Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Who would not want to join the unicorns (recent startups with a current valuation of over $1 billion)? Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a classic book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S. Set milestones and manage to those targets.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

Business plan competitions are the air guitar championships of the startup world. We spend way too much time, particularly in and around the New York area, teaching fundraising versus company or product building. It’s as if the plan for creating a startup is: Step #1: Come up with an idea. ” It’s true.

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View from Seed

JULY 6, 2020

Since we first opened our New York office back in 2015, we have steadily increased our presence over the years ( Melody joined us in 2017 and Dorothy in 2018), and now roughly 40% of our investments are in New York. You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 11, 2011

The Lean Startup Machine looks a lot like reality television for startups. I have written previously about how powerful the these events are as a teaching tool for Lean Startup principles. While I was in New York, I had another opportunity to witness this firsthand, and I wanted to share the results with you.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 27, 2021

With the recent announcement of our fourth fund , we are expanding the team at NexView with a new Platform and Operations Associate. This role will be virtual through the end of the pandemic, but will ultimately be based in either our New York or Boston office. You are actively engaged in the NYC or Boston tech ecosystem.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Yet despite the overarching negative outlook, startups seem to be weathering the storm. Quartz mentions that startups seem to be dealing with the pressures of the pandemic far more effectively than larger businesses and conglomerates. Much of this success is due to the flexibility of startups and their ability to adapt.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 17, 2024

Hunter Walk: Textio , the startup you founded and CEO’ed until a few months ago, is almost 10 years old. HW: This was your first CEO run after a successful product management career. KS: Being a CEO has a lot in common with being a product manager, except that the product you’re responsible for is the company itself.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 11, 2020

Here are the facts about AI startups needing data , and how that helps governments. The good news is that initiatives have been put in place to unlock the power of this data. And startups in a number of industries are poised to capitalize on this wealth of data to optimize services and solve the issues most important to customers.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Another great example of innovation comes courtesy of Metromile, a startup right out of Silicon Valley that’s changing the way auto insurance is provided. That level of flexibility and customization draws in millennials in a way that no other insurer has managed to pull off. My hope is that the answer is you. She’s based in L.A.,

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Up and Running

JULY 13, 2017

Small business owners know a larger than expected tax bill could put a wrench in their company’s cash flow management , a scenario everyone is eager to avoid. Many small business owners have no idea what they will owe in taxes until it’s time to pay them,” says Paul Gevertzman, CPA, a tax partner at Anchin, Block, & Anchin in New York.

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View from Seed

MAY 24, 2021

With the news of our most recent $100M fund , NextView is looking to add a new member of our investment team based in New York. Since we first opened our New York office back in 2015, we have steadily increased our presence over the years. Who Are We Looking For. You act as an “ invited guest.”.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 2, 2017

“Mission critical reading.” -- Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and co-author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers The Alliance and The Startup of You In just a few weeks, my new book, The Startup Way , will be available in print, digital, and audio formats. Here’s the current list of my planned stops.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Guest post by Jennifer Maerz, contributing editor of Lean Startup Co. It’s been exciting to watch the Lean Startup movement grow from a practice utilized in the tech world to one implemented in a wide variety of sectors ranging from enterprise to education, religious organizations, nonprofits, and government groups.

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The Next Web

MARCH 5, 2014

Ryan Matzner is the Director of Strategy at Fueled , the leading iPhone application developers and masters of mobile design , based in New York and London. So for young startups, here’s some food for thought when you start interviewing employees. The best project managers are big complainers. Be a perfectionist.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2013

Creators of new products in environments of extreme uncertainty, startups face enormous risks. As a startup owner, what can you do to improve your chances? The Lean Startup’s core is represented by the Build-Measure-Learn feedback loop. There are principally three engines of growth in any startup.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Guest post by Jennifer Maerz, Program Chair of Lean Startup Co. For eight years, our flagship conference has focused on sharing stories and lessons of putting Lean Startup’s entrepreneurial methodology into practice. Lean Startup Week (Oct. Lean Startup Week (Oct. 31 ( limited to the first 200 Gold Passholders.)

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Here’s a new New York-based entrepreneurship event to rival New York Entrepreneurship Week – America Means Business is a three day event, held on June 13-15, that will see various activities relating to entrepreneurship take place in New York.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Here are their breakdowns of the costs and time investments to create 10 of the world’s hottest startups. Suddenly, those multi-million dollar financing rounds that startups raise don’t seem so outrageous! 1) Twitter. 4) WhatsApp. Follow that up with another $120,000 round for design, additional development and branding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kaufmann Foundation , the numbers are finally here to show it. The number of startups rose in 2015 for the first time in five years, with the largest year-over-year increase in two decades. Set milestones and manage to those targets.

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David Teten

JULY 10, 2019

Do you have a great team at your seed startup, but your product just isn’t working? Would you like to have a salary from day one that you work full-time on your startup? We are a nonpartisan, bipartisan startup of concerned Americans. I’m a VC in New York with 8 years of experience; more about me here.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, October 5, 2008 The product managers lament Life is not easy when youre working in an old-fashioned waterfall development process, no matter what role you play. The product manager was clearly struggling to get results from the rest of the team. Lets start with what the product manager does.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Whether the widely reported statistic that eight out of ten businesses fail in the first 18 months is accurate or not, few will disagree with the fact that most startups fail. They understand how to read a profit and loss (P&L) statement , how to budget, hire employees , launch products , and manage cash flow.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 4, 2017

When we established Ready4S back in 2012, the tech startup scene looked completely different than it does today. But if you’re considering setting up a tech startup right now, you should know that it still presents a huge challenge. In fact, 75 percent of venture-backed startups fail. . Develop a viable proposition.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

The entrepreneur who founded and grew the largest startup in the world to $10 billion in revenue and got fired is someone you have probably never heard of. Sloan Foundation , the Sloan School of Management at MIT , the Sloan program at Stanford , and the Sloan/Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

From data integrity software to healthcare management services, Hauser Private Equity has seen the value in businesses that exist in the in-between of raw materials and consumer goods, and how such companies have the ability to bring about realized gains for investors. Healthcare.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2015

One of the first actions you will take with your startup is to organize your company a separate legal entity to protect yourself from personal liability for the company’s debts. In the tech startup context, you’ll typically choose between a Corporation and a Limited Liability Company (“LLC”). Management. Verdict : LLC.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

I recently met with a friend who’s a senior executive at a large investment management organization. FinTech New York Accelerator. FinTech New York Accelerator. Rise New York (good mailing list) – includes the Barclays Accelerator , in partnership with Techstars , and a coworking space for fintech startups.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Startup Chica Spotlight: Meet our 2019 Committee Members Meet the Austin professionals and community leaders who have embraced the Latinitas mission and helped make Startup Chica 2019 a reality. What do you hope happens when girls experience Startup Chica Conference? When she is not in the office you can find her at the airport!

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Our CFO Alex Katz just sent out a memo to our portfolio, attached below, about 2 tax credits available to companies that do business in New York State. For background, we rarely see a CPA come to us with a startup idea. New York Jobs Tax Credit. This can be a boon to your Company or your investors.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

At 11:45am I'll be honored to share the stage with two great entrepreneurs: Introducing The Lean Startup, by Eric Ries with case studies, Intuit’s Scott Cook and Instagram’s Kevin Systrom And in the evening, the book launch party is also part of Disrupt. Startup Weekend and Seattle 2.0 We'll be in the concourse from 5:30-7:30pm.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! A group of second graders was treated to lunch at one of New York’s finest restaurants, Daniel. Have fun watching Jeffrey Blitz’s video for The New York Times.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, July 9, 2010 Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# theory of management At any given time, something like four percent of the US population is engaged in some form of new-company-creation. Let’s start with the startup personality attributes.

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David Teten

MAY 7, 2019

Do you have a great team at your seed startup, but your product just isn’t working? Would you like to have a salary from day one that you work full-time on your startup? We are a nonpartisan, bipartisan startup of concerned Americans. It’s preferable that you live in the New York tri-state area.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

A partnership was announced with the City of New York, to connect and grow NYC's startup ecosystem. This facilitates technology growth and innovation for startups in Silicon Alley, as well as positioning IBM for growth down the road. This is the new world of do-it-yourself (DIY) prototyping.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. This engineering manager is a smart guy, and very experienced.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 19, 2020

For many entrepreneurs and startups, investing in stocks is a good option for building more capital. They are sold and bought in stock markets such as NASDAQ, New York Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange, Japan Stock Exchange, etc. So knowing more about stocks and trading is critical. You can read more about this here.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 7, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, January 7, 2010 Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Although much of it will sound familiar to readers of this blog, whats new is my first step towards the " new entrepreneurship " that is my goal for 2010. Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? - Without further ado.

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