YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

An incredibly talented interaction designer who lacks presentation skills might not be the right fit if she’ll be expected to also pitch ideas to clients. Sometimes hiring managers have fixed ideas that prevent them from objectively evaluating candidates when putting together national or global teams.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. Innovation Clusters. Industries have a competitive advantage when related companies cluster in a geographical location.

Programming 170

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 170

David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

We’ve listed below some of the more creative ways that we’ve seen our portfolio companies and others attract the media, at zero or trivial cost. ff Venture Capital recently hosted an event in its offices to feature two of its portfolio companies: MovableInk and Parse.ly. Enter into personal competitions.

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View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

The invite-only event was attended by 300 of the area’s best tech leaders, founders, product managers, designers, developers, investors, engineers, salesmen and women, and more, all of whom are hard at work in consumer tech. We have companies in Chicago, San Francisco (and elsewhere in Silicon Valley), Omaha, and New York.

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David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Twilio became a popular perk for Techstars companies globally over the years and many other Techstars portfolio companies use the product extensively. DigitalOcean is based in New York City. #9: Techstars funded ClassPass through our Techstars New York Accelerator in 2012. 4: Zipline (2011).

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

One of the impact initiatives I’m proudest of is founding Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York , a nonprofit and now the East Coast’s largest angel group. The classical economist response is that technological disruption also creates new jobs, e.g., “video game designer”. trillion. . Who hasn’t? Why is that?

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 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. After four years of living in New York and attending courses at New York University, she returned to Los Angeles in.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 26, 2016

Our design team is comprised of top talent who have been laid off or have grown disenchanted with the big corporate models of major fashion brands (though by requirement they all have at least 5 years of major corporation experience). Thanks to Stefanie Tacata, Stateless Fashion Design and Consulting. #2 crew, Aeropostale, etc.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur Technical Review Harvest Portfolio 89

David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

We’ve listed below some of the more creative ways that we’ve seen our portfolio companies and others attract the media, at zero or trivial cost. ff Venture Capital recently hosted an event in its offices to feature two of its portfolio companies: MovableInk and Parse.ly. Enter into personal competitions.

PR 60

PR Public Relations Startup Technical Review 60

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Kingyen was previously COO and CTO at Keystone Learning Systems – a video-based training platform, CMO and CTO at eCornell – an online education arm of Cornell University, and COO at Global learning systems – an e-learning, product knowledge and marketing firm with clients like Microsoft, Xerox and Mcdonald’s.

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Southern California Design Media Programming 68

Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Prominent news organizations, ranging from The Economist to Wired ( multiple times ), have been describing WeWork as an example of blitzscaling. Disclosure: * denotes a current or former Greylock portfolio company.). Designing a scalable economic model isn’t enough if the company can’t scale up operations to meet demand.

Silicon Valley 53

Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review United Kingdom 53

Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 10, 2020

When the Airbnb founders walked me through their model, how the hosts were also guests, how their community was developing, and what they’d learned from different markets like Barcelona and New York, it showed me that they were on top of Airbnb’s key business challenge, which is to build powerful marketplace dynamics.

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Hosting Hockey Stick IPO Silicon Valley 69

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

We'll start with digital at the highest strategic level, which leads us into content marketing, from there it is a quick hop over to the challenge of metrics and silos, followed by a recommendation to optimize for the global maxima, and we end with the last two visuals that cover social investment and social content strategy.

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Analytics Marketing Social Media Technical Review 154

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. It’s an impressive portfolio. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. Blog at WordPress.com.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Her work included heading Nokia’s location-based services business and app portfolio for emerging markets, which she built from a back-of-a-napkin idea to a 100-person organization with over 10 million users. New York Times’ timeSpace is a good example. Mari has been a serial intrapreneur for a large part of her career.

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

learning and travel”) Eisenhower Fellowship, each person discusses their effort to create greater access to prosperity in a global economy and sustain diverse enterprises in education, economy, and civics. Contrasting China via their Zhi-Xing (? ?, March 9, 2018 3:30PM?—?4:30PM 4:30PM Hilton?—?Salon March 9, 2018 5:00PM?—?6:00PM

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Texas Austin 58

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

We just announced the expansion of our fund and I wanted to share with you the good news! New Capital Earmarked for Global High-Growth Investments LARCHMONT, N.Y., About Bessemer Venture Partners: Bessemer Venture Partners is a global investment group with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, Mumbai, and Tel Aviv.

Software Review 48

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David Teten

JUNE 6, 2011

The new FinTech Innovation Lab , an annual program run by the New York City Investment Fund and Accenture, had their launch event on Thursday night. My rough notes follow: Mike Dubno , CIO, Global Markets and Research Technology & Operations, Bank of America. Previously CTO, Goldman Sachs. Formerly MS IT department.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

We realized that there were certain open positions in our portfolio we wanted to call extra attention to. They began by selling only vintage and expanded to sell vintage-inspired pieces by indie designers, but Modcloth still launches one new true vintage item each day.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Check out the 28 Israeli startups coming to London next week to showcase at the Innovate Israel 2012 portfolio. Cell Buddy will be the world’s first Mobile Virtual Global Operator (MVGO). FanGager is a US company, based in New York. . – get your free ticket while they last: Israel and UK Digital Drinks.

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Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

We have a portfolio of more than 500 brands and 4000 products and people invite us into their lives more 1.8 In fact, I believe the movement is now mainstream—startups, VCs, accelerators, are no longer “new.”. There are co-working spaces in basically every city in the world—from Nepal to New York. Innovation sounds easy.

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Lean Nepal Cofounder Customer Development 326

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

New York is now the second-most-active tech ecosystem in the US on all key metrics, after the Bay Area. New York venture capitalists like HOF Capital recognize this trend, and more and more of us are opening our doors to invest in startups with international roots. Colorado and Massachusetts have similar programs.

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New York City Cofounder New York Startup 60

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Almost every large company understands it needs to build an organization that deals with the ever-increasing external forces of continuous disruption , the need for continuous innovation , globalization and regulation. It only emerges after an intense business model design and search activity based on the customer development process.

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Business Model Customer Development United States Operations 333

David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2015

My colleague Paul Bianco serves as interim CFO for a number of ff Venture Capital ’s portfolio companies, and has built and reviewed hundreds of financial models. I also spoke with Michael Hutchens , CEO & Cofounder of BPM Global , which helps organizations more efficiently build and maintain financial models.

Balance Sheet 60

Balance Sheet Software Review Forecast Acquisition 60

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Speakers: - Bob Dahl, HBS Alumni Angel, formerly head of Global Healthcare for the Carlyle Group. David Teten, Partner, ff Venture Capital ; Chairman, HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York. How to build a portfolio of startup investments. How to add value to a portfolio company. How to source great deals.

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Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Joe Chernesky, Vice President and General Manager of Global Licensing Sales, Intellectual Ventures. Kupietzky has spoken extensively on the value of domain names and has appeared on CNN and CNBC and has been quoted by numerous print sources including Investors Business Daily , The New York Times and The Los Angeles Business Journal.

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Naming Government Intellectual Property LLC 122

Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

It’s been quite a journey getting here and there’s still a way to go as cryptocurrencies integrate with our global financial system. He shared his tips for building a global business, hiring, what he’d do differently and more… The Chainalysis journey ? How did you initially think about going global from a sales perspective?

San Francisco 62

San Francisco Europe New York Cofounder 62

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Loading… New York. He also combed the portfolios of VC firms and talked to people at start-ups, he says. Opinion: Noonan: The Romney Campaign Needs a New CEO. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Romney Offers New Tax Details 1586 comments. Web Design/Tech Services. New Hampshire.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

View from Seed

JULY 28, 2015

Now, for context, there are a number of classic consumer companies headquartered in Boston, including Gillette, New Balance, Keurig, Staples, and a few more. Even Reebok’s global headquarters is located just outside the city. But when you think of hip, innovative new consumer brands, well, you don’t really think of this town.

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Boston Marketing Early Stage Startup 120

Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

This post is part of Accel’s Secrets to Scaling series, where leaders from across our portfolio share their learnings and advice with the next generation of European and Israeli entrepreneurs building global winners. The insights we gained from experiencing the B2B workflow firsthand helped us design a much more accurate solution.

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B2B Cofounder Small Business 62

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Browse the headlines below for more news. ISRAELI EDUCATIONAL APP TAKES MILLION-DOLLAR PRIZE AT GLOBAL CONTEST. The app, the first of its kind, allows parents and teachers to easily design educational games for children on iPads, iPhones, or Android devices. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here.

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Las Vegas India San Francisco 92

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Today, crowdSPRING is the world’s #1 online marketplace for creative services ranging from graphic, web and industrial design to copywriting services. For creatives, it is a global stage for creativity where title and experience don’t matter. Thanks to Mike Samson, crowdSPRING. #3 3 – I was Fired Twice. 17 – Risk.

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Entrepreneur Australia Software Review LLC 48

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio. Personalize your own news page. People In The News. Loading… New York. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc., POST A JOB.

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Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

It doesn’t sound like the typical Swiss watch brand name and thereby expresses our mission of bringing a uniquely designed Swiss made watch that is affordable to market. Many of our fans own other big designer brands like Rolex etc., A mutual friend connected me in San Francisco with Ori in New York.

Naming 48

Naming Entrepreneur Haiti Nigeria 48

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Bessemer was also heavily represented with David Cowan , managing partner and co-founder of VeriSign ( see his post about the event ), Rob Stavis , BVP’s New York-based managing partner who led our investment in Skype, Byron Deeter , partner and founder of Trigo and our COO/managing partner Ed Colloton. Portfolio. (3).

Software Review 48

Software Review SEM Marketing Las Vegas 48

alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

User experience design and research. Case study: Icon design. Back in 1998 when Times New Roman was still widely used on the web, my then boss made sure we always designed our web sites with Arial, as she hated the look of serif fonts on the web. Alex Poole. Site français. Skip to content. Deliverables. Applications.

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Technical Review Software Review Design Web 85