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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. I will always remember fondly my coffee meeting 5 years ago with my friend Sam Rosen in New York City shortly after Hurricane Sandy. As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

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Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City

This is going to be BIG.

It’s really difficult for me not to get into the thick of discussions about whether or not you can and/or should build a company in New York City. It’s often some combination of the idea not being big enough to sustain a venture exit or the company just not being appropriate for venture financing. I was there, too.

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Dean Vagnozzi on Commercial Real Estate Market Trends & Advice for Newcomers

The Startup Magazine

When he hired property managers, they ended up taking the majority of his profits. A perfect example of this is the American Dream Mall, which just opened in NJ, and the Nike’s new flagship store in New York City. He has also worked with numerous accountants in the past without two nickels to rub together.

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

Both Sides of the Table

Until recently it was headquartered 2 blocks from our offices in Santa Monica so we literally saw it emerge under our feet and we proudly invested in the last 3 rounds of financing. Walking is great and I love to walk around Santa Monica, San Francisco and New York City but there are sometimes I need to be 1.6 Not really.

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Love And Giving Aren’t Green: Startups & Corporate Social Impact

YoungUpstarts

Once a year New York City is overcome at 5 p.m. I cleaned parks in Brooklyn, served meals in soup kitchens, and mentored underprivileged youth on personal finance. By Melissa Thompson, CEO of Talk Session. I would urge people to share these attributes. It becomes quite convoluted.

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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

Henrik Werdelin , the Managing Partner of Prehype , a venture development firm based in New York City that has helped build companies like Tradable , Barkbox , FancyHands , Basno and Path , says recreating Twitter isn’t necessarily difficult, but the layered features will take time to get right. 1) Twitter. 4) WhatsApp.

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Funding goes global: location is no longer your financing destiny

Version One Ventures

One of the biggest advantages here is in hiring: you can pull from their local network and local investors can even interview key hires in person. The post Funding goes global: location is no longer your financing destiny appeared first on Version One Ventures.