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Accelerating Aurora, Driving the Future

Reid Hoffman

I’ve been engaged in the AV tech space closely since 2015, when I first wrote about the potential of AV technology to make human mobility safer, more sustainable, and more efficient. Sterling Anderson, Aurora’s CPO, had led Tesla’s Model X program to its launch in 2015, then led the team that delivered Autopilot. The Road to AV.

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Looking for Funds in All the Right Places

Austin Startup

With the sting of losses so fresh, much of the angel activity dried up in the early 2000s, but it restarted with the launch of Central Texas Angel Network in 2006 and Capital Factory opening its doors in 2009. Access to capital is important for scaling companies and competing in active markets.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

I became a full-time entrepreneur in 2015 and since then, I was able to immigrate from Europe to Canada, obtain a visa for the U.S., I was able to travel from coast to coast, Boston to LA, Chicago to Florida, to meet investors and other interesting people who ended up joining our advisory board or are some other way involved with my company.

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Swedish Immigrant Helps Reinvent the Mouthguard Industry

Hearpreneur

Sometimes a great advisory board can be just as useful. A well-diversified advisory board, willing to answer phone calls and have discussions on regular basis are also priceless help, that I have been fortunate enough to take advantage of. Network with other entrepreneurs and learn from their experiences.

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23 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

We had a tough rebrand as we were initially founded as Trainer Communications in 1995, however we made the official transformation to 10Fold Communications in 2015. We proceeded to conduct a survey with current and previous clients using them as an advisory board for our re-naming plans. Therefore, a COLLECTIVE effort.

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Foundry Group Next

Feld Thoughts

Over the years at Foundry Group we’ve built an extensive network of companies. We were clear at that point that we wanted to continue to make early stage investments through a new Foundry Group fund, which we subsequently raised in the middle of 2015 and started investing at the end of the year.

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Introducing Foundry Group Next

VC Adventure

Over the years at Foundry Group we’ve built an extensive network of companies. We were clear at that point that we wanted to continue to make early stage investments through a new Foundry Group fund, which we subsequently raised in the middle of 2015 and started investing at the end of the year.