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Aspen Institute Maghreb Investor Delegation, next week in NY and CA

David Teten

The schedule of panels in New York is: Monday, January 14 th : Angel Investing Best Practices – 9-11AM, Edwards Wildman offices (750 Lexington, 8th floor; at 59th Street). If you would like to be a speaker or simply attend any of the programs below, at no cost, contact Katherine St. Onge, Katherine.St.Onge(@)aspeninst.org.

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ESG in Venture Capital: Interview with Blue Future Partners (VC Fund of Funds)

David Teten

One of the impact initiatives I’m proudest of is founding Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York , a nonprofit and now the East Coast’s largest angel group. Most of Africa runs on a cash economy, making it much harder to Africans to access credit, low-cost financial transfers, and other basic tools of a modern economy. .

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A review of the first eleven Techstars Unicorns

David Cohen

The three founders (Isaac, Tim, and Jose) were based in the Los Angeles area when they moved the company to Boulder for the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2009. It was originally called Romotive, and I still remember founder Keller Rinaudo just crushing it at demo day that year. DigitalOcean is based in New York City. #9:

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Five Questions with Mark Gerson

VC Cafe

Consequently, we concentrate around 80% of our giving in two organizations that I co-founded and Chair — African Mission Healthcare and United Hatzalah. For instance, people ask us at African Mission Healthcare how they can best help with Covid in Africa. Our answer: Mt. Great medical institutions are ready to handle everything.

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Spend 2012 on the Right Side of the Haimish Line

Both Sides of the Table

” In it Brooks talks about his recent trip to Africa with his 12-year-old son. Or riding a crazy party bus and sitting next to Aaron Batalion the co-founder & CTO of Living Social. As a founder you end up having to deal with a lot of sensitive information & discussions. Nom nom nom. Office Space.

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15 steps to launch your own tech startup: Part 2

The Next Web

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder. When I started my first company in Berlin, I lived and worked in my apartment with one of my co-founders. New York, Tel Aviv, London, and Berlin are vibrant tech hubs too. It’s like surfing.

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First Annual MENA Tech Summit Launches in NY, for Investors and Entrepreneurs

David Teten

In my research on how private equity and VC funds source investments , one of our conclusions was that VCs get better returns when they invest outside of the traditional geographic hotspots of New York, Boston, and the Bay Area. I hope to see you on April 25 in New York! The official press release is below.