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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

That said, Europe is different: Draper Esprit (LON: GROW) is a British VC which recently IPO’d , joining a number of public VC firms in Europe, e.g., Imperial Innovations plc, IP Group plc, BGF Ventures, Eight Roads, Octopus Ventures, and Partners Group. Manhattan, New York City, in 1911. Previously posted on PEHub.

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The Importance of Due Diligence in M&A Transactions

Scott Edward Walker

As I discuss in this video from a few years back (starting at the 0:24 mark), I first learned of the importance of due diligence as a young lawyer at a major law firm in New York City. Indeed, this lesson stuck with me – and it applies regardless of the size of the acquisition. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqAmVCkSmhA. v=hqAmVCkSmhA.

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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

The end result was dozens of kids across universities all around the city writing real, workable code on their own projects—more entrepreneurial than any of the textbook projects they were probably stuck doing in class. It’s not just Fordham—it’s generally like that at most places. It was easy peasy.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

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.”. Flexible VC offers you this. Emily Campbell, Esq.

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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

We needed improvements in video compression and in TCP/IP – the underlying protocol that essentially runs the Internet. Read Gotham: The History of New York City to 1898.) Had one plotted the trend over time, soon cities like New York were going to be buried under horse manure.

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A tale of two cities: Bewildered by the city government's continued cluelessness on NYC's innovation scene

This is going to be BIG.

Quinn once again brings out the city government's party line on startups: "Unfortunately, when it comes to new technology startups, New York City lags behind other parts of the country.". The second company started in New York City, when a group of researchers at NYU developed. Well here's why.

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

Frances McInnis is a journalist and crossword enthusiast based in New York City. Apple Declared "Marketer of the Decade" This iPhone 4 Costs $8 Million Next Apple Event Goes "Back to the Mac" View More » Mobile Starbucks Stores in New York Now Acce. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP.

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