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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

But we’re also very active in New York, as five of the most recent startups we’ve funded are based in Manhattan (which is 40% of this recent flurry of investments). The internet continues the disintermediation of content creation. The “Internet of Things”. Empowering Content Creators.

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

ReadWriteStart

But if your company is located someplace like Silicon Valley, Seattle, Boston, or New York, you’re entering the race with a handicap. It’s hard to recruit against a profitable enterprise with a “wow” campus, unmatched employee benefits, and a reputation that’s leagues beyond your tiny new company.

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The Great Fragmentation

aweissman.com

What if the power of connected networks such as the Internet is that they unbundle all that came before them? They disintermediate incumbent industries but also do the same to any new attempts at re-aggregation? Google's turned out to be right - how fast can we get you away from our service into the messiness of the Internet.