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This Week in the NYC Innovation Community – January 25, 2010

This is going to be BIG.

The agenda: * Quick introductions over breakfast * Three brief demos, including one from Hot Potato * Casual networking session, with free Wi-Fi on offer for those who want to stick around and work in a community environment. 10AM through the weekend Crisis Camp Haiti NYC-New York technologists helping the Haiti relief effort.

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Austin’s opportunity to change America’s entrepreneurial narrative

Austin Startup

In 1991, ten-year-old Jerry and his family escaped civil war in Haiti and resettled in America as refugees. Did you know that our venture capital structure — the structure we use to invest in startups — was originally developed for 19th-century whaling expeditions, with very little innovation since?