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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. One of the unique provisions of that program was that it was open to people without any NYU affiliation; they just had to work physically at the NYU Future Labs. “CEO is the new Analyst.”.

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How universities can keep alumni excited and connected

David Teten

Universities typically have many affiliated Special Interest Groups (SIGs), but almost no cooperation between them. This would cost little to organize, just one staff person’s time to coordinate. I thought this might be of interest to others: Encourage tighter cooperation among their alumni special interest groups (SIGs).

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VentureGeeks Unveils Pre-Seed Investments in Five Israeli Startups

VC Cafe

The cost for the startups is 10% of their equity, which is taken by the fund GeekVentures I as payment. The fund is backed by David Moche, a Florida based real estate investor, and one of the co-founders of About.com. They plan to scale by using ecommerce aggregators as affiliates.