Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2018

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. Products requiring changes to government regulations. Things such as driver-less cars and new medicines are far more than a technology challenge. If you want U.S.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 4, 2013

When governments go through leadership changes, it is generally expected that their whole staff gets replaced. When a new CEO for a company is hired, you might change out a few people, but you wouldn''t replace all the key folks. You wouldn''t hire a new GM and just immediately get rid of your All-Star players. Think about it.

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David Teten

MARCH 31, 2012

I’m exceptionally excited to announce that I’m now Chairman and lead investor with some other angels in a new company, Spright Governance Inc. Spright is a spinoff of the Singaporean government, which will leverage their proven expertise and technology to run other cities, states, and nations globally. at $47,568.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

Act II was “revenge of the luddites” in which some local governments banned them and some annoyed citizens stole them or broke them. Santa Monica is a city with congestion problems in the Summer and on weekends and ride-sharing exacerbated this problem. Springtime is Here: A New Watermark Yes, there was seasonality.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. Products requiring changes to government regulations. Things such as driver-less cars and new medicines are far more than a technology challenge. If you want U.S.

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New York City Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 254

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 5, 2013

New York City is a fantastic place to live--I''ve been here all my life. So when the city government seems to be bending over backwards to make tech companies want to start and grow their businesses here, conducting business here might be another story. I wouldn''t want to live anywhere else.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2016

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. Products requiring changes to government regulations. Things such as driver-less cars and new medicines are far more than a technology challenge. If you want U.S.

New York City 120

New York City Silicon Valley Startup Bootstrapping 120

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

From California, to Illinois, and New York many of the largest U.S. Some of the country’s greatest cities are on the brink of calamity. Felix Rohaytn, widely credited with saving New York City in the 1970’s, recently published “ Bold Endeavors. ” [1] In it he warns: “The nation is falling apart – literally.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 2, 2011

This is particularly acute in New York City, where you have several industries undergoing serious disruption, a critical mass of creativity from the cross pollination of ideas, and lots of capital. It’s really important that the key institutions surrounding our community—the VCs, the big tech companies, the government, etc.—get

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

As Latinitas ambassadors, they have offered their expertise and support in event planning, marketing, business, technology and more. Before Facebook, she held various roles in Customer Success at Amazon and built global education technology products at Pearson Education in New York City.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

On Wednesday and Thursday I spent two awesome days with my long time friend Martin Babinec (the founder of Trinet), his partner at Upstate Venture Connect – Nasir Ali – and about 1000 members of the Upstate New York entrepreneurial community. I came away optimistic about the potential for the Upstate New York region.

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Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2017

A Harvard Business School report, “ The State of Small Business Lending: Innovation and Technology and the Implications for Regulation ,” declares that large banks approve only 33 percent of loans under $100,000, compared to 60 percent approved by small banks. This finding was based on a FDIC survey of business owners.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Seattle, Portland, Austin, New York City and Chicago have come up in the U.S. In Singapore, the government has been extremely supportive, and there is entrepreneurial activity, although we have not yet seen very significant companies emerge. Over the last few years, however, several geographies have come up. Discuss.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 31, 2017

And yet, in spite of all this, small emerging firms are largely left out of government contracting. Selling to the government is a slow process in the beginning. They dislike bureaucratic processes even more, so the government marketplace has never been an attractive option for startup firms. That may be about to change.

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Government Partner Kansas City San Francisco 48

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

My family is based in New York. That all being said, new VC markets are emerging—and during the pandemic, lots of New Yorkers and folks from the Valley decamped to Miami or Austin. It’s not just right or left—as you know we’re so far past big vs small government in our politics. There are a lot of funds out there.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

of The Campbell Firm PLLC , a New York City law firm, said, “The blended [VC] model has a lot of appeal for entrepreneurs … These types of investment models can allow more of a balance between the entrepreneur’s goals and the investor’s goals.”. Governance. Technology-centric businesses.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

In an article titled “Where Lying Was Business as Usual,” Business Week reviewed a book on the Wedtech Scandal, a Washington scandal of the late eighties in which a few government officials fed fat contracts to a dubious supplier. Xerox, which pioneered the photocopying business, lost important ground to the Japanese on price.

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Technical Review United States Washington New York City 178

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

In an article titled “Where Lying Was Business as Usual,” Business Week reviewed a book on the Wedtech Scandal, a Washington scandal of the late eighties in which a few government officials fed fat contracts to a dubious supplier. Xerox, which pioneered the photocopying business, lost important ground to the Japanese on price.

Technical Review 162

Technical Review United States Washington New York City 162

Up and Running

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The Canadian government has its own federal loan programs in the event of a disaster. New York City began a business competition called Rise NYC, designed to promote better disaster preparedness by leveraging a hefty cash prize to the winning business, and all businesses gained plenty of publicity.

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SBA New York City Technical Review Small Business Administration 83

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

However, her take on the NYC innovation economy during her recent State of the City Address confirmed my thinking: Most of what the NYC government should be doing to support technology entrepreneurship in NYC is to try and stay out of the way. It's painfully obvious that, like many other folks in NYC government, Ms.

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Government New York City New York San Diego 97

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

You don’t need to look further than the studio’s homepage for an example of this: it features a live webcam that shows what’s going on in New York-based studio right at that moment. Headquarters: New York City. Locations: London, New York City, and San Francisco.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2017

I love technology. And I’ve watched how, in a blink of an eye, technology went from products used by the very few, to ending up in the pockets of billions, bringing social change and corporate disruption. Written language enabled the creation of large societies and with them, governments. And that was in New York City.

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North Korea Social Media .Net Europe 260

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 23, 2010

So the New York City government has decided it needs a little social media savvy—you now, since that newfangled Twitter thing came out, they feel like they need to be jumping on board with technology as an early adopter. That’s what’s going to be hard to bring NYC government into “2.0”

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Social Media Government New York City Media 94

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 23, 2012

Fifty years ago this year, the New York City Board of Estimate voted down Robert Moses ' plan to build a ten-lane elevated highway across lower Manhattan--leveling fourteen blocks along Broome Street in Little Italy and what is now SoHo, as well as the West Village. Pro-park, pro jobs, anti-people stealing using technology.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. His description: “We announced a new $500 million fund in Q1 of 2019, in our 10th year. We have a special program if you are pre-seed and need product development. Bigfoot Capital. to 3.0x.”. Growth support.

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Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Austin Tech Alliance understands that leveraging the power of technology can play an essential role in helping to tackle issues like affordability, mobility, and environmental preservation — and we believe the next City Manager should also embrace using tech as a tool to solve these civic challenges. Why does the City Manager matter?

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 9, 2017

Over the next 6 months, I traveled to various parts of the country and abroad to countries like Fiji, Bali, and New Zealand, where I was captivated by the natural beauty of the region. The silence and solitude were a welcome reprieve from the hustle and bustle I was accustomed to in New York City.

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Pakistan Technical Review Fiji Estonia 48

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 26, 2018

Recently, Brooklyn City Councilman Rafael Espinal proposed a bill last Thursday that aims to make it illegal for private employees in New York City to be required to check and respond to their work emails or take part in work-related electronic communications during non-work hours. Is a sales pitch an "emergency?"

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New York City New York Government Employee 60

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2021

In turn, today’s startups may discover that just as modern industries have changed thanks to this new and innovative technology, so have the means by which they can secure funding. These grants can be provided from a variety of sources, including both government and private organizations, to help encourage entrepreneurs.

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Haystack

AUGUST 31, 2018

” and “did government meddle and/or grant monopolies?” As Fred Wilson noted yesterday , as technology networks mature and spread into new markets (including devices, like scooters), the complexities associated with investing in “atoms” vs “bits” raise many issues. ” and so on.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 24, 2017

The Moth The gist: “The Moth is a non-profit group based in New York City dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. The Moth Podcast features re-airs of all new episodes of The Moth Radio Hour, plus additional stories from our vast archive recorded over the past two decades.” The Moth is wonderful.

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Austin Startup

MAY 19, 2017

Austin recently won a Smart Cities Readiness Challenge grant from Smart Cities Council , the world’s largest smart cities network. And Austin will play host next month to the Smart Cities Connect Conference and Expo , convening leading technology providers with city leaders. So why not Austin?

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

Founded in New York City in 2012, Kinnek bases its business model on quality over quantity. This makes it completely free, but it works with partners, i.e. government agencies that somehow act as middlemen. This works great as long as you have an updated website with a proper e-store or responsive export managers.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2018

All while figuring out how to use any of the new features, menus or rearranged user interface that might have been updated overnight. In the beginning of any technology revolution the technology gets ahead of the institutions designed to measure and regulate safety and standards. began to decline.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2017

cities are striving to become “Smart Cities,” which in its simplest form means applying information and communications technologies to urban challenges. They play an important role in creating cities of the future. They play an important role in creating cities of the future. Can Government Keep Pace?

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New York City DC Mobile Singapore 48

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

To foster the ecosystem in New York City, it seems that the community, investors, and the government have taken an approach that focuses on letting a thousand startups bloom. As Shai points out , if you sell for a billion dollars and have 13 employees like Instagram, you're really not going to do much for the ecosystem.

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New York City Startup Angel Investor Cofounder 115

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 15, 2015

Mayor Bill DeBlasio is on the verge of making NYC one of the most unfriendly cities in the world for technology companies to operate. Not yet, because it seems like the NYC government picks and chooses which startups it wants to go after depending on which lobby being disrupted complains the most.

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