YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Despite the challenging US economy, the New York startup scene is burgeoning. And to capitalize on its meteoric challenge to Silicon Valley as the alternative location to startup up in the United States, the New York Venture Capital Association (NYVCA) will be presenting its annual INGENUITY conference on October 15, 2013.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

The founders were simply wrong about their assumptions about customer needs. It turns out the term “visionary founder” was usually a synonym for someone who was hallucinating. Founders Need to Run the Company Longer. And while new markets were created (i.e. What we’re now seeing is The Democratization of Entrepreneurship.

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techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

The Trouble With Non-tech Cofounders. This is a guest post by Scott Allison, CEO and founder of Teamly.com. This is a guest post by Scott Allison, CEO and founder of Teamly.com. The problem with non-technical founders is that they don’t know what they don’t know, until they’re in way too deep. Enterprise. CrunchBase.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Recently several entrepreneurs in New York City got together to do just that, holding the inaugural Startup Funeral to honor the memory of three dead technology companies. asks event co-organizer Leo Newball Jr. “No But nobody celebrates the actual event. Every startup has a launch party, but what happens when a startup dies?”

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

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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The Next Web

JUNE 19, 2012

Under the relatively fresh ‘TNW Profile’ banner, we regularly shine a light on great European entrepreneurs and startup founders, to learn more about their journey and their business, and what drives them personally. The events business is getting ready for European Rails Conf 2013 and Mobile Mobile Conf.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 27, 2011

As a co-founder of a start-up there, is no single job that is ever above or beneath you. You or one of your co-founders needs to take on the role of what I call the Chief Negotiating Officer (CNO). Their mobile app, “Background Check,” has been downloaded over 1 million times.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. Founder’s perspective. You’ll get empathy. Experience. Relationships.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

With mobile development agencies and product incubators on the rise and more corporate “labs” spinning out each day, there’s no shortage of talent to help you build the next great Web or mobile app. How much does it really take to build a product like Twitter or Instagram? 1) Twitter. 3) Facebook. 6) Pinterest.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 20, 2013

The newest accelerator, based in New York City, is called the R/GA Connected Devices Accelerator. The Internet has rapidly expanded beyond desktop, server, laptop, and mobile computers and connected itself to many of the different devices in our everyday life. They are the force behind the opening title sequence for 1978?s

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

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. Plated is a paradigmatic example of a company that is creating hundreds of new jobs for lower-skilled workers: “remote food prep worker.” Why is that?

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Recently several entrepreneurs in New York City got together to do just that, holding the inaugural Startup Funeral to honor the memory of three dead technology companies. asks event co-organizer Leo Newball Jr. “No But nobody celebrates the actual event. Every startup has a launch party, but what happens when a startup dies?”

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

From left to right above is Tristan Walker (founder of Walker & Co), Magic Johnson (successful NBA basketball player and successful business man – his two life goals), Beatriz Acevedo (founder of Mitu, the largest Latino digital media company) and Troy Carter (founder of Atom Factory and Cross Culture Ventures).

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

But founders need to know how to ask for their advice and when to ignore it. Startup Insights From Paul English, Co-Founder of Kayak - OnStartups , May 10, 2010 I’m just wrapping up several weeks of attending conferences across both coasts. Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. was having coffee with a friend who teaches at the U.C.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Brunner (@heatherjbrunner) | Twitter Preston James Co-founder & CEO DivInc Preston is at the center of everything Diversity & Inclusion in Austin. An early Human Rights Campaign board member and longtime Austin LGBTQ leader, Eugene co-chaired President Obama’s & the DNC’s LGBTQ Leadership Council.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Attention founders: Here’s how you respond to an unfair post about your company - [link]. Questions to Ask Potential Cofounders: The Master List | Founder Dating - [link]. Attention founders: Here’s how you respond to an unfair post about your company - [link]. 5 things a non-technical founder can do - [link].

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Courtney Boyd Myers is the founder of audience.io. What’s On Your Home Screen” is presented by Fueled, a New York and London-based mobile app development company that produces award-winning apps for big brands like Barneys to hot startups like QuizUp. Online dating isn’t easy. Then figuring out what to do?

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 22, 2011

announced today that, thanks to its success, its Founder Labs pre-incubator program will become its own, separate organization. Moreover, the program will expand from its current San Francisco location to New York City, with the first east coast program set to begin in May. Founder Labs has been a core piece of the Women 2.0

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Boulder, CO. Foundry Group’s founder Brad Feld noted : Entrepreneurs here use a ‘give before you get’ mentality.

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David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

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. These are sorted by the year that we funded them.

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

Alexia Tsotsis is the co-editor of TechCrunch. She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Art, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the Media industry. Founder Stories) Aereos Chet Kanojia Urges Entrepreneurs To "Go For The Difficult Problems" [TCTV].

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As startup founders ask themselves this question, some of the answers might be specific to their product: i.e. we should improve our onboarding, change our freemium model, etc. Or Briga, Co-founder and CEO of Novos.gg. We co-develop our product with our community. Alon Grinshpoon, Co-founder and CEO of Echo3D.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Such was my recent meeting with Seth Sternberg, founder & CEO of Meebo. And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. Check out his website if you live in or are visiting New York! Mark then talked about Crittercism, a mobile feedback solution. And there you have it. Not a chance.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Recently several entrepreneurs in New York City got together to do just that, holding the inaugural Startup Funeral to honor the memory of three dead technology companies. asks event co-organizer Leo Newball Jr. “No But nobody celebrates the actual event. Every startup has a launch party, but what happens when a startup dies?”

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 25, 2013

Once a year New York City is overcome at 5 p.m. She is currently the CEO and co-founder of Talk Session , an online counseling platform in beta mode, that will connect users with highly credible professionals for on-demand, mobile therapy and counseling sessions using proprietary algorithm matching and artificial intelligence.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

“There’s simply no budget for [an office], as I bootstrap the company,&# says Paul Molluzzo, founder of Baby Goes Mobile , a web app that lets parents create a private baby book they can view and update from their mobile phones. There’s also a small New York team that works out of a coworking space.)

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The Next Web

JULY 29, 2013

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.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Some examples: AI will be the new mobile. Kang Health (2016) – HQ’d in New York and started by Allon Bloch, the former CEO of Wix.com, Kang Health wants to crowdsource health data to provide better information about health conditions, symptoms and treatments. All key technologies for autonomous driving.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. Gayle King is co-host of CBS This Morning. as in pro wrestling?—?you’re you’re going to take some hits.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Loading… New York. Find New $LINKTEXTFIND$ » smaller. Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. Mozilla Firefox. » More.

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David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2013

Another portfolio company of ff Venture Capital that targets this market is Voxy , a mobile app that creates an immersive experience in teaching English as a second language. Endeavor recognizes that although entrepreneurial activity already exists in Miami, it remains difficult for founders to reach scale.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The YCombinator founder believes this means great things for entrepreneurs.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2019

As part of The Startup Magazine Founder Interview Series , we interviewed Mr. Felix Shipkevich. As founder of Shipkevich PLLC, I often deal with financial technology issues and have a long history studying and understanding how financial technology, its legal aspects and regulations impact my clients. Quality control?

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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. Foundry Group’s founder Brad Feld noted : Entrepreneurs here use a ‘give before you get’ mentality. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 2, 2018

Mehta elaborated on this in an article from the New York Times , where he said that extreme quiet could sharpen your focus, which prevents you from thinking in the abstract: This is why if you’re too focused on a problem and you’re not able to solve it…you leave it for some time and then come back to it, and you get the solution.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

A house in New York City has a different value than a house in a small rural town]. Our CEO, Peter Kieltyka, co-founded and built two successful tech startups: Nulayer and Pressly. Our Chief Scientist, William Hua, has more than a decade of experience as a software engineer in gaming and mobile app development.

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