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A tale of two cities: Bewildered by the city government's continued cluelessness on NYC's innovation scene

This is going to be BIG.

However, her take on the NYC innovation economy during her recent State of the City Address confirmed my thinking: Most of what the NYC government should be doing to support technology entrepreneurship in NYC is to try and stay out of the way. It's painfully obvious that, like many other folks in NYC government, Ms. Hey everyone!

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How to Start a Startup

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During the Internet Bubble there were a number of startups founded by business people who then wentlooking for hackers to create their product for them. But its hard to raise money with an IP cloud over your head, becauseinvestors cant judge how serious it is. Back in 1998 our CFOtried to talk me into it. This doesnt work well.

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