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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

By developing innovative technologies and taking a new approach, we believe that we can find alignment across various institutional and individual stakeholders with the means to leverage their networks and effectively push for progress. I’m a VC in New York with 8 years of experience; more about me here. Q: Who’s on the team?

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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

It’s preferable that you live in the New York tri-state area. Once we’ve executed all the steps above, we go to VCs and raise seed capital of $1-2m. We will consider individual applicants (e.g., a CEO without a team) but strongly prefer people who come with a team pre-assembled. This work is unpaid. Sounds great!

America 60
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We Need More Entrepreneurs In Congress

Feld Thoughts

Martin is running for Congress in Upstate New York (District 22) as an Independent. He saw first hand how the lack of new, innovative companies caused some of the best talent in Upstate New York to leave – and decided to do something about it. I recently got a call from a long time friend, Martin Babinec.

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Building a new startup hub

Startup Lessons Learned

Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading.

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Avoiding the Common Pitfalls of Securing Capital: Innovative Financing Options for Today’s Startups

ReadWriteStart

The benefits of using incubators and accelerators are fairly straightforward: not only do they offer seed capital, but they also help encourage the startup’s success. The amount of capital can vary, ranging from $150,000 and up, and they typically require equity in exchange for the funding.

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What Would Happen if you Built the Reverse of Amazon? It Might Look Something Like This …

Both Sides of the Table

After 9 months it was time to raise seed capital and go test drive our new software and processes. Sam moved back to NY and we announced our seed round of capital, which we led. I’m long NY. I’m long MakeSpace. Tech Market Analysis Upfront Ventures makespace'

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Stanford Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Grows

Campus Entrepreneurship

Stanford is a leading campus when it comes to entrepreneurship and a new seed fund deepens the web of entrepreneurship on campus. Early stage investment firm North Bridge Venture Partners has joined with the Asia-Pacific Entrepreneurship Society (ASES) and announced a $75,000 seed capital competition.