View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Today Hologram announced their $65M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global. They were wrapping up participation in an accelerator program and Ben was planning to move back to Chicago to build the company there, having previously worked at Groupon before moving on to other tech companies in Asia, as well as a brief time in California.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 4, 2016

An unrelated article by Morton Bennedsen and Nicolai Foss in the California Management Review attempts to draw links between family assets and firm innovation based on extensive historic examples from around the world. Hamel and Tennant offer four specific ways to encourage the pre-requisite thinking. Becoming Truly Innovative.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. We are the largest textile and apparel center in the country and now we have a way to reach billions of people in this globally connected Internet.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Today Hologram announced their $65M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global. They were wrapping up participation in an accelerator program and Ben was planning to move back to Chicago to build the company there, having previously worked at Groupon before moving on to other tech companies in Asia, as well as a brief time in California.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Today Hologram announced their $65M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global. They were wrapping up participation in an accelerator program and Ben was planning to move back to Chicago to build the company there, having previously worked at Groupon before moving on to other tech companies in Asia, as well as a brief time in California.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Zendesk is heavily financed by Benchmark and Charles River and has 10,000 customers. Outsourcing is spreading at a frantic pace today with a global footprint and players like oDesk and eLance have made it very easy for companies to connect with outsourcing vendors. They have an opportunity ahead to build a billion dollar company.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Today James Hickey from San Diego, California, pitched Parallel6 , a company that does social media marketing services for brands and also has a white label mobile app that can be customized and branded for their clients' mobile and social marketing needs. You can register here. Now, on to today's roundtable: Parallel6.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In 2020 I started a presentation design agency & scaled it globally. Thanks to Robert Davidson, California Title Loans ! #12- I plan to use a combination of personal capital, debt financing, and private equity investment to fund the business. #7- Instructional design agency. Photo Credit: Mrunalini Dhas.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 1, 2017

As the CEO of Hera Hub , the global co-working space, Felena recognized an opportunity to build a female-focused coworking space largely because she couldn’t find one that catered to her needs. Felena Hanson has shown that she is a true entrepreneur.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Basketball legend and entrepreneur Magic Johnson and Twitter founder Biz Stone are set to be keynote speakers at this year’s EO Alchemy 2011 , a three-day global conference for entrepreneurs to learn new strategies, share success stories and experiences and network with financers and other industrialists.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2018

Because I’d made a name for myself as an innovative marketer in consumer financing, I was then recruited by GE, which still had a consumer finance brand at the time called GE Money. Two weeks later, I was named the executive director of global marketing for GE at the corporate level, working for Beth Comstock.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 30, 2018

That’s still OK given the IPO is more of a financing event than anything else, right? If things hold up through lock-up periods, waves of cash will wash up in northern California. vs Uber (global)? Many of the companies who are waiting for 2019-20 are likely wanting to file papers (or already have) and list.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 22, 2012

Author, chair in entrepreneurship, and Professor of Technology Management at the Graduate School of Management at University of California Andrew Hargadon shares some really great posts on entrepreneurship and business on this blog. Finance and Economics. Touching on both economics and finance, Professor Mark J. Andrew Hargadon.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 15, 2015

Now given that the company has yet to even come close to breaking even, this can be viewed as either a great validation of Domo''s business model, or as more evidence of the “Bubble Mania” of the current technology financing landscape and a screaming signal to get out while you still can. And investors just can''t enough of them.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

He oversaw the launch of iconic properties including Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob & Rugrats — all multi-billion-dollar global powerhouses. billion to finance US startups.) Latinos are now 60 million strong in the US and around 450 million globally (more than English speaking people at 335 million).

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

During this week's roundtable, once again, we had an international group of entrepreneurs presenting from Buenos Aires, Argentina; Warsaw, Poland; Geneva, Switzerland; Sherbrooke, Canada; Oakland, California; and Austin, Texas. It is, however, too early for financing. In addition, we had attendees from many other parts of the world.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they drawn to Texas or moving away from California? Or are they running to a fresh perspective, a massive talent pool, and an innovation culture that balances social impact with global domination? Texas exported more than California and New York combined in 2019. Texas is hitting critical mass as a global startup hub.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 20, 2012

billion into startups nationwide, according to an analysis by the Public Policy Institute of California ( PDF ). According to Dow Jones VentureSource Senior Manager of Corporate Communications Kim Gagliardi, 3,404 venture financing rounds were completed in 2011, down 47% from the 6,361 closed in 2000. Slimmer Pickings.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 28, 2011

First, Vikrant Mathur from Menlo Park, California, discussed iFood.tv, a video recipe network where chefs, cook-book authors, etc. It is currently evaluating options and strategies for growth and the possibility of additional financing. I like the idea, but to go from idea to financing, there is a long road for Adarsh to travel still.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

In June of 2008, Become.com was selected as Best Search & Comparison Site [link] by the Sloan Center [link] at the University of California, Riverside. California Avenue, Suite 110 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 T: 408-215-4627 ext. Global warming: a plague for humanity? Global Warning! Yahoo Finance. Anonymous said.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 26, 2011

As for the presenters, first up, Deborah Walliser from Redding, California, presented Got Produce? Adam needs a crash course on financing and should go digest the 1M/1M curriculum module on that topic ASAP. Got Produce? This is a greenhouse technology to grow fresh agricultural produce.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Box has announced the launch of Box Accelerator , a global data transfer network that pushes the speed, security and scale of the Box service for business and enterprise users for a faster and more streamlined service. times faster than the closest competitor, globally, and 3.1 times faster than its closest competitor in the U.S.).

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 20, 2012

billion into startups nationwide, according to an analysis by the Public Policy Institute of California ( PDF ). According to Dow Jones VentureSource Senior Manager of Corporate Communications Kim Gagliardi, 3,404 venture financing rounds were completed in 2011, down 47% from the 6,361 closed in 2000.

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Venture Capital Deal Flow Atlanta Incubator 66

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

automotive industry grew to become one of the drivers of the global economy. Sloan kept the corporate staff small and focused on policymaking, corporate finance and planning. Known as the “Inventor of the Modern Corporation,” Sloan was president of General Motors from 1923 to 1956 when the U.S. There’s the Alfred P.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

That is the goal of a new MSin Entrepreneurship being offered by Pepperdine University in California. From Business Wire: Students complete two trimesters of foundational studies in accounting, economics, finance and marketing.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

PeterLongBSCF : Peter Long is the President and CEO of Blue Shield of California Foundation, tweeting about making quality health care accessible for all. jcanales : Jim Canales, President and CEO of The James Irvine Foundation, shares how they’re working to expand opportunities for the people of California. mtbert : Mark T.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

“Since 2011, the Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship has supported the work of 36 innovators—representing the United States as well as 18 other countries on five continents—who address pressing global issues, from healthcare delivery to college persistence and sustainable construction in developing nations. Summit Fellows.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Step 3: Get financed. What if, as you’re getting ready to harvest your first batch, you then find out that all the demand for passion fruit is centered in Southern California, and not in Miami like you thought? You would then have been able to choose to grow another product that was in demand, or start your farm in Southern California.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 10, 2020

So, that was the first moment that we said, "This looks like it could be a thing in California." We weren't fully thinking about California or the country at that point. But then by my second year, I had a real interest in finance. By this point, we had moved out to Northern California. We're in Santa Clara County.

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Pascal's View

APRIL 19, 2009

moderated at Stanford on March 18 th at ITSEF III , I pointed out that one developing impact of the global financial crisis that was not yet evident in the financial statistics would be accelerated declines in. Financings. normal"> First-time financings accounted for 20. Financings. .   While. Seed/Early stage.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2020

We became a global company and it was truly an entrepreneurial dream come true for Brant, our team, and me. Then in 1998 along came a tiny company in Los Gatos, California named Netflix. Finance tells a dramatic story since then. unemployment now at 8.1% (and California’s unemployment rate at 10.1%). It worked, big time.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

And half our clubs were in the state of California in 2008, so was a very interesting time to be a CEO and learned a lot. We have companies now who have every store, globally or in a whole country, shuttered. And then from there, I got to go spend some time at USAA, which is probably one of the finest companies in the world.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

And, while working to build the business we want, a competitor in California secured resources to far outpace us. Spend your time with customers who have proven they buy what you’re selling: California has shown the capacity both in capital and in imagination afforded by that capital. Do I think we’re still better? Of course I do.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Loading… Personal Finance. Personal Finance. Ritter, a finance professor at University of Floridas business school. We have seen the damage that this share structure can cause over the long run, said Anne Sheehan, head of corporate governance for California State Teachers Retirement System, a big public pension fund.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

In February, Greylock kicked off “Iconversations,” a new speaker series featuring “icons” across tech, finance, media and culture. Dara manages Uber’s fast-growing business in 63 countries around the world and leads a global team of more than 22,000 employees. In 2013, California was the only place that had regulations on ride sharing.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, is acquiring Provigent, an Israeli company which develops system-on-a-chip products that enable wireless system vendors to deliver broadband wireless backhaul systems to network operators.

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Java Database Argentina 79

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

"When youve bootstrapped a business where youre not drawing a salary and depleting whatever savings you have, thats one of the very difficult things to do," says Toby Stuart, a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Finance, Banking, Loans, etc.

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