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Venture Kills or the Sunday New York Times

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So, I ate breakfast with Amy and read the Sunday New York Times. I hadn’t read any news all week, including any tech news, and 15 minutes of turning the pages made me anxious. I saw on Slack that my partner Moody released episodes two and three of his Venture Kills vlog. That was an error.

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Incredible Week In New York

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As I was catching up on email from last week (not quite done yet) I was reflecting on the awesome week I had in New York. And the winner is – New York – by seven days. Since I track where I sleep every night (and have since 1/1/09), I was able to quickly answer this question going back 29 months.

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Two Days of Entrepreneurial Community Building In Upstate New York

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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. Young Entrepreneurs Organization, and the MIT Enterprise Forum.

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My First Experience As A Venture Capitalist

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When people ask me how they can become a VC, I point them to my partner Seth Levine’s excellent blog posts How to become a venture capitalist and How to get a job in venture capital (revisited). Charley was a partner at a firm called VIMAC and was looking at some Internet stuff.

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Cleantech Open Northeast 2021

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Investors are seeking both financial returns and environmental impact and looking for opportunities to partner with ventures that are working to tackle our world’s biggest energy and environmental challenges. It is working to increase the diversity of startups, mentors, and partners engaged with the program.

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A Robotic Ball Controlled By A Smart Phone

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Paul, Adam, and Ian quickly started talking about teaming up and used the last four weeks of the program to “pretend&# they were partners. Fortunately, by mid-summer I did, and began encouraging one of their other mentors, Paul Berberian , to engage more deeply with them.

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Linking Around On A Sunday Morning

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The New York Times tells how it came together. I’m a huge Tim fan and am psyched to see what Tim and his partners are accomplishing at RoundPegg. Jilted in the U.S., a Site Finds Love in India : Ignighter was in the TechStars Boulder 2008 class.