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How MakeSpace Recently Closed $30 million in New Funding

Both Sides of the Table

million in capital to build out its operations in 4 cities: New York City , Los Angeles , Chicago and Washington D.C. Today I’m excited to announce we’ve recently raised $30 million in growth finance led by 8VC , with Kimmy Scotti joining our board. Just over a year ago I wrote about how MakeSpace had raised $17.5

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

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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. There is nothing viral! I am in New York today and several people asked me how Bird actually works. “Do having raised $300 million?—?less

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10 College Business Incubators We’re Most Excited About

YoungUpstarts

Participants in the incubation program learn valuable lessons in entrepreneurial management, finding financing from incubator companies, modern office space, and fully permitted labs with a wide range of technical equipment and engineering resources. Syracuse Student Sandbox. Based in Mountain View, Calif.,

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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. 8) Angry Birds.

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Caregivers: The Unsung (And Quietly Suffering) Heroes

YoungUpstarts

The “World’s Toughest Job” online job advertisement (above) led to a viral video compilation of the 24 applicants interviews. The candidates vied for a position described to offer 135-hour workweeks, no vacations, no breaks no pay, and required degrees in medicine, the culinary arts and finance.

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10 random online resources for Entrepreneurs (2010 version)

crowdSPRING Blog

My favorite business section of any newspaper is the one I read daily in The New York Times. The columnists cover everything from media to finance to advertising to economics and I benefit from them all. The coverage of breaking news is as in-depth as can be found anywhere and the analysis is provocative and thorough.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

Unfortunately, none are very focused on Florida (California and New York are the top two destination). Apple Declared "Marketer of the Decade" This iPhone 4 Costs $8 Million Next Apple Event Goes "Back to the Mac" View More » Mobile Starbucks Stores in New York Now Acce. Steve Jobs Speaks Candidly About the.