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DECEMBER 23, 2011

With all of this news about Brooklyn 's tech scene , I've been thinking a lot about what made the NYC innovation community grow so quickly. That's a really interesting concept--and I think it's one of the very reasons why the NYC ecosystem has thrived. But sometimes you need to move a wall.". Information spillover.

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Gust

JUNE 4, 2014

Somewhat to my surprise, I’ve found that most VCs and angels attend few, if any, events unless they are participating as a speaker. And at the events they do attend, their attention is primarily focused on the companies presenting or demonstrating on stage. Demo Days from the NYC-based accelerators.

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MARCH 19, 2012

I'm not limited to making events geographically and being here won't stop me from doing deals in Manhattan, Boston, Toronto, DC or even SF. NYC startups need that perspective if they want to avoid the Silicon Valley groupthink that sometimes plagues the West Coast venture world. You're seeting it in Downtown SF.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

” Put simply, if you care about building a successful tech community outside Silicon Valley you should read this book. A Strong Pool of Tech Founders – Stating the obvious. But I would point out that these days there are really talented tech developers & teams everywhere. Here are mine: 1. And build from there.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

From 2005 to 2009, I was fortunate enough to be part of a small group of New York City innovation community leaders that sowed some of the seeds of the thriving tech hub we have today. Honestly, it was a fair bit of hand waving and maybe a little smoke and mirrors--saying in 2005 that we had a ton of startup-ready tech talent.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

City Spotlight: Boston Register for the free event here! 5 investors discuss Boston’s resilient tech ecosystem Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify In order to build a startup culture, a city or region needs some key elements in place – like an innovation engine to drive startup ideas.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

I generally like NYC City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. However, her take on the NYC innovation economy during her recent State of the City Address confirmed my thinking: Most of what the NYC government should be doing to support technology entrepreneurship in NYC is to try and stay out of the way. Hey everyone!

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

Moat, the biggest exit out of the bunch, was sourced when I met Mike Walrath at a tech event. Nowadays, the usual NYC suspects for raising aren’t really around. For over fifteen years, I’ve had a front-row seat to the growth of the NYC tech—and I’ve been honored to contribute whatever I could to it.

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Dream It

APRIL 29, 2019

Upcoming Events Rock Health Enterprise Insights Series | NYC, Washington, D.C., Upcoming Events Rock Health Enterprise Insights Series | NYC, Washington, D.C., During this event, five final teams will take the stage and pitch their ideas to an esteemed panel of judges for a chance to win cash prizes and more.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Without further ado, here’s a quick look at what our editors are most excited about heading in to TechCrunch’s first TC Sessions: Crypto event. What are your top priorities or goals as you put together the programming for the first TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto event? LM: You bet.

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JANUARY 8, 2014

Stick around long enough in a big tech community and you''ll see your share of big company evangelists come and go. I feel like NYC knew Twillio because NYC knew John. a content producer, a technical person who knows your product and loves it, an events manager, etc. 5) Set me up with free event space whenever I need.*.

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MAY 2, 2011

I wrote this last night as the preamble to my weekly NYC innovation events newsletter: Osama Bin Ladin is dead. In NYC, there is a lot of cheering, countered by the stark reminders of those who lost loved ones in 9/11 and soldiers halfway across the world that this will not bring anyone back. I’m not sure what to say.

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DECEMBER 28, 2013

All of the companies but one were funded in NYC, with the other in Boston. A couple of years ago, I went to a networking event sponsored by a top tier VC firm. It was held at a trendy Lower East Side bar where the price of the drinks made it the kind of place that a typical NYC entrepreneur would never actually go.

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Gust

OCTOBER 29, 2014

On October 1st, 2014, after more than two years of partnership and development, Gust proudly joined the Mayor of the City of New York and IBM in announcing the launch of Digital.NYC , NYC’s new official hub for tech and startups. News outlets from USA Today to Mashable to Brooklyn’s Technical.ly

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NOVEMBER 19, 2012

The number of ATM and banking locations in NYC has exploded in recent years--but you have to believe that this growth can't continue. Perhaps the most widely known example that touches the tech community is General Assembly --almost 30,000 square feet. Left and right, small retailers are closing their doors. ATM Locations.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Without further ado, here’s a quick look at what our editors are most excited about heading in to TechCrunch’s first TC Sessions: Crypto event. What are your top priorities or goals as you put together the programming for the first TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto event? LM: You bet.

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MARCH 10, 2011

New York will feature five this summer alone--Techstars, DreamIt, Startl and the NYC Seed/EDC Media and Finance incubators. Plus, there are a ton of in person networking and educational events related to startups that are free or relatively inexpensive. There are incubators to help you out on the financing side, too.

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JANUARY 22, 2018

I asked, "What is your experience of being be black in tech today and what can allies do to improve it?" Just put up some clear criteria, like "I only fund NYC companies" or "I only fund enterprise" if you want to improve the filters. Have they marketed the event to any groups where diversity is a criteria or part of their mission?

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Haystack

JANUARY 18, 2020

To be fair, not all of them held this view and many of them were investing nationally earlier, but as we flip over to 2020, there is a general acceptance among Bay Area VC partnerships that they need to be able to invest across the country, not just NYC and LA or Seattle. The AUM of many VC funds has increased dramatically.

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APRIL 27, 2010

This is the case when the requirements of these events don’t actually include building a real business or product. I always here that there aren’t enough good tech product managers in the city, so I figured why not just go and try to make more—or make the up and coming ones better. It’s a recipe for failure.

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AUGUST 22, 2010

I pretty much thought the Google of the New York tech scene was, in fact, Google. That's why there's a lot of potential low hanging leadership fruit for anyone who cuts across several industries--like Julia Kaganskiy of the Arts & Tech Meetup. People ask me how much time it takes for me to put out my NYC events list each week.

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MARCH 1, 2010

I grew up here, went to school here, and have worked hard over the last 5+ years to help build up the NYC innovation community. Just because there’s only a handful of VC bloggers in NYC doesn’t mean there aren’t 100’s… and yes, I mean 100’s of smart, experienced places to turn for investment in NYC.

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JUNE 14, 2010

If you wanted to actually trace the dollars directly, given that Facebook’s cash reserves are probably increasing, you could say that they actually do return to NYC—assuming that money is sitting in a money market account or t-bills or something. If you go to a “tech” or “internet” event in the Valley, you’ll meet tech people.

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DECEMBER 12, 2011

I’m just as familiar with the New York Tech Meetup as anyone. I was also part of the original New York Tech Meetup board and participated on it until last year. or the Tech Biz Dev Meetup. One focus that I’d like to try to use the New York Tech Meetup as a platform for is nurturing more leaders.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

At this two-day virtual event, early-stage founders can take part in highly interactive group sessions with top investors and ecosystem experts, in fields ranging from fundraising and marketplace positioning, to growth marketing and content development. Ben has been active in the NYC tech community for almost 20 years.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The committee is investigating the events that led up to FTX’s implosion, which resulted in the crypto exchange filing for bankruptcy last month. Warm up the credit card, it’s shopping season : Private equity could be gearing up to shop for vulnerable tech companies , muses Alex. Big Tech Inc. You can sign up here.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. ” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating.

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JUNE 14, 2011

What I also learned from this event as well as our recent NYC area First Round portfolio employee happy hour is how valauble it can be just getting the people we invest in to talk to each other.

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MAY 7, 2012

It's not that I don't like new places--I've just spent a lot of time diving pretty deep into my own city and going all in on a career based off of being rooted in NYC. That's why I thought it was a bit of an odd choice to be asked to comment on the Berlin tech scene for the NextBerlin conference. It makes sense.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

Ann Arbor is perfectly positioned to be one of the best cities for tech jobs. It’s home to a world-class university, developing cutting edge research as well as top tech talent. And now, as tech companies flock to Texas, people suspect the cost of living will dramatically increase there. Duo Security.

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JANUARY 2, 2011

Not only that, but addressing the existing developer pool doesn’t really solve NYC’s most major human capital barrier to innovation—that it’s too easily to wind up mindlessly tracked into being an accountant with a CPA in a NYC school than it is to wind up a moble app developer.

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JANUARY 18, 2010

Tuesday, January 19th 5:00PM Jan #140conf NYC Meetup An opportunity to discuss the emerging Real-Time Internet and the effects on business. Get updated on future Entrepreneurs Roundtable events: [link] 7:00PM: Etsy Speaker Series: Douglas Rushkoff Douglas Rushkoff is an award-winning writer, documentary filmmaker and scholar.

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JANUARY 28, 2013

As I finished up my weekly newsletter of NYC's tech events and classes , I thought a lot about some recent conversations I've had with some new entrants into the startup ecosystem--enthusiastic young professionals whose stated goals centered around learning.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

I laid out the following goals: Hire investment partners with operating experience combined with investment experience and deeply committed to LA Tech, but with strong relationships in SF, NYC and beyond. I tried to be at every event. Create diversity of thought, experience and backgrounds in our senior ranks. I sat on panels.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

Anywho, if you’re not NYC bound and happen to be within spitting distance of Menlo Park today, grab a ticket to the TechCrunch Summer Party. Big Tech Inc. Are live events returning in full force, monkeypox be damned? Events integration isn’t new to Spotify. Get that vitamin D in when you’re able.

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JANUARY 31, 2010

Hopefully, you can find a way in to some of these events as most are sold out. RSVP: [link] 5PM NY Tech Meetup Student Mingle The NYTM Student Group's mission is to encourage the involvement of students and student leaders in the New York City tech community and thereby better educate and prepare tomorrow's entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

I spoke this past week at the LeWeb conference in London, which was a superbly well run event with a very quality production team. The world still has economic challenges that often aren’t perceived by many of us the tech world in our little cocoons of Silicon Valley, NYC or Los Angeles. Tech Market Analysis'

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