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How to Create a Healthy Local Startup and Tech Community

This is going to be BIG.

In 2010, Antonio Garcia Martinez, the founder of AdGrok, wrote, “New York will always be a tech backwater, I don’t care what Chris Dixon or Ron Conway or Paul Graham say.” On the other had, I wouldn’t be surprised if Miami winds up with a fantastic community feel and vibe but struggles to produce big companies.

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3 Secrets For Hiring On Wall Street Versus Silicon Valley

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While New York is influenced by Wall Street’s high-powered deal-making, business in San Francisco tends to have a more relaxed feel with an emphasis on relationships. While both cities are rich with sales people, talent and opportunities, companies hunting for talent in New York and San Francisco cannot follow the same strategy.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Time will tell.

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The End Of “Build It Yourself” Software

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On May 7, 1947, Levitt & Sons announced their first rental homes in Levittown, New York. Levittown made modern suburbia possible with all the safety, convenience and community people have come to expect in such neighborhoods. since 2002 and its Chief Executive Officer since February 8, 2006.

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4 Reasons A Diverse Sales Team Will Boost Revenue

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In February, 1869, a letter to the editor of the New York Times questioned why female government employees were not paid the same as male counterparts. This gargantuan figure does not even include Asians, the LGBT community or Native Americans, to name a few.

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 11, 2009 The cardinal sin of community management Once you have a product launched, you will the face the joys – and the despair – of a community that grows up around it. This probably sounds illogical. After all, people rarely say they are mad because they are not being heard.

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Out of the Crisis #19: Revolution Foods co-founders on feeding kids and families, being parent-entrepreneurs, and scaling food security innovations

Startup Lessons Learned

In 2006, Kristin Groos Richmond and Kirsten Saenz Tobey founded Revolution Foods to help ensure quality food access for all children across the nation. Together, they founded Revolution Foods in 2006. I co-founded Revolution Foods with Kirsten Tobey in 2006 to ensure quality food access for all children across the nation.