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The 4 Types of Stories Founders Need to Tell When Fundraising

View from Seed

I find it intriguing that species not only evolve against their environment, but their environment co-evolves simultaneously against them. When you look at a biological ecosystem, the creatures in it have spent thousands and thousands of years co-evolving against one another in a careful dance. A nice account of Stuart’s story is here.

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7 Actionable Tips From Successful Co-Working Companies And Experts

YoungUpstarts

by Graham Beck , founder of DropDesk Coworking. In recent years, the co-working landscape has dramatically shifted, especially in major cities like New York and Boston, where the tech industry’s demand for these spaces is high. However, it creates a competitive challenge for those that are new to the scene.

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How Algorithms Rule The World

www.fastcompany.com

In his new book, Aisle50 cofounder Christopher Steiner counts the (many, many) ways digits have come to dominate. "If There were a ton of good stories and then the Flash Crash happened. This is what we saw with the Flash Crash and at Knight Capital a few weeks back. By Arnie Cooper | August 29, 2012. What went wrong?

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I now am the CEO and founder of Berri Properties in Asheville and Charlotte, NC. Flash forward five days. With KOYA, you can easily treat your co-worker to a class at their favorite yoga studio in New York or surprise your partner with a personal message at the park where you first met. That’s right.

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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

In the mid-1990s, a good friend of mine, Gene Kim (founder of Tripwire and author of When IT Fails: A Business Novel ) and I were in graduate school together in the Computer Science program at the University of Arizona. Read Gotham: The History of New York City to 1898.) Why It Works Part Two: Crowdsourcing.

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Techstars Demo Day Fall 2011/Bloomberg Empowered Entrepreneur Conference

David Teten

25 New York-based investors have given money, and he expected more capital to be raised. In the middle of the program, Mayor Bloomberg made a surprise appearance, applauding the New York startup scene, and joked that the Bloomberg Techstars TV reality show is New York’s answer to “Jersey Shore.”.

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Israeli startup Wix Raises $40 Million, Wants to Become a Large Company in Israel

VC Cafe

Wix , the Israel-based flash website platform, has announced a D round of $40 million. The new investors in the round are Insight Venture Partners and DAG ventures who joined previous investors Benchmark Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners and Mangrove Capital Partners that also participated in the round. million sites.

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