David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

incubators, e.g., the many options in New York. intrapreneurs, e.g., the employee of GE who is tasked with launching a new business. An intrapreneur is the extreme; usually an intrapreneur’s employer owns 100% of the new business that she creates. The question is: how should they be compensated when cofounding a company?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

When my Japanese husband died at a young age almost 16 years ago, I had been doing medical writing for a major New York Hospital and also helping him with his documentary films for Japanese and American public television. So I sat at home for a year to teach myself about optics and ended up founding Light with my cofounder in 2013.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

In their startup post-mortem, Nouncer discussed their decision to be in NY as one that hurt their company stating : In my case, New York didn’t lack money, community, able workers, or smart people with good advice. I can count on one hand the number of people I’ve met in New York meetups and events that fit this description.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

How cofounders can collaborate without going crazy. We would rather chase revenue. It’s frustrating to be constantly confronted by this idea that we have to be chasing funding options instead of chasing revenue. Of course you should chase revenue. You have to have a great idea and an awesome team to execute it.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

To answer these questions, we built a database of 112 Israeli companies founded between 1996 and 2013 that have met or exceeded $20 million in revenue. Although the technical team often remains in Israel, many of the executives interviewed recommend departing for the U.S. What are the challenges and lessons of scaling up?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 13, 2015

While New York is influenced by Wall Street’s high-powered deal-making, business in San Francisco tends to have a more relaxed feel with an emphasis on relationships. While both cities are rich with sales people, talent and opportunities, companies hunting for talent in New York and San Francisco cannot follow the same strategy.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

SVASE or Founder Dating in Silicon Valley, First Tuesday in London and Hackers and Founders in New York all come to mind. Other cities like New York, Boston, Seattle, LA and Austin TX also have pretty strong startup communities. Expand ONLY when you have generated enough revenue to keep you alive 2 years from today.

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