A Crowded Space
OCTOBER 3, 2018
Very shortly after I joined, Greg Gretsch (now my partner at Jackson Square Ventures) co-led oDesk’s Series A along with Venky Ganesan (partner at Menlo Ventures and lead investor in Rev.com). Greg Gretsch was and remains on the board and is my partner at Jackson Square Ventures. Upwork had truly life-changing potential.
Hearpreneur
AUGUST 9, 2020
Along with longtime partners like Warby Parker, Ella and the VisionSpring team are making it their priority to use their immense resources for this unprecedented fight. The defining moment for VisionSpring was when Founder Jordan Kassalow went on a volunteer mission to Mexico at age 23. billion people worldwide who need them.
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Hearpreneur
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Along with longtime partners like Warby Parker, Ella and the VisionSpring team are making it their priority to use their immense resources for this unprecedented fight. The defining moment for VisionSpring was when Founder Jordan Kassalow went on a volunteer mission to Mexico at age 23. billion people worldwide who need them.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 7, 2012
13, 2006: This distinguished Nobel Peace Prize recipient pioneered the use of microcredits through the Grameen Bank, which he established in his native Bangladesh in 1983; many for-profit and nonprofit ventures these days utilize the same concept when investing in underprivileged regions. Patrick Chukwura at Young Entrepreneurs , Sept.
Life Beyond Code
MARCH 19, 2013
I have known Dr. William Miller (co-founder of Value Centered Innovation ) for a number of years and every conversation with him on business model innovation and beyond has been delightful and insightful. Partners: The allied people and organizations who enable the model. Hers is a quick interview with him on the topic.
Up and Running
JANUARY 16, 2015
Bonus points for the fact that they partner with the social enterprise Vision Spring to facilitate training for optometrists and eye glass manufacturers in the same countries that they donate glasses to (India, Guatemala, and Bangladesh to name a few), so the communities also receive opportunities for sustainable income.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
AUGUST 30, 2010
He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. A virtual assistant (VA) is a remote worker hired to complete tasks you should not be doing as the founder of a startup. In 2009, I launched the Micropreneur Academy , a private membership community for startup founders.
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