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[New York] INGENUITY 2013

YoungUpstarts

Despite the challenging US economy, the New York startup scene is burgeoning. And to capitalize on its meteoric challenge to Silicon Valley as the alternative location to startup up in the United States, the New York Venture Capital Association (NYVCA) will be presenting its annual INGENUITY conference on October 15, 2013.

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3 Major Product Fails, And How To Avoid Their Mistakes

YoungUpstarts

The startup community prides itself on supporting risk-taking and embracing failure. Google released Chromebook in October 2011, offering a faster and easier way to access the Internet. The logic here was that most people head straight to the Internet anyway, and are familiar enough with Google to stay within its applications.

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How to get creative with your domain name registration

The Next Web

Amanda Foley is a writer and marketing associate at audience.io , a New York and London based audience development company. io domains belong to the Internet artisans… at least that’s the vibe it has. We’ve managed to turn this little island in the Indian Ocean into a brand for the people who are making the Internet.”.

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10 Predictions About the Future of Ecommerce

mashable.com

By Scott Gerber 2013-10-01 12:46:54 UTC. As Internet shopping became prominent in the 90s, there was a distinct line drawn between brick-and-mortar and Internet retailers. As brick-and-mortar stores started seeing sales slip, they plunged headfirst into the Internet, thus creating click-and-mortar operations. Whats This?

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Are We Entering 2013 in Crunch-Mode?

Genuine VC

Happy New Year and welcome to 2013. According to all of the blogosphere chatter over the past month, seed-funded internet startups are entering this year gearing up for the now-near-infamous Series A Crunch. Then not every newspaper needed to be as large as the New York Times or required the capital to do so.

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Modi and Ma

thebarefootvc

On September 19, Ma led Alibaba to the largest IPO in history, listing the company on the New York Stock Exchange. For years, China has been the darling of the international investment community. This past May, Modi was elected Prime Minister of India in a historic election.

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Venture Capital Investors Look Beyond Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. The good news is that both of these are looking up these days. California (Silicon Valley), New York (NYC), and Massachusetts (Boston) are the places to be in the US for venture capital attention. No surprises here.