YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2012

Some of these businesses are still with us, including Google and the social media behemoth Facebook. Producer Rick Rubin started the Def Jam record label back in 1984 in his dorm room at New York University. Each of the nine businesses listed below began in college, and in some cases, with no initial profit motive in mind.

Intellectual Property 127

Intellectual Property New York City Pennsylvania Cofounder 127

Venture Chronicles

JULY 11, 2010

Allow me to pull a couple of important sentences from the article for you to consider: “Since employment bottomed out in February, New York securities firms have added nearly 2,000 jobs, a trend that is also playing out nationwide at financial companies, commodity contract traders and investment firms.&#.

Balance Sheet 47

Balance Sheet New York Aggregator Washington 47

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

Remember: All data in aggregate is crap, segment or suck. For example, Salesforce spends tons of people/money on social media posting/activity and you can see this on display on their Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other presence. You’ll see my pet peeves about what media entities don’t measure in this cluster of recommendations….

Metrics 141

Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

20 years ago, much of public equity investing was done by mutual funds run by a few smart folks picking stocks. It’s hard to find anyone who says “I just have the magic” in stock picking. 645 Ventures , a New York City based VC firm, is one of the pioneers of a data-driven investment model to the seed stage.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2013

This week, I spoke to one of the longest running and most active angel groups in the country, the New York Angels. Luckily for all of us, including the New York Angels themselves, the ecosystem has bloomed. This is thanks to my participation in social media. The Internet already does a pretty good job of that.

Angel Groups 124

Angel Groups Angel Investor Aggregator New York 124

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly. Thus, the process of negotiating taking back stock from founders is not rational and inherently very difficult. Company : Wesabe.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

I'm from New York, upstate New York. But you go to New York City and people just kind of. Well the same could be viewed as a community, a marketplace, social media company, anything. You created the longterm stock exchange. 500,000 to New Orleans. They don't really look at people.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60