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Digital.NYC: The First Ecosystem Hub

Gust

For the City, including the de Blasio administration and NYCEDC, the partnership has yielded an enterprise level online platform, a private sector team dedicated to accountability and agile, ongoing improvements, and most importantly an invaluable resource for accelerating the economic development of the region.

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No One Wins In Business Plan Competitions

Steve Blank

Business models allow agile and opportunistic founders to keep score of the Pivots in their search for a repeatable business model. Venture Firms use the contests as another source of deal flow and talent. Instead of business plans I have suggested that startups use business models. There is no alternative.

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How to Flip Your Startup in 5 Steps

ReadWriteStart

Flip startups are agile startups that aim to exit quickly. The development part is similar to a lean startup: you want to be agile. Flips, on the other hand, thrive on trends: what better time for an entrepreneur to create a startup than when valuations are up, investments are quick, exits are plenty and deal flow is increase?

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A Closer Look At The Quality Of Angel Returns Data

David Teten

Small, agile funds are in an excellent position to take advantage of opportunities in the angel space. After all, if the average VC fund barely returns investor capital, how could amateurish angels with more risk and worse deal flow possibly do better? That is what we are doing through our own investments.

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MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TECHSTARS AUSTIN

Austin Startup

Schwartzfarb set out to create a guide for anyone interested in starting, growing or leading a modern startup so that they can hit the ground running with a solid plan and foundation with agile and effective sales teams, so that they can avoid and manage the hazards all startups face.

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