Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet. But keep in mind at this point Reid’s a first-time CEO.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

Feeling motivated by this realization, I connected with my brilliant Co-Founder Amy Yuan, who then built a massive database consisting of reviews, assessments, and scientific research related to skincare. In his case, he built commercial buildings in Toronto, Canada. From this, Urtasker was born. 25- Got the idea from a friend.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 29, 2016

This journey started for me about seven years ago on 9/10/2009 when I wrote the blog post The Founders Visa Movement. Canada created their own Startup Visa. In response to the non-action from Congress, I co-founded the Global EIR Coalition with Jeff Bussgang and Craig Montuori. The UK created an Entrepreneur Visa.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 15, 2018

According to the 2018 Global Startup Ecosystem Report , in 2017, global venture capital investments reached the record of $140 billion, while the total value creation of the world’s startup economy hit astonishing $2.3 Even though venture capital funding is still less accessible in Canada compared to the U.S., Conclusions.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Richard Ma , CEO and Co-Founder at Quantstamp , says, “We focus on helping our customers stay safe and succeed because our philosophy is that technology is only a tool to solve people’s problems.” It’s estimated that 20 to 25 percent of funds are lost to corruption globally at the government level, so this is a really important issue.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Even for those who don’t care to dive into the numbers, it’s worth a quick glance because co-founder/CEO Andrew Mason wrote a letter which forms the preamble of the full document. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Filed under Uncategorized. Pingback: Iphone Android App.

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www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

Minted.com is both a global design community and stationery retailer. I was lucky to sign on as advisor and investor the founder of a very high-profile consumer Internet site who happens to also be a former engineer, who I will call Richard. The first thing I did was to find an advisor who I could trust.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

What are some of the things that come to mind when you think of Canada? Canada boasts a well-educated population that draws its heritage from all corners of the globe. Many major companies have taken notice of Canada’s virtues and set up offices there. People who say “eh”? Celine Dion?

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 7, 2018

While dual citizenship is becoming increasingly common in our global society, not many people have homes in Canada and Colombia. Anthony Wile—the CEO, director and co-founder of PharmaCielo Ltd. became a citizen of Colombia in August 2018 by decree of President Juan Manuel Santos, yet maintains his Canadian citizenship.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Winding Tree drives the development of open source protocols for the travel industry, starting with ORG.ID, a global registry of business entities that streamlines access to APIs in an automated and secure way without the need for third parties. What is your top goal for Winding Tree for 2020?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 10, 2020

I added Group because I plan to have many companies that spin off of this parent company (currently have 1 spin off and working on additional), and International because we strive to have a global impact on the retail industry. The term ohmy came to me when I was driving with my family to Niagra Falls Canada for a weekend getaway.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

What are some of the things that come to mind when you think of Canada? Canada boasts a well-educated population that draws its heritage from all corners of the globe. Many major companies have taken notice of Canada’s virtues and set up offices there. People who say “eh”? Celine Dion?

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 24, 2024

But he was best known as one of the founders of the discipline of AI. In fact, he co-authored the paper that coined the term “artificial intelligence.” Cathedral projects—such as the Apollo Moon Landing program and our global effort to mitigate climate change—are important for the progress of human society.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 4, 2024

All of this is in addition to the macro challenges that Israeli startups had to deal with in 2023 even before October 7th, including international investor unease due to the proposed judicial reform (that has since been taken off the table), Ukraine war, global venture slowdown ( US VC investments were down 60% in 2023 ), etc.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 6, 2011

We discussed the possibility of recruiting a couple of cofounders who can help him build out the core skill-set needed on his team right now. Last up was Sanjeev Arora from Oakville, Ontario, Canada discussing Tabillo , a collaboration and content management solution for SME customers across verticals like legal, engineering, etc.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

@jack : Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is on Twitter as well, sharing updates from his work as the CEO of Square. dens : Co-founder and CEO of Foursquare Dennis Crowley gets personal on his Twitter account, sharing his interests in soccer and hidden urban art. MichaelDell : Follow Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 5, 2018

Jet.com founder Marc Lore ascended to CEO of Walmart’s US e-commerce operations, and since joining has taken the company on an e-commerce/apparel acquisition spree. Select investors: Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Slow Ventures, Maveron, Tiger Global Management. Walmart’s $3.3B Disclosed funding: $27.4M.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 2, 2019

And I guess it seems appropriate that I’m writing this post from Edinburgh, Scotland here at TED Global. And speaking of capitalism, George Papandreou’s, the former Prime Minister of Greece and the poster child for the European economic crisis, TED Global talk is already live. I saw this movie in Silicon Valley?

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2020

My co founder Jonathan Hill realised how important good food was due to his father passing away from eating poorly. 9- Desire to go global. I wanted to be the first Indian beauty/wellness brand to go truly global. We are now in over 300 US cities and we are beginning to expand to Canada.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 30, 2023

She is the founder and CEO of JAM a multi-million dollar global business that has connected millions of people through play since its inception as one of the largest adult recreational sports leagues in the world. The JAM team has produced and delivered over 3500 playful corporate events, in over 30 countries since the summer of 2020.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I built a multi-million dollar company (and sold it) from New Brunswick Canada. Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? Thanks, Phil Up North. Radian6 just did the same thing.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 22, 2019

I spent the next ten years in finance, eating office catering in Canada, the US, and the UK—and it was always the same tired platters of slop. The global contract catering market offers a $265B opportunity and is dominated by five antiquated players. Just because you eat together doesn’t mean you have to share cutlery! Be an expert.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

The modern form of the venture capital firm — dating to American Research and Development Corporation and JH Whitney & Co. Later-stage capital of course ultimately matters, but that capital can be “borrowed” from players in other states at the right time (and even countries; capital is global after all). Federal government The U.S.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

We estimate that the global GMV for ride sharing was over $100B in 2018 (including Uber, Didi, Grab, Lyft, Yandex, etc) and still growing handsomely. Upwork is a global freelancing platform where businesses and independent professionals can connect and collaborate remotely. The idea is simple and simultaneously brilliant.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. Canada is a case study of a mutually beneficial relationship between the US and the US tech ecosystem. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. Canada is a case study of a mutually beneficial relationship between the US and the US tech ecosystem. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

about Moshe Lichtman, and why he is one of few men or women capable of leading an Israeli startup to global billions. He led the department to 400% growth : MSN became the number one portal in Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and numerous Asian countries. In this post I break down an article by TheMarker.co.il

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 3, 2013

The Singapore video games industry grew from $87 million in 2005 to $285 million in 2007 , and the sector currently comprises of around 60 games development, publishing and services-related companies, featuring various major global industry players such as Electronic Arts, LucasArts, Tecmo Koei, and Ubisoft. The co-founders believe it is.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

One of the drivers for that growth is that for European, Israeli, Latin American, and Eastern Canada-linked companies, the East Coast is much closer than California. Founders’ determination. If you want to start selling abroad, an international founder is an advantage. They burnt their ships behind them.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., And companies that didnt survive might have closed their doors for reasons other than failure, for example, getting acquired or the founders moving on to new projects.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

We have three in Israel , two in Canada , one in the UK, and the remainder scattered all over the US. A number of the funds we studied use an origination approach that allows them to proactively co-create companies or opportunities. iv] Economist, Global Heroes: A Report on Entrepreneurship, March 14, 2009., May 3, 2009.

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thenextweb.com

AUGUST 6, 2012

After giving the applicants just 10 days to submit, Graham received an amazing 227 applications, which just goes to show the unbelievable drive that the young would-be founders had. Like a parent, Y Combinator protected and guided a group of eight applicants who were chosen to be part of the Y Combinator Summer Founders Program.

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Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

Most small business and Startup founders are talking about customer engagement and social presence beyond the customary likes and one-post-a-month schedules. We talked to global social media experts and influencers to share with us their top social analytics tools for the coming year. Martin Harrison , Co-founder, Copify.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

To me personally, being the founder of an online business, distribution will never be a problem. As the co-founder of the Virtual Global Consultant (VGC) Group, I love the fact that we have created employment in underserved communities globally. Photo Credit: Wendy Ekua Da’Cruz.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Brunner (@heatherjbrunner) | Twitter Preston James Co-founder & CEO DivInc Preston is at the center of everything Diversity & Inclusion in Austin. An early Human Rights Campaign board member and longtime Austin LGBTQ leader, Eugene co-chaired President Obama’s & the DNC’s LGBTQ Leadership Council.

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Transformify

DECEMBER 14, 2015

According to business mogul and SpaceX founder Elon Musk we may be travelling into space. As explored in a new infographic by SavvyBeaver Canada and BargainFox the popular viral news website BuzzFeed has a 50% remote workforce. Startup Caravanserai is taking this a step further by developing a network of co-living spaces.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 29, 2016

Compliance laws reach a global market, so let’s visit a few that affect any international email your marketing team sends. Global SPAM Laws. If you’re larger than a mom and pop shop, complying and understanding global laws is pertinent to your bottom line. But these guidelines don’t stop at the U.S.

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