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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

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The New York Times, January 2001. Finally, in December 2001, came the big reveal: Ginger was the Segway. . As practitioners of high finance,” writes Ron Chernow in The House of Morgan, the Morgans: cultivate a discreet style. Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.” That was all most people knew.

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Want to Know a Secret? Your Customers Do.

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The New York Times, January 2001. Finally, in December 2001, came the big reveal: Ginger was the Segway. . As practitioners of high finance,” writes Ron Chernow in The House of Morgan, the Morgans: cultivate a discreet style. Dean Kamen’s code name for the project was “Ginger.” That was all most people knew.

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

This lasted from about 2001-2004. This probably wasn’t a fun period of time for a new VC but nonetheless probably made Mike stronger than having started in 1997. Finally, I do want to mention that Mike was the founder of DogPatch Labs , which has facilities in Cambridge, New York and San Francisco.

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An Interview with Steve Ligouri, Serial Innovator

Startup Lessons Learned

I was president first of Citibank New York, then Citibank Federal Savings Bank, which is all the U.S. In 2001, I moved from Citibank to become the CMO of Morgan Stanley’s brokerage business, where I was tasked with modernizing and reviving the brokerage business there.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

This was a modern city in a hurry to make a first impression – think of what Rome looked like in the time of the empire or New York in the 1920’s – now it’s Beijing announcing that China has arrived. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. innovation in the U.S.

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Dean Vagnozzi on Commercial Real Estate Market Trends & Advice for Newcomers

The Startup Magazine

By 2001, he was invested in the stock market and witnessed a unique situation where the stock market was in a tumble and, simultaneously, real estate was going up. A perfect example of this is the American Dream Mall, which just opened in NJ, and the Nike’s new flagship store in New York City.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

This was a modern city in a hurry to make a first impression – think of what Rome looked like in the time of the empire or New York in the 1920’s – now it’s Beijing announcing that China has arrived. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. innovation in the U.S.