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What are the advantages of stationing your startup in New York City opposed to Silicon Valley / SF?

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Access to many, many more world market centers (advertising, finance, fashion, media, food, etc.). The world’s fastest growing tech startup ecosystem. A much more tightly knit startup community, compared to the larger but more diffuse West Coast community. The world’s largest Tech Meetup (not to mention Meetup.com itself).

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Sprint Like An Egyptian: A Tech Entrepreneurship Revolution in Alexandria

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The risk-reward tradeoff in finance should hold true in developing and unstable regions as well. Even the hijab and other traditional clothing worn by some team members can be seen in IT work environments in places like London, New York or San Francisco.

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Is the Startups Buzz Dimming?

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Two days ago the New York Times published this story about investors getting pickier. But to grow a business, entrepreneurs eventually have to solicit financing from the venture capitalists who invest on behalf of endowments, pension funds, foundations and the like. Is the bloom off of the startups rose?

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What are some ways you can keep track of startups you are evaluating/diligencing/investing in?

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Gust is the infrastructure that underlies much of the professional world of early stage finance. The answer, of course, is Gust —because that’s exactly the purpose behind the platform!

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Trends in Seed Stage Funding for Entrepreneurs

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Here are the trends in venture capital financings from 2006 through 2010 – the number of seed stage deals funded and total investment by region in millions of dollars. . New England. In 2010, MoneyTree© reports that only 138 seed stage VC deals were done outside of California, New England, NYC Metro and the Pacific Northwest.

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Startup Capital: Feast or Famine?

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Let’s take a closer look at trends in government grants, angel investment and venture capital financings. Furthermore, with the recent activity of the Super Angels and trends in government grants, angel financings and VC investment, one could conclude that the total US volume of seed/startup investment is increasing.

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What are some ways you can keep track of startups you are evaluating/diligencing/investing in?

Gust

Gust is the infrastructure that underlies much of the professional world of early stage finance. The answer, of course, is Gust —because that’s exactly the purpose behind the platform!