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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

I will always remember fondly my coffee meeting 5 years ago with my friend Sam Rosen in New York City shortly after Hurricane Sandy. Sam began drawing out plans for a new way to provide storage after he had horrific experiences with traditional storage after the storm. were more distributed.

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TechStars Patriot Boot Camp: Calling All Veterans

Feld Thoughts

As an interesting note, participant Tak Lo from Patriot Boot Camp 2012 is now an Associate at TechStars in New York City and a participating company from Patriot Boot Camp 2012 - Nexercise - was recently accepted into the inaugural program of TechStars Chicago.

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A review of the first eleven Techstars Unicorns

David Cohen

“ #8: Digital Ocean (2012). DigitalOcean is a cloud infrastructure provider that was funded by the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2012, after a referral from IA Ventures. DigitalOcean is based in New York City. #9: 9: Classpass (2012). ” She was certainly right. The Not-Quite-Yet Unicorns.

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Entrepreneurship in New York: The Mismatch between Venture Capital and Academic R&D

ithacaVC

Relative to venture capital, the good news is that the state’s share of venture investment nationally rose from 4 percent ($1.2B of $26.5B) in 2012. This rapid growth is almost entirely due to the ramp-up of company formation and investment in New York City. of $29.9B) in 2007 to 7 percent ($1.8B

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Invitation to Womensphere 2012, September 27-28

David Teten

I hope you’ll join me at the 2012 Womensphere Global Summit , which will take place in New York City on September 27 th and 28 th. Its major initiatives include the Womensphere Heroine Media Network , Academy of CEOs , Venture Investors Program, and, of course, the Global Summit Series.

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Zachary Bogue And Matt Ocko Launch Data Collective, An Early Stage Fund For Big Data Startups

techcrunch.com

Thursday, August 9th, 2012. She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Art, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the Media industry. Disrupt SF 2012. Disrupt SF Hackathon 2012. © 2012 AOL Inc. Alexia Tsotsis.

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Venture Capital Access Program launches to aid women and diverse entrepreneurs

David Teten

Pioneering Program Launched by Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York and the National Association of Investment Companies. HBSAANY is comprised of New York City tri-state area Harvard alumni who are venture capitalists and other accredited investors investing in early-stage, private companies around the United States.