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The SVB Saga in Memes

VC Cafe

Silicon Valley Bank was the bank of many founders and funds (30% according to some estimates), including our own at Remagine Ventures. Get the bank run t-shirt If you’ve ever ran the ‘Corporate Challenge’ in New York you’re familiar with the annual jerseys. — M.G. Unfortunate coincidence?

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

This is another joint event between HBS Angels of NY and the HBS Club of New York. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. Christopher Ahlberg is the CEO and Co-founder of Recorded Future. He joined Goldman Sachs & Co.

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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

Up and Running

“I realized in the early 1990s that there was no appropriate yoga for fitness professionals,” says YogaFit® founder, Beth Shaw. Beth developed her own intensive curriculum and, with the help of seed money from a student, founded YogaFit® in 1994 to fill the niche. says HourlyNerd co-founder and co-CEO, Rob Biederman. “So

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5 Tech Companies That Have Made It Big And Here’s Why

YoungUpstarts

The founders of the companies all have stories to share. The company was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington. #4. Most of the companies are also found and recognized in articles posted by the New York Times. Each and every company has its own story to bring to the table. Alphabet Inc.

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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

I’m going to start by going back to 1994. In the mid-1990s, a good friend of mine, Gene Kim (founder of Tripwire and author of When IT Fails: A Business Novel ) and I were in graduate school together in the Computer Science program at the University of Arizona. Read Gotham: The History of New York City to 1898.)

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The Philanthropic Efforts Of James Dondero

YoungUpstarts

As the co-founder and president of Highland Capital Management, James Dondero made sure that the company he built will include charitable giving as one of its missions right from the very beginning. James Dondero has lived in Dallas since 1994.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

Jack Tankersley, a long time mentor of mine, co-founder of Centennial Funds, and co-founder of Meritage Funds, wrote me a very long response. I decided to sit on it for a while and continue to ponder the history of VC in the 1980’s and the current era we are experiencing to see if anything new appeared after Jerry’s post.