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TechStars New York

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TechStars is coming to New York City. The first program runs from 1/10/11 to 4/8/11. Applications are open now.

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Human Instrumentation at the New York Marathon

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Fred knows my obsession with human instrumentation, marathons, and social media. Fred Wilson emailed me a link to Dennis Crowley’s post I’m running the NYC Marathon tomorrow! And if you recognize Dennis’ name, that’s because he’s the founder / CEO of Foursquare. of the NYC Marathon via RunKeeper.

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How To Predict The Future

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By day he works on web and social media for HP. I plotted the growth in capacity of magnetic platter hard drives and flash drives back in 2006 or so, and saw that flash would overtake magnetic media in 2016. Read Gotham: The History of New York City to 1898.)

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John Lilly On The Role of Simplicity and Messaging

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Yesterday I talked briefly about taking a break from media. However, I wasn’t precise, as the one thing I read each week is the New York Times Sunday paper. I generally spend most of my time in The New York Times Book Review, Sunday Business, Sunday Review, and The New York Times Magazine.

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We Make the Future We Invest In

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Glowforge launched that very campaign at a jam-packed World New York Maker Faire, where folks lined up for hours to get a glimpse at the shiny new machine. So it was sobering when, last week, Maker Faire / Make Media closed their doors for good. And as a company, they have seen sales triple in just the last year.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

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When we syndicated the purchase of the Buffalo, New York cable system, we literally called everybody we knew and raised an unprecedented $16 million, a breathtaking sum in 1980. Many of the industry funds were wildly successful (in sectors such as media communications, health care, consumer, etc.),

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In The Future, Everyone Will Have Some littleBits

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It’s another of our investments that traces its roots to the MIT Media Lab. And yet another investment in New York. It’s also another investment we are making with our friends from True Ventures.

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