Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The Uber platform capitalized on the fact that people with expensive vehicles, and time on their hands, were willing to provide rides at a lower cost that taxi companies who had to support a fleet of cars. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/04/2020. New business models are changing the rules of business.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

By moving away from the “influencer house” model, Collab Crew can also expand to include more BIPOC creators and entrepreneurs in the Georgia capital. For example, in the midst of racial justice protests in summer 2020, posts on TikTok with hashtags like #BlackLivesMatter and #GeorgeFloyd appeared to have 0 views.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 14, 2019

. “ In 2019 and 2020 we’re going to see a lot of these… we’re going to see a lot of people putting out a lot of stuff.” Last year the company scored at least $6 million from investors, including Sequoia Capital , BoxGroup and other, undisclosed, investors. at least in terms of the amount of money it has raised).

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 30, 2022

” Genies last earned a $1 billion valuation from heavy-hitting tech investors including Silver Lake and Mary Meeker’s Bond Capital during its most recent raise, a $150 million Series C round announced in April. An image of the Genies platform showcasing a fashion collection designed by creator Ian Charms.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2019

We invest both capital and an enormous amount of time and mentorship to help companies build the best businesses, as rapidly as possible. However, unless you're building rockets and giant launch pads, we're not talking about massive capital outlays. It's transforming industries like entertainment, healthcare, and aerospace.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 9, 2018

With computer science jobs predicted to increase by 22 percent by 2020 according to the U.S. Near the nation’s capital, Arlington, VA has a thriving startup community that supports female-led companies, startups in STEM, cyber security, defense, and everything in between aimed at improving the status quo.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

million in Series A financing from Sherpa Capital along with three other funds. Arrivo wants to operate a large cargo mover by 2020 based on the concept of self-driving pods that are propelled through low-friction passageways at ultra-high speed. The suit was subsequently settled out of court, and BamBrogan then founded Arrivo.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

He left traditional media at the top of his game to be the founding CEO of Next New Networks, one of the first digital video startups, backed by Spark Capital and bought by YouTube in 2011. trillion in 2020 (U.S. He was also Vice Chairman of MTV Networks and oversaw adult brands Spike and TV Land. billion to finance US startups.)

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2020

If you want to follow two great Black executives who work at the intersection of technology and venture capital make sure to click on those links and follow them on Twitter. in this video from the 2020 Upfront Summit. link] So things were going well for Valence in 2020, amazingly even in a pandemic. yes, THE John Legend?—?in

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