2014 Learning Technical Cofounder 
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 14, 2016
But is there something about these specific companies that others can learn? Until 2014, Uber had fewer than 500 employees; today their headcount is around 3,000 people. Brian Chesky, one of the cofounders of Dot & Bo, once said, “Initially, each idea and mock-up we developed for the company was completely and utterly wrong.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 3, 2016
Although female-founded companies represent a greater percentage of First Round’s investments than the national average — startups with at least one female cofounder account for approximately 18% of new VC-backed new ventures in the U.S. — they were still the minority of investments.
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Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
In 2014, for example, 18 IPOs raised a record-breaking $9.8 Although the technical team often remains in Israel, many of the executives interviewed recommend departing for the U.S. A move allows the business to get close to the customer, learn their pain points, and adapt accordingly. billion, compared to just $1.2
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 5, 2018
In 2014 a graduate student at Stanford named Etosha Cave and two colleagues began their entrepreneurial journey. The problem that Etosha and her cofounders ran into when they first sought to leverage the Silicon Valley ecosystem to get their business off the ground was that venture investors typically want to see a real product.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
For instance, in 2014 only 10% of Yelp’s engineers were female. These figures were similar at other tech companies, most of which had fewer than 20% of their technical positions filled by women and had low representation of black and Hispanic employees. .… The numbers were grim. has increased from 10% to 18%.
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