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Quattro Development Co-Founders Share Tips for Overcoming Mishaps in Real Estate Development

The Startup Magazine

After founding their real estate development firm during the Great Recession in 2008, the duo received a crash course in perseverance. Then we signed a couple of leases with a dental group out of upstate New York,” Walters says. Today, Quattro Development is a small-shop developer for chain brands across the United States.

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Why Publishers Will Tell You Anything But The Truth

YoungUpstarts

As the publishing industry gathers in New York for its annual trade show, BookExpo America , they’re discussing everything except the one piece of information authors crave: how many books they actually sell. Authors now go directly to their readerships without the intervention or dis-ingenuity of the New York publishers.

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Tax Credits for Startups in New York State

David Teten

Our CFO Alex Katz just sent out a memo to our portfolio, attached below, about 2 tax credits available to companies that do business in New York State. Enter Alex: I am writing to tell you about two tax credits available to companies that do business in New York State. New York Jobs Tax Credit.

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How to Turn Your Product Idea Into a Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Along the way, she’s launched more than 3,000 consumer products since its inception in 2008, including some household names like Swell water bottles, FitBit, and SodaStream. She’s been featured in numerous media outlets including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Fortune.

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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

I am super excited to announce that today is a day of lots of new things for my partners & me: A new fund, a new office and a new brand. We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). Let’s start with the fund.

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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. We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry.

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Inaugural Investor Day @ FinTech Innovation Lab

David Teten

On Friday morning, I witnessed another volley of shots being fired from New York City at Palo Alto during FinTech Innovation Lab ‘s Inaugural Investor Day. The Lab is a collaboration between the New York City Investment Fund and Accenture, with support from the New York banking community.