YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 27, 2012
Founded by interaction designer Brad Damphousse and software engineer Andrew Ballester, GoFundMe was first conceptualized back in 2008 when both were driven by personal tragedies that led to want to use their talents for good. GoFundMe deducts a 5% fee from payments users receive, and never charges donors.
The Next Web
NOVEMBER 28, 2013
He also served as The Next Web’s blog’s first blogger and Editor in Chief, back in 2008. His superiors weren’t all happy with this atypical approach to news and asked him to leave in September 2012. In December 2012 he met up with the founders of Momkai , a creative agency with clients such as Red Bull and Nike.
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David Cohen
AUGUST 22, 2012
.” In researching my answers for the WSJ reporter, I dug up some data on TechStars companies over the last several years that use the freemium model. The second thread was about how to extract the money – in effect – what the business model should be. Here’s the data: 2007: 10%.
Up and Running
AUGUST 6, 2014
The Social Enterprise Alliance offers this definition: “In its early days, the social enterprise movement was identified mainly with nonprofits that used business models and earned income strategies to pursue their mission. Some business leaders make the argument that any good business can be a social enterprise.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
DECEMBER 10, 2012
Although Sharktank has been running reruns on Fridays the last few weeks, the show ran a Sharktank 2012 Holiday special on Tuesday night. The company has grown from about 100 trees rented in 2008 to 1,300 trees rented in 2011, charging $100-200 each. Note that this is more expensive than buying a tree.
This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 26, 2011
What types of things might happen in 2012, as opposed to needing another 3-5 years to come to fruition. That aside, here are ten areas I think you'll see some interesting things happening in 2012. PS.there are various companies in this article I have or have had business involvements with. What's the business model?
crowdSPRING Blog
JULY 14, 2013
Financial journalist Riva Froymovich tells how the financial crisis of 2008 and the bad decisions and short-sighted policy is having a huge negative impact on entire generations of Americans. CTRL ALT DELETE is the necessary process to reboot and re-build your business model. Great reads on small business and entrepreneurship.
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