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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

On Tuesday, I spent the day at TechStars New York. David Cohen and I then hopped on a train, cranked on emails and interviews all the way to New York, and then I finished the night (after some more email) with a one hour lecture by Skype to a class of San Diego based students.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

Last summer, my long time friend Martin Babinec and his colleague Nasir Ali asked me if I’d come spend a few days in Upstate New York talking about TechStars and entrepreneurial communities. And yes, I realize that it is very cold in Upstate New York in February.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2011

On Wednesday and Thursday I spent two awesome days with my long time friend Martin Babinec (the founder of Trinet), his partner at Upstate Venture Connect – Nasir Ali – and about 1000 members of the Upstate New York entrepreneurial community. I came away optimistic about the potential for the Upstate New York region.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Philanthropy computer science new york non-profit' If you are willing to consider contributing at the $5,000 or great level and can attend the event at USV on Monday, November 18th, register here. The post Funding Computer Science Education In NY appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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JANUARY 13, 2012

In it Fred announced a new initiative in New York City called The Academy For Software Engineering. If successful, it will have a profound impact on computer science education in the New York public high school system. I woke up this morning to a post from Fred Wilson titled The Academy For Software Engineering.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Fred Wilson emailed me a link to Dennis Crowley’s post I’m running the NYC Marathon tomorrow! Fred knows my obsession with human instrumentation, marathons, and social media. 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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MAY 6, 2013

As an interesting note, participant Tak Lo from Patriot Boot Camp 2012 is now an Associate at TechStars in New York City and a participating company from Patriot Boot Camp 2012 - Nexercise - was recently accepted into the inaugural program of TechStars Chicago.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

On Sunday, I turned the pages of the New York Times with mild disgust. The only day I look at news is on Sunday, and then it’s only the New York Times in physical format. I get plenty of sleep, but it’s still yellow. Sometimes it’s red. It’s rarely green these days.

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AUGUST 20, 2013

The newest accelerator, based in New York City, is called the R/GA Connected Devices Accelerator. Yesterday, Techstars launched another accelerator, this time focused entirely on connected devices.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

My one mistake was reading the Sunday New York Times first thing yesterday. It was the wrong “first new information” and it made me extremely anxious. I started doing this in 2000 and it took me about four years to learn how to just turn off the switch completely for a week and then turn it back on.

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APRIL 22, 2013

On Digital Sabbath #5, I read Tech and the City: The Making of New York’s Startup Community. I got through half of it on my flight home from New York on Saturday morning; the balance laying on the couch next to Amy on Saturday evening. If you are involved in the New York startup community, this is a must read book.

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

The City of New York charged me with misdemeanor assault and felony assault of a senior citizen.” “Has Andy decided to proactively hold a board meeting to describe what had happened that resulted in him ending up in the hospital and jail. One of his board members, Joel Peterson (who I don’t know), is remarkable.

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MARCH 6, 2018

I’m sitting in a hotel in New York and, according to a recent article from Bloomberg, New York Will Never Be Silicon Valley. Blink twice if you don’t know who Jim Clark is; blink once if you downloaded Netscape from an FTP site somewhere when it was still called Mosiac. And It’s Good With That.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2016

Apple Letter on iPhone Security Draws Muted Tech Industry Response (New York Times). Apple Says the Government Bungled Its Chance to Get That iPhone’s Data (Wired). No, Apple Has Not Unlocked 70 iPhones For Law Enforcement (TechCrunch). Apple, FBI, and the Burden of Forensic Methodology (Zdziarski).

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JANUARY 2, 2014

I was living in Boulder at this point, but traveling continuously to Boston, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle where I was making most of my investments. ” One of the VCs I overlapped with while in Boston was Charley Lax.

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MAY 26, 2021

It’s not going to show up as a scandal on the front page of the New York Times. Others will say that the question is overthinking a simple thing, and why should one even worry about it? This is indeed a simple example, and in isolation this is overthinking.

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APRIL 13, 2020

S – Remember when we talked about “Prom” and you said it wasn’t a big deal in Boulder and I said it was definitely a big deal in New York back in the ’50s and 60’s. Her email is in italics below. I found these pictures of Prom 1959.

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MARCH 8, 2011

A post in the New York Times this morning asserted that Software Progress Beats Moore’s Law. It’s a short post, but the money quote is from Ed Lazowska at the University of Washington: “The rate of change in hardware captured by Moore’s Law, experts agree, is an extraordinary achievement.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

I’m in San Francisco right now and then New York later this week. The geography index matters even in places like New York. When I stay in New York, I generally stay within walking distance of Union Square. And, inevitably, when I walk across town I always bump into people I know.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

He writes about his experience in the San Luis Valley, where he lived part-time for extended periods (commuting back to New York to see his wife and teach at NYU.) Conover’s Cheap Land Colorado was outstanding. Conover didn’t just observe – he became part of the community.

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MAY 31, 2020

After struggling with how I was feeling all morning, during my run, and while I read the Sunday New York Times, this finally helped me put a framework around my feelings. Dave Mayer pointed me at this video today. I’m angry. I’m sad. I’m confused. I’m appalled. I’m scared. I’m upset.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010

In the mean time here’s his reaction to the New York Times profile last week on Intellectual Ventures. Last week there was an article in the New York Times profiling Nathan Myhrvold and his company Intellectual Ventures ("IV").

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

While Foundry Group has investment in two other TechStars companies (both from the TechStars Boulder 2009 program - Next Big Sound and SendGrid ) this is the first company that I’ve mentored that we’ve invested in.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2016

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. Yesterday I talked briefly about taking a break from media.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2011

The New York Times tells how it came together. Jilted in the U.S., a Site Finds Love in India : Ignighter was in the TechStars Boulder 2008 class. Daniel, Adam, and Kevin have pivoted around a few times and ended up creating the fastest growing dating site in India – from their office in Manhattan.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

TechStars will still run programs that it owns and operates in Boulder, New York, Boston, and Seattle, but we’ll continue to aggressively expand the overall network across the US as well as the world. We think entrepreneurship across the US is not a zero-sum game and we want to play our part in expanding it.

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JUNE 22, 2012

Read Gotham: The History of New York City to 1898.) Had one plotted the trend over time, soon cities like New York were going to be buried under horse manure. In the late 1890s, when all forms of personal and cargo transport depended on horses, there was a horse manure crisis.

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JULY 11, 2010

This morning, the New York Times had a great article which compliments this titled An Entrepreneur Who Took A Chance on Herself. I got a great one yesterday that I thought addressed the question of “Why am I having so much fun with challenges in my personal life and at the same time am so bored with work.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

From 1996 to 2001, I spent a lot of time with Len in New York, where Interliant was headquartered. When it’s safe to travel to New York again, know that Frank, Bruce, Jenny, and I will be having dinner at Cellini’s together with a place set for you. Len – I love you.

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DECEMBER 28, 2019

My inner 14 year old loves his puerile movies and when I read the New York Times Magazine article Adam Sandler’s Everlasting Shtick around Thanksgiving I knew I had to see this movie. Amy and I went to see Uncut Gems last night. It was a gem of a movie. Adam Sandler was magnificent.

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

I’m about to head out to TechStars New York Demo Day. Our investment in SideTour – one of the TechStars New York companies – was announced yesterday and I’m excited to introduce them along with hanging out with all of the other great entrepreneurs from this session.

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JANUARY 31, 2013

Over at the TechStars blog today, David Cohen introduced the new Managing Director for TechStars in New York, Eugene Chung. His background includes NY-area investments BuzzFeed and Bedrocket while he was at New Enterprise Associates. Prior to that, he worked at Warbug Pincus and Morgan Stanley.

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OCTOBER 25, 2016

Martin is running for Congress in Upstate New York (District 22) as an Independent. He saw first hand how the lack of new, innovative companies caused some of the best talent in Upstate New York to leave – and decided to do something about it. I recently got a call from a long time friend, Martin Babinec.

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MAY 26, 2021

It’s not going to show up as a scandal on the front page of the New York Times. Others will say that the question is overthinking a simple thing, and why should one even worry about it? This is indeed a simple example, and in isolation this is overthinking.

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APRIL 11, 2021

Cleantech Open Northeast is also creating new curriculum content for this year’s cohort to enable startups to measure their greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprint to help them build a measurement mindset from the beginning. This is an effort in collaboration with NYSERDA, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.

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MAY 15, 2012

Muggy, damp, soggy, dirty, grimy, splashy, gritty New York. And I’ll never get lost in Boston or Cambridge because I’ve ran the damn thing so many times. After my run I had breakfast and then walked from the East Village to Times Square in the rain for a meeting. Lots of construction, lots of noise, lots of people.

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JUNE 17, 2012

Brad Burnham ( Union Square Ventures ) and I were in Iceland a few weeks ago for the Startup Iceland event. Bala Kamallakharan organized the event and moderated the discussion (and was an amazing host.)

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