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Venture Capital Funding and the Sexism You Can’t Quite Prove

Up and Running

I don’t know how it operates behind closed doors. In a lot of the industries in which I ended up launching companies, there was a pre-existing profile of what a successful entrepreneur should look like—typically a young, white male with a technical, finance, or political background,” says Aguirre de Carcer. That’s the problem.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I began my business in 2014 because, well, it was just time. For nearly 15 years I had analytical, numbers-driven jobs in finance and banking, working for some of the world’s largest banks. From that life altering event, Ella Bing was born as a family owned and operated business in 2012. 12 – It was Just Time.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

Chatting with CEO and cofounder Kaufer this week, I was reminded of the fact that the company started with a very different business model in mind. At its current 20-25% revenue growth rate, TripAdvisor will join Akamai in the billion dollar revenue club in 2014. Scaling Lesson 2: Maintain a Sense of Urgency.

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The Playbook for Scale Up Nation

Seeing Both Sides

In 2014, for example, 18 IPOs raised a record-breaking $9.8 We selected this benchmark because it reflects the phase in which companies have proven product viability, achieved initial product/market fit, and are now expanding sales and growing more complex operations. billion, compared to just $1.2 billion in 2013.