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Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City

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It’s really difficult for me not to get into the thick of discussions about whether or not you can and/or should build a company in New York City. If your first resort when you have trouble raising money is to complain about New York on a tech blog, you’re really doing yourself a disservice in the relationship building area.

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Amazon “Swipes Left” On New York City

Haystack

Today, Amazon announced it will entirely abandon its plans to build its second headquarters (a/k/a “HQ2”) in Long Island City, a residential neighborhood in the borough of Queens, New York City. I believe this will be talked about for months, which in today’s news cycle is saying something.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

I will always remember fondly my coffee meeting 5 years ago with my friend Sam Rosen in New York City shortly after Hurricane Sandy. Sam began drawing out plans for a new way to provide storage after he had horrific experiences with traditional storage after the storm. were more distributed.

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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

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We spend way too much time, particularly in and around the New York area, teaching fundraising versus company or product building. So then, why are we teaching our students to trust fall without any revenues of their own to catch them? No revenues, no costs. ” It’s true. Step #2: Pitch investors.

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How MakeSpace Recently Closed $30 million in New Funding

Both Sides of the Table

million in capital to build out its operations in 4 cities: New York City , Los Angeles , Chicago and Washington D.C. If you have a storage need in one of these cities please consider checking out MakeSpace. Just over a year ago I wrote about how MakeSpace had raised $17.5 years of software development.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

So you’re interested in raising capital from a Revenue-Based Investor VC. A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors (“RBI”) are emerging. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. Rational burn profile, up to 50% of revenue at close, scaling down.

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Why a Company Can’t “Be More Like a Startup”

Steve Blank

Its employees and investors don’t depend on an existing revenue stream. In addition, some cities put an artificial limit on the number of taxi operators by requiring them to buy medallions and agree to a set of local regulations. Today, New York City has 13,587 yellow-taxi medallions and more than 50,000 Uber and Lyft cars.

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