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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

Both Sides of the Table

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. .

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

Finally, I do want to mention that Mike was the founder of DogPatch Labs , which has facilities in Cambridge, New York and San Francisco. I’ve already started the business modeling. Founded 2007 in Boulder, CO. And Mike believes that entrepreneurs often need less capital to get started these days.

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Urbanization of Startups ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

New York never went through a phase as a suburban startup hub… basically just an urban boom as Silicon Alley 1.0 2) Design ethic vs engineers - Over the course of the last 5-10 years, many software-based startups are being built on competitive advantages of design and business model rather than technical differentiation.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 25: Nigel and Vaughn Caldon and Kerry Frank

Steve Blank

Joining me in SiriusXM’s studio in New York were. Nigel and Vaugn Caldon , co-founders of BallStar social network for basketball players. Kerry Frank co-founded Comply365 in 2007 with her husband. Here’s how they knew their idea could be a business. Nigel Caldon. Vaughn Caldon. ” . …

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ProfessorVC: Why didn't I think of that??

Professor VC

Many entrepreneurial programs feature a business plan competition, which is a great exercise. At SJSU, we also have a business plan competition in the spring, which ideally allows the students to build a viable business model around their NIF projects. One of my favorite projects from 2007 was a solar power wetsuit.

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ProfessorVC: 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship

Professor VC

He raised less financing than originally planned but was able to launch the site and was running a business by the time his classmates graduated 9 months later. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong.

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Transcript of Creating a Winning SEO Strategy

Duct Tape Marketing

I lived in a little apartment in New York. Because you think Google 2006, 2007, if you searched for a really niche keyword, like how to write a press release or something, there were some results but there weren’t that many. That’s the whole business model and it works really well. I was there.

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