Gust

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Boston, New York City, Seattle and Southern California spawn many exciting startups…but do not exceed the Valley in any measure of entrepreneurial achievement. This is not to say that there is no competition for deals in Seattle, Boston, New York and elsewhere.)

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Genuine VC

MARCH 14, 2012

Though the program is 3000 miles away, I am especially excited to see what startups emerge from the TechStars Kinect Accelerator program which is going to be held in this spring in Seattle. Luckily, we have the Kinect Boston Meetup here locally.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Las Vegas sets itself apart from startup cities like Boston and San Francisco by offering a much lower cost of living in a major city.

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David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Techstars funded the company via our Techstars Seattle Accelerator in 2011. Outreach is a sales engagement platform that was funded by the Techstars Seattle Accelerator in 2011. Techstars funded Remitly, an online remittance company as part of our Techstars Seattle Accelerator in 2011. The company later settled in Boston.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Friday, September 16 - Seattle On Friday, I fly to Seattle, where I'll be for two days. That evening, there will be a casual talk followed by a book signing at Town Hall Seattle (co-sponsored with Lean Startup Seattle). Startup Weekend and Seattle 2.0 Employees only. Town Hall members receive priority seating.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Paul, San Francisco, LA, San Diego, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and Washington, DC. TaskRabbit is available in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami. Once a ride is complete, passengers are prompted to donate seamlessly through the app. Drivers are making up to $35/hour + choosing their own hours.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Same-day delivery has been so successful that Amazon decided to expand this program in other major cities, such as San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle-Tacoma, Phoenix, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, Indianapolis, Washington DC, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Tampa Bay, and Atlanta.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 4, 2010

For example, the company in the TechStars Seattle program that I’m currently mentoring is absolutely killing it, but it’s far outside any of our themes. One of my goals with my mentorship is to work with companies that are both within our themes and outside of our themes – this keeps my thinking fresh in other areas.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 10, 2014

He is currently a second year student at Harvard Business School and will be focused on supporting the early-stage startup community in Boston and its schools. Boston’s talent pool is unparalleled. It is more true to say Boston never put up a fight to keep them here in the first place. Buildings That Buzz.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 14, 2012

Though the program is 3000 miles away, I am especially excited to see what startups emerge from the TechStars Kinect Accelerator program which is going to be held in this spring in Seattle. Luckily, we have the Kinect Boston Meetup here locally.

Search 100

Search Boston Seed Stage Seattle 100

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Las Vegas sets itself apart from startup cities like Boston and San Francisco by offering a much lower cost of living in a major city.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 2, 2024

Also, we expect consumers will figure out that they can type in much longer queries, not just restaurants in Seattle, restaurants in Seattle for a family of four with an infant, and the dad loves spicy food and oh, by the way, the wife is lactose intolerant. (06:04): 06:04): That's a long query. What is our unique perspective?

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 17, 2018

I’m in Seattle for the next few days. I’ve built this trip around Techstars Seattle Demo, a bunch of time at PSL, and a Moz board meeting. While we don’t have an office in Seattle, I’m confident we have a comfortable place to hang out when we are in town. Amy’s is Paris; mine is Seattle.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

TechStars will still run programs that it owns and operates in Boulder, New York, Boston, and Seattle, but we’ll continue to aggressively expand the overall network across the US as well as the world. We think entrepreneurship across the US is not a zero-sum game and we want to play our part in expanding it.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2020

In the US, places like San Francisco, Austin, Seattle, and Washington, DC get the lion’s share of attention as startup sweet spots. Compare that figure to New York City ($75-$84), Seattle ($40+), or Los Angeles ($39), and it’s clear why startups benefit from locating here. Image by David Mark from Pixabay.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Our Cities ▾ Boston ›. View More in Boston ›. View More in Seattle ›. Our Events ▾ 6/14/12 · Boston. Boston Events ›. Seattle Events ›. Business, life sciences, and technology news — covering Boston, Seattle, San Diego, Detroit, San Francisco, New York and beyond.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Apperian (Boston, MA), Maker of mobile applications - $500 thousand. DocuSign (Seattle, WA), Provider of electronic signature technology - $27 million. Fluent Mobile (Boston, MA), Developer of mobile marketing software - $5.5 Abcast (Camas, WA), Operator of digital radio platform - $500 thousand. 10 million.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 6, 2018

Of the 23 funds listed here, 13 are in the Bay Area, 3 in NYC, 3 in Boston, 2 in LA, and one each in Detroit, Seattle, Toronto, Waterloo, Indianapolis, and Fargo, North Dakota. We knew that some places, like NYC, Boston, and Seattle, where we already had deep networks, would be common places for us to invest.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2013

Just ask the people of Portland, Seattle, Boulder, Iowa, Princeton, Dallas or countless other cities that don’t have enough venture capital. And then there are smatterings (Dallas 2x, DC 3x, Philly 3x, Austin, Boulder, Seattle not to mention San Diego 8x, Santa Barbara 8x – where I invested in RingRevenue). Ask SuperCell.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 29, 2016

When I reflect on where some of our investments are, they are in cities like Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Minneapolis, Boulder, Denver, Charlotte, Lexington, New York, and Boston. Having invested in and spent a lot of time in Seattle over the last 30 years, I smirk whenever I hear this.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 10, 2020

When Amy and I had life dinner on March 1st, we were both tired after a three-week trip to Boston, Miami, and Atlanta. The stock market had already had a 15% or so drop but there were less than 10 deaths (all in Seattle) from Covid in the US. ” Prescient, but not really what we meant.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

I’m just pointing out my gut feel for approximate ranges of deals that I’ve seen with Silicon Valley having the highest valuations, NY / LA / Boston / Boulder / Seattle having valuations in a slightly lower range but comparable and sometimes significantly lower prices in markets that don’t have a healthy venture market.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I also made several trips to New York & Boston. Next year I’m going to spend time in Seattle and Boulder in addition. I came several times to NorCal (where I grew up, actually) and went and met several partners from each Silicon Valley firm.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Kara has worked in finance in Boston, NYC and Silicon Valley. She has been in operations in Seattle and Los Angeles. As a result we need somebody well networked into these communities already. That’s why Greg Bettinelli has become such a successful partner addition to Upfront.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I also made several trips to New York & Boston. Next year I’m going to spend time in Seattle and Boulder in addition. I came several times to NorCal (where I grew up, actually) and went and met several partners from each Silicon Valley firm.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

That prediction obviously turned out pretty wrong, but it did drum up a whole lot of chatter about the right ingredients for building a startup community—about New York vs Boston on the East Coast and whether cities like Austin and Seattle would ever break through. Those two things aren’t really the same.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Artificial Intelligence, Robotics & Voice Artisense (Munich, Germany) Deepblocks (Miami, FL) Intvo (Ann Arbor, MI) Sonavi Labs (Baltimore, MD) Wunder (San Francisco, CA) Alternates for Artificial Intelligence, Robotics & Voice 3Space Makers (Conroe, TX) PIX Moving (Guiyang, China) UneeQ (Austin, TX) Augmented and Virtual Reality echoAR (New (..)

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 30, 2012

You don’t have to be in Boulder, but it’s an advantage if you are in or near one of Boulder, Boston, New York, Seattle, or San Antonio as it makes it easy to plug you into the network. If you are interested, send me an email along with links to examples of what you’ve done.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Founded in Boston, it’s only available in the United States. . Suplari is based in Seattle, and it helps its users get on top of their finances. . It accepts payments through Venmo as well as PayPal, it’s secure, and it prevents fraud. . Forward Financing. Forward Financing is the way to go before you start a business.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

Allay Health: Seattle, Washington. Jambb: Boston, Massachusetts . This model has produced a wide array of geographic diversity at a national scale, which we are aiming to replicate in the upcoming cohort. See some alumni locations below: Lula: Miami, Florida. Higher: Birmingham, Alabama . ShelfLife: New York, New York.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

We just finished the second year in Boston. And we are just starting our first year in Seattle.”…” Of the Boulder companies there have been 41 companies that have gone through the Boulder program and there is some mortality…” “I guess it’s 5 or 6 that have failed. And how has it worked out? “It It has worked out great.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 20, 2012

It’s been a refreshing resource for a bunch of startup communities, including Boston (where it started) and Seattle. I’ve been a huge fan of Xconomy since its debut several years ago.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 26, 2011

TechStars will be having launch parties in Boulder, New York, Boston, and Seattle. On September 13th the Bloomberg TV Show TechStars launches. If you are an entrepreneur, or part of the entrepreneurial community in any of these cities, sign up now to participate.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

Some friends in the impact investing world have recently started talking about generating giant returns by investing in Zebras (such as a nonprofit building in rural Colorado) and Ponies (an immigrant restaurant in Seattle currently using payday lending at 35% for their working capital). To Get involved in CO Impact Days 2017.

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