Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2010

A new study, just published by CB Insights, titled Venture Capital Human Capital Report , summarizes these three characteristics for private early-stage Internet ventures funded in the US during the first six months of 2010. In other locations, the trend was more equal, even somewhat reversed in New York and Boston.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

By Todd Plitt, USA TODAY Neville Clubwala, a Taskrabbit worker in New York City, delivers cupcakes from Butter Lane bakery and champagne, to a recipient who received a promotion. The advent of GPS, the always-on Internet and social networks enable finding things in real time from people you somewhat trust.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 13, 2011

The investment analysts at CB Insights have released their quarterly report on venture capital activity, and in terms of deal-flow and funding levels, the news is good. The first quarter of 2011 saw these return to their pre-recession levels with financing for Internet companies up 83% from the last quarter of 2010. New York, Number 2.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 14, 2011

Across all Internet companies tracked in the CB Insights' database, deals were up 28% year-over-year and funding grew 69% as compared to the second quarter of 2010. Regionally, California continued its dominance, representing almost half of the Internet deals, with New York remaining in the number 2 spot, followed by Massachusetts.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 12, 2010

The report finds that California, Massachusetts, and New York saw a decreased number of deals and the amount of funding (from 70% of funding dollars in the second quarter to 63% in the third quarter), while Washington state saw an increase. Within the Internet sector, VC investment remained strong in advertising and in social.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

At today's roundtable, we had a chance to discuss a topic that continues to bother me endlessly - the Internet's obsession with FREE. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Photo by Gisela Giardano.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Never mind barista-quality coffee, fast Internet access, and virtual office services – now you can find spaces that have perks such as art galleries, recording studios, and even indoor rock climbing and fresh produce and herbs. Coalition has six locations, with two located in Chicago and others in New York and Boston.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 11, 2011

I remember one brutal season doing the January accessory show in New York, flying to Hong Kong to walk their trade show and meet with suppliers, then back to the US to do Magic in Las Vegas, back to NY to do Coterie , and then to Paris to do Premiere Classe. It was clear that our product was priced too high for this particular show.

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Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 29, 2009

It used to be that anyone in the entrepreneurial world had to be keenly cognizant of what was going on in New York City. CEOs of pre-IPO companies were always shuttling into New York to talk up their companies, tell their story and get feedback to prepare for the public markets. First, that's where the customers were.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

John has rightly observed that many small companies, as well as foreign companies trying to get into the United States, have limited budget, and could use 25% of the time of a sales rep in each geography, say, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle. I like the idea, and recognize the problem. Photo by yirsh. Discuss.

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Bill Gurley’s excellent piece on Silicon Valley IPO Anxiety inspired me to take a companion look at the East Coast, particularly Massachusetts and New York, and evaluate the health of the local IPO economy and prospective pipeline. Today, I'll cover Massachusetts; tomorrow, New York. Massachusetts.

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

Web/Internet/IT/eMedia. Internet/Online Only. Internet/Digital Media. Massachusetts. New Hampshire. New Jersey. New Mexico. Massachusetts. New Hampshire. New Jersey. New Mexico. Finance/Accounting. Business Development. Marketing/Communications/PR. Operations. KEYWORD(s).

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

APRIL 11, 2011

The New Wave The good news is, there is a growing movement of teachers/educators, researchers, speakers and authors who are creating the much needed shift in the way the education system works (or doesn’t as the case may be). And just remember, like any training, repetition is the key to success. Cheers, Neroli.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

I’ve lived in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Florida and currently live in Arizona (my favorite spot of them all). I worked as the Chief Artist for the New York Times Company in Sarasota, Florida, for ten years, and had the opportunity to work as both an illustrator and a designer. Please tell us about yourself.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Texas exported more than California and New York combined in 2019. Only California and New York have a few more, and maybe not for long. In short, the first wave of internet companies were widely distributed and brought people online (AOL in Virginia, Microsoft in Albuquerque and Seattle, Dell in Austin, etc.)

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This is perhaps the most widely-used source of information on Angel investor groups across the world, run by the “Father of Angel Investing in New York,” David Rose. New England Investment Network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This is perhaps the most widely-used source of information on Angel investor groups across the world, run by the “Father of Angel Investing in New York,” David Rose. New England Investment Network.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Loading… New York. INTERNET BUSINESSES. General Internet. - Massachusetts. New Hampshire. New Jersey. New Mexico. Computer And Internet. Massachusetts. New Hampshire. New Jersey. New Mexico. Internet Services. Deutschland. » More.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 18, 2010

Huge media players such as New York Times and Thompson Reuters/Open Calais publish Linked Data. The Semantic Web is here and organizations such as the Drupal, New York Times, Best Buy, Thompson Reuters and even the US and UK government make part of this reality together with Google’s Rich Snippets and Yahoo’s Search Monkey.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 7, 2010

There are Many Angel Bubbles , New York Time’s A Silicon Bubble Shows Signs of Re inflating and Fred Wilson’s Invest in the mess ). When you think about the size of the Internet and the US ecommerce market – that’s really not a lot. after all and it is slowly deflating. (I

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2016

When I left Hawaii to attend Williams College in Massachusetts in 1976, I kept looking for new business opportunities. I had a growing interest in the music business, and spent a lot of time in New York clubs like CBGB, trying to find new talent to bring to college campuses.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

And noted New York angel Chris Dixon recently made the leap to the venture world. Pandora begs Congress to lower Internet music licensing rates. Syria shuts down Internet in attempt to quell uprising. The site is shutting down 15 months after a UK court ordered Internet service providers to block the it.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 29, 2020

Jeremy Howard : I mean, just the data like Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mongolia, right next to China, a lot of trade, a lot of social back and forth, Chinese New Year, yet they're in double figures, numbers of deaths. Massachusetts is rapidly moving as well. I think it's four or five in Hong Kong. They've kept their economies open.

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