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Open Angel Forum and The Amazing Disappearing Funding Gap in New York City

This is going to be BIG.

First Round Capital makes 11 new investments in NYC, hires me to be here fulltime, and announces a new NYC office in Union Square. Nate Westheimer hired by Flybridge as an advisor. Well, remember the dust up a while back with the backlash against “pay to play” pitch events where startups had to pay to meet angels?

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain The Future Trends They See in Their Industry

Hearpreneur

Complex and high asset divorces will continue to hire divorce attorneys and divorce professionals for years to come. Additionally, I have a lot of conviction that influencer marketing is going to play a huge role for consumer brands, but that it won’t look or feel quite like what you think of when you think of influencer marketing today.

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How to Use Social Media to Find the Perfect Employee for Your Business

Up and Running

At Bond Street , we’re experts in term loans , but we cover just about everything related to small business, including how to hire the perfect employees for your new company. So, how do you say “we’re hiring” in a cost-effective way that gets the right people through the door? See Also: Is It Time to Hire an Employee?

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17 Entrepreneurs Celebrate Summer Business Accomplishments

Hearpreneur

Also, I had the opportunity to present my “Organic Reach is Dead: Learn to Pay to Play Like a Pro” Masterclass to a standing room only (or sold out) crowd on the main stage at the Social Media Week Los Angeles conference. We look forward to Cosmoprof every year!

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What Does a CEO Do, Anyway?

OnlyOnce

“ His three things (worth reading his whole post anyway) are set vision/strategy and communicate broadly, recruit/hire/retain top talent, and make sure there’s enough cash in the bank. Recruiting and retaining top talent are pay-to-play…but you have to go well beyond the standards and basics here.

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Founder Interview: Felix Shipkevich and the Disruption in LegalTech

The Startup Magazine

Consumers rely on search engines and pay-to-play rating sites to find legal counsel. (Share with us what problem you’re solving). With more lawyers in the US than ever before, marketing legal services has become increasingly difficult. TSM: As your company grew, what were the primary challenges? Quality control?

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Small Business and Startups: Net Neutrality? Done! (For Now)

crowdSPRING Blog

The new rules were designed to guarantee that no content would be blocked and to assure that the Internet can not be divided into “pay-to-play” fast lanes for the richest of companies and slow lanes for companies and organizations unable to afford the fees.

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