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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

Both Sides of the Table

Our 3rd fund began investing in March 2009 (raised in 2008) and our 4th fund started in April 2012 so this fund will naturally begin investing around March / April 2015. You can usually find 2-3 investors per location but it’s not uncommon to see VCs in: Boston, NY, Connecticut, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, St.

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Take Advantage of a New Trend: Big Business Looks to Small to Innovate

Up and Running

By 2009, it had run out of cash. In addition, he said “The engagements … allowed us to pivot, [and] we spun off a new company, Philadelphia-based Arcweb Technologies,” a product design and development company. The article highlighted the case of a startup called Vuzit, which commercialized a cloud-based document delivery system.

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How do I find a developer to help me with my idea?

www.scottporad.com

Mike, a entrepreneur from Philadelphia, wrote to me with a brief summary of a new business idea he’s working on, and then posed three questions to me about finding a programmer to help him develop the idea. If I were in Mike’s shoes, I would start by talking to people in the Philadelphia Startup community.

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Diverse Startups Can Receive Tech Mentorship And Thrive

ReadWriteStart

technology jobs were held by women in 2009. Digital Undivided does this by offering workshops and resources in cities with predominantly black populations: Philadelphia, DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Detroit, Oakland and the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. But in reality, Brooks is an anomaly.

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Top 3 Reasons To Use Event Marketing To Drive Growth

YoungUpstarts

Tim Raybould is the CEO at Ticketleap , based in Philadelphia, PA. He joined the team in 2009 as the CFO and took over as CEO in 2013. But most importantly, you’ll make one-on-one connections that can develop into long-term business relationships. Prior to Ticketleap, Tim worked in finance at PWC.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

Well, for starters, I was born in Philadelphia, so I’m a lifelong Eagles fan. Be an intern” And by the way, this is 2009. You remember what 2009 was like, right? Below is an edited transcript if you prefer to video – easier to scan I guess. [00:00:06] 00:00:52] MARK: Sure. I grew up in Northern California.

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2013’s Top 10 Small Towns For Mobile Entrepreneurs

Mike Michalowicz

And if you want to get your entrepreneurial juices flowing just think about this: In 2009 trucking was a $544.4 Two major international airports, Philadelphia, PA and Newark, NJ are within an hours drive. Think of it as Disneyland for truckers, with lots of chrome and the sweet smell of diesel. billion industry, representing 81.9%

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