The Next Web

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Not only do you need to come up with something relevant, but you have the added stress of worrying about the verb effect, if it’s easy-to-spell, globally understandable, catchy, memorable and gives off the right impression. Stef Lewandowski , co-founder of Makeshift.io, which has launched apps attending.io , hiremyfriend.io

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2017

Due to lowering capital costs, global competition that spans industries and continents, quicker market validations, and facilitated iteration, the nature of the investment game has changed. As it happens, in the last 30 years, available capital has tripled to stand at roughly 10 times global GDP. Expanding tech talent.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

by Kenneth Coats, founder of eKnowID. Doing a background check on a potential partner or co-founder, while unorthodox, could bring to light small issues that could be resolved with a bit of honest dialogue. Now, don’t get me wrong: Most people don’t lie on their résumés. But those who have something to hide will hide it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Innovation is a driver of many businesses globally. Rossanna Ceccato is the founder of Redress, a disruptive clothing platform that helps women renew and refresh their wardrobes through dress swaps. I have been continually impressed by Sarah Hawley, the founder of Growmotely. Photo Credit: Caroline Hoy. 4- Sarah Hawley.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 26, 2014

Today the it’s a global real-time communications platform used by over 400 million monthly users – of which around 200 million are active – and processes a billion tweets ever 2 and a half days on every conceivable topic.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

Relationship troubles and high tensions during the pandemic will lead to an abundance of divorce filings in the United States. The trends shifting in the eLearning sector due to the influence of COVID 19 on schools and colleges across the United States and the world are shifting to a hybridized-online and in-person format.

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thebarefootvc

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

– Austin Hill , co-founder Blockstream (FPV’s newest portfolio company). Even in the United States, one in five households are underbanked. Globally, there are 2.5 We’ve come together because we believe in the potential of this technology to have a significant, positive social impact.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 12, 2023

CEO and co-founder of InvGate Ariel Gesto says the company will continue to expand this year. The United States Army, NASA, KPMG, Toyota, Arcos Dorados, and Grupo Coppel are just a few of the 57 countries represented by the company’s clientele. Q: Where are InvGate’s offices located?

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The Startup Magazine continues our Founder Interview series with entrepreneur Richard Lavina, Co-Founder and CEO of accounting services platform, Taxfyle. Richard Lavina, CPA, Co-Founder and CEO of Taxfyle. TSM: What is the most important thing you tell other startup founders?

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

The founder of of international sandwich chain SUBWAY® , Fred DeLuca, started his business with a US$1,000 loan when he was just 17. That was in 1965. Today SUBWAY® is the largest restaurant chain in the world with over 38,000 stores in more than 100 countries. From there, the adventure will continue in New York City and Washington DC.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. Using this capital , the founders launched and enjoyed exponential growth in their first year, with 10K users and thousands of listings. Photo Credit: Jack Underwood.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 25, 2018

The United States provides a phenomenal environment for promoting startup ecosystems, ranking 1st out of 138 countries using the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index. For a nearby global perspective, Canada has rated the 7th best country in the world to start a business by Business Insider. In fact, 6.02

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

has announced that it is partnering search giant Google to support the startup and entrepreneurship ecosystem in the United States and around the world. Both companies will jointly be investing in activities that foster innovation and supporting startups, beginning with Women 2.0 ‘s signature networking event Founder Friday.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Pre-swag surf group photo of HBCU@SXSW students and Spike Lee at Capital One House Over the past several years, tech communities across the United States have attempted to make significant progress towards increasing diversity and inclusion in their industries.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2021

Jeff Decker is a co-instructor of the Hacking for Defense class and the Stanford program director. By comparison, last year’s global market for software-as-a-service, one of the hottest sectors for startup creation and investment, was estimated at $104 billion. He’s a former U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer. Defense Department.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Speakers include: - Kareem Amin, Co-Founder, Frame. - Rami Essaid, Co-Founder & CEO, Distil Inc. - Yao-Hui, Founder, The Hatchery. - Andrew Mitchell, Managing Partner, ZIG Capital. . What incentives are there to incorporate social financing into their overall investment strategy?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 25, 2018

The United States provides a phenomenal environment for promoting startup ecosystems, ranking 1st out of 138 countries using the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index. For a nearby global perspective, Canada has rated the 7th best country in the world to start a business by Business Insider. In fact, 6.02

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Both graduates of one of the most premier science institutions in the United States: Caltech. 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. Deflationary Economics now favors us. Stuff you may not know about LA?

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Up and Running

JANUARY 21, 2015

Walmart is at it again; the world’s largest company (and the biggest private employer with over 2 million workers globally) is unfortunately known for short-changing its employees, including a widely publicized incident last year where one Ohio store threw a food drive for its own workers.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

This week's One Million by One Million roundtable was our 75th session, and we worked today with three entrepreneurs from the Midwest region of the United States. Our co-host for the program was TiE Midwest, based in Chicago. Next week, the 1M/1M roundtable will be co-hosted with TiE Chennai and TiE Mumbai.

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thebarefootvc

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

– Austin Hill , co-founder Blockstream (FPV’s newest portfolio company). Even in the United States, one in five households are underbanked. Globally, there are 2.5 We’ve come together because we believe in the potential of this technology to have a significant, positive social impact.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 4, 2019

The first is from David Rubenstein (Carlyle Group co-founder – one of Blackstone’s competitors) in 2006. That year private equity firms initiated one of every five mergers globally and even more, 29 percent, in the United States. And then, a year later, the global finance crisis was in full bloom.

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Austin Startup

MAY 10, 2021

Hologram , a global cellular platform for IoT, announced it hired Mike Georgoff this month as its first Chief Product Officer as the organization continues its growth. His emphasis on a customer-centric approach to product was a natural fit for us,” said Ben Forgan, co-founder and CEO of Hologram. “He

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

As part of our Female Founder series , The Startup Magazine caught up with Claudia Freed, CEO of the Wheaton Illinois-based nonprofit EALgreen. Freed is a global thinker and living proof that purpose-driven businesses transform lives. As an immigrant student from Argentina, Ms. and North Park University. and North Park University.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

We started our alcohol delivery service in 2014 on the basis that alcohol is one of the most consumed beverages in the United States. My co-founder, Paul Pirner and I were old friends and craft beer lovers who had each decided (independently of one another) to adopt an alcohol-free lifestyle. Photo Credit: Chris Vaughn.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

Entrepreneurs from Latin and Central America were given first priority to pitch their businesses at today's roundtable co-hosted by Innova Tiquicia and Startup Weekend Costa Rica. Next week, the 1M/1M roundtable will be co-hosted with TiE Midwest. With that, let's look at the two entrepreneurs who pitched today from Costa Rica.

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The Next Web

JUNE 19, 2013

Streaming live on The Next Web, Convene founder Chris Kelly will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. Christopher Kelly, 30, is a successful serial entrepreneur who co-founded Convene to capitalize on converging trends in real estate and workplace collaboration. Entrepreneur Insider United States News' ET (12 p.m.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Nelly Garcia, Co-Founder of Rocheli Patisserie Nelly Garcia, Co-Founder of Rocheli Patisserie Nelly Garcia was born in Monterrey, Mexico, and immigrated to Austin, Texas, in 2002 at the age of 15. Her parents immigrated to the United States to provide their future children with better opportunities.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Take the gift card market, for example, is $110 billion alone for 2012 in the United States, with more than 276 million people exchanging these stored value cards. “We believe Giift.com has a strong value proposition for both users and business partners,” says Pascal Xatart, CEO and co-founder of Giift.com.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

Henrik and I co-founded Fisker Inc. So I reached a point in my career as a CMO for global high tech companies where I wanted to make a change and start a company that would apply all the marketing lessons I had learned to helping small local businesses. Thanks to Brandy Runyan, Black Diamond PR Firm, LLC ! #2-

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 3, 2015

trillion,” says Annie Parker, co-founder at muru - D. muru - d.com/apply/global. “ muru-D will help accelerate technology innovation throughout Southeast Asia and we look forward to, not only attracting the best digital talent but, critically, creating the right conditions for their long-term success.”

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

We make a point of keeping our records updated in the major data-trackers tracking the VC industry, e.g., CB Insights , Crunchbase , Dow Jones , Mattermark , Palico , Preqin , Pitchbook , and ThomsonReuters , since they are a source of data to LPs and to potential co-investors interested in us. . Pitchbot.vc 3) Originate investments.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

image source: [link] If you are a startup co-founder in Central and Eastern Europe, when you hear about about US entrepreneurial communities, you usually hear of course Silicon Valley, but more and more often now east coast as well.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 9, 2013

On the sidelines of Crowdsourcing Week , freelance staffing site Elance.com ‘s Kjetil Olsen, its vice president for Europe, shared the results of its most recent Global Online Employment report. Clients in Singapore hired most freelancers from India, United States, Pakistan, United Kingdom and Philippines.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 9, 2013

In our hyper-competitive global economy, startups are just as likely to find their first customers in Paris, France, as in Paris, Texas. In a 2007 report, the Council on Competitiveness quoted a USA Today survey revealing that, “ of venture-backed software startups created since 1999, nearly 40% have employees outside the United States.”.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 15, 2013

As a co-founder of TechStars , I’m a huge believer in the mentor-driven accelerator model. TechStars surpassed our wildest expectations and now runs over 10 programs a year for over 100 start-ups around the United States. All of this is privately funded.

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