 2008—when the financial crisis hit Wall Street. Business, life sciences, and technology news — covering Boston, Seattle, San Diego, Detroit, San Francisco, New York and beyond.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 6, 2018

Of the 23 funds listed here, 13 are in the Bay Area, 3 in NYC, 3 in Boston, 2 in LA, and one each in Detroit, Seattle, Toronto, Waterloo, Indianapolis, and Fargo, North Dakota. We knew that some places, like NYC, Boston, and Seattle, where we already had deep networks, would be common places for us to invest.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 30, 2015

In 2007 we raised our first fund – Foundry Venture Capital 2007. Each is roughly invested 1/3rd into companies in Colorado, 1/3rd into companies in the bay area, and 1/3rd into companies in the rest of the US (Boston, NY, Seattle, LA, Portland, Austin, Minneapolis, Washington D.C., Burlington, and Phoenix.).

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 21, 2013

The first Techstars class matriculated in 2007. Techstars’ geographically dispersed structure shares the wealth across multiple startup communities spanning Seattle to London. Irrespective of what happens to Techstars ahead, development of the accelerator as a global industry ensures that Techstars will remain historically relevant.

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www.allthingsdistributed.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Main July 11, 2007 The Different CTO Roles I was putting together a short panel presentation on the roleof a Chief Technology Officer in corporate innovation and I once again realized that there is quite a bit of confusion around the role of the CTO.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2014

San Francisco, for instance, in 2007 passed the first such law and in 2012 Connecticut became the first state requiring such coverage. The trend has continued, in cities such as Seattle, Portland and the District of Columbia states have also enacted laws requiring paid sick days, with Vermont being the latest to consider new rules.

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siliconflorist.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

million in funding (0) Accelerator application trifecta: TechStars Seattle, Portland Seed Fund, and PIE currently accepting submissions (0) You got your Vizify in my Twitter. Copyright © 2007–2012 Silicon Florist and Return —Views expressed here are not necessarily those of whom I cover. It helps everyone. August 2012.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Any sizable company would find it easy – as well as advantageous – to move their technology to Seattle or Omaha or Minneapolis to avoid the brain damage of auditing and accounting for and paying the taxes under HB 1192. SAP Business Objects Crystal Enterprise XI, SAP Business Objects Crystal Reports 8.5, Citrix Presentation Server 4.0,

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 27, 2018

DocuSign’s second office, the ‘Garage’ From printer & fax to computer When Tom Gonser, Court Lorenzini and Eric Ranft started the company in 2003 out of Seattle in the overhang of the dot.com explosion, the business world was used to the print-sign-fax routine. And this is just the beginning!

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

When we started Foundry Group in 2007, we stated that we would invest in companies throughout the United States. While we haven’t seen each other in person for a while, we periodically go back and forth on email and have a deep emotional intimacy that comes from the relationship we built through our time in YEO.

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North Carolina Finance Charlotte Advisory Board 70

Up and Running

MARCH 29, 2013

One of those tweets was congratulating my co-founder, best-friend, and brother for leaving me and moving to Seattle after taking an offer he couldnt refuse from Amazon’s Publishing Division. I searched for 2007 and the cloud brought me Zach Johnson slipping on the green jacket. What a work of art. sweeeeeeeeet….

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www.thenameinspector.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

21 Comments » 21 Responses to “10 tips for naming your company, product, or service” on 30 Mar 2007 at 9:54 pm Brian Laks. on 03 Apr 2007 at 4:53 am Meet the Name Inspector and enjoy his 10 tips « Raw Stylus. [.] on 03 Nov 2007 at 7:16 am MIchelle J. Seattle Interest (14). November 2007 (2).

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dashes.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

or Seattle. The essential design paradigm can be sketched on the back of an envelope. Does glasperlenspiel ring bells? Glass Bead Game" aka "Magister Ludi" is a must read.). I dont live in SF. or Portland. or Vancouver. Innovation is essentially a social process. Like high-school politics. ;-p. Anyhow, its Catch-22. Lynne Johnson.

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NDA Technical Review Non-Compete San Francisco 52

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

He created a scalable model that grew from a small team in a Seattle garage to one of the world’s largest employers. After 2007, his letters became easier to read, even though Amazon grew more complex over time. Yeah, it that he built in the garage of a rented home in Seattle. Subject verb object. And it was intentional, John.

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Seattle Silicon Valley Conversion Naming 63

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

It did not have the same success as Google’s acquisition and MySpace sold Photobucket 2 years later to a relatively unknown Seattle-based startup called Ontela for a reportedly $60 million. It had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users, which actually was slightly smaller in December 2007 then MySpace was.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

And since VC dollars tend to concentrate around high-tech R&D areas, it’s notable that more than 90% of the nation’s innovation-sector growth (2005-2017) is accounted for by just five metro areas — Boston, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, and San Diego.

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

And if you look elsewhere at places like Seattle you see the same pattern; Microsoft may have been built in Redmond, but Amazon and many of the more recent startups like Zillow, Redfin, Zulily, etc are all in Seattle’s downtown core. So why are software & internet startups more urban today than 5-10 years ago?

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The company was acquired by ebay in January 2007. Rover.com (*) in Seattle, which was founded by Greg Gottesman and Aaron Easterly in 2011, is the leading player in this market. In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay.

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Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

In 2011, “I was speaking at Mozcon in Seattle,” remembers Conversion.com ’s Stephen Pavlovich. “I was only able to pull this off by putting in work to build a personal brand, though—that made the risk lower for them.”. The formula has worked for others. Landing that first big client.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Durant of course plays a huge role, but there are many more nuanced elements certain to drive any Seattle basketball fan to the edge of tears. Cormac McCarthy’s Apocalypse (originally published in 2007) is offered as premium content behind the Longreads subscription wall.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

In 2011, “I was speaking at Mozcon in Seattle,” remembers Conversion.com ’s Stephen Pavlovich. “I was only able to pull this off by putting in work to build a personal brand, though—that made the risk lower for them.”. The formula has worked for others. Landing that first big client.

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thenextweb.com

AUGUST 6, 2012

After leaving Reddit in 2007, Swartz has been involved in a huge number of different ventures, from founding Watchdog.net to being an advisor for Avaaz.org and a consultant for Change.org. I flew out from Seattle, where I lived, to Boston to Paul’s lecture on the back of his essay,” Phil tells me.

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