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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. If I were a number 3-5 players I’d be looking to exit early while there’s still a lot of enthusiasm for this hot market. Time will tell.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Working to understand why and how things connect is the secret to great market presence. There is a perfect formula out there for all our client’s marketing needs — and it’s our job to help them discover it. We also wanted to avoid any potential brand confusion with words such as New York City, Metro, Gotham, etc.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

The value ascribed by subsequent investors (in a secondary); buyers (acquisition); or the public markets (IPO). Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate. On average, founders own just 43% of equity by Series B , declining thereafter. Volatile, uncapped. Retain 100%.

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[INTERVIEW] Eldon Mascoll, Toronto Entrepreneur, Founder Of Freedom Park Media Group

YoungUpstarts

Since the 90s, Toronto-based entrepreneur Eldon Mascoll has been making his mark in the media industry, working in areas that include television production, film, marketing and advertising. What advice do you have for other entrepreneurs who are working to break into the market with their own business ideas?

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Q&A with Eldon Mascoll: Toronto Digital Media Expert

Hearpreneur

Toronto-based entrepreneur Eldon Mascoll has built a career around working various digital media formats like advertising, marketing, film and television production. Mascoll moved to New York City where he worked in advertising before accepting a role at MTV Network. He then went on to form EME Inc.,

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Never Say No to Networking

blogs.hbr.org

In thirty days, I went from no relationships at Yahoo to three warm introductions to power players who could make my desired content syndication partnership happen. Sign up for events newsletters in your industry ( The Fetch and Charlie ODonnells This Is Going to Be BIG are good examples for the New York City area).

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The Mentality Of The Young Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

I am a 29 year old business owner of an executive search firm by the name of KAS Placement based out of New York City at Herald Square. My writing has been syndicated in WSJ.com , NYTimes.com , Forbes.com , USAToday.com , About.com , HuffPo , AOL.com , Yahoo! My name is Ken Sundheim. Buzz and Yahoo!