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How the New York City innovation community can still lose (and what you can do about it)

This is going to be BIG.

As a Brooklyn native who has never lived outside the five boroughs—and someone who left Big Finance—I feel a special kind of pride over what’s gone on here in the last six+ years. Startup success is a team effort and you can't just have great entrepreneurs. Angels: Focus and pace.

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Why the NYC startup scene needs Sean Parker

This is going to be BIG.

He spotted Facebook in 2004 and Spotify in 2009. or would he have been convinced to take a financing round? Seems to me that New York could use a guy who goes around broadening the visions of New York entrepreneurs. Companies going for the long ball aren't discovered--they're juiced up to go for the homerun, with financing.

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

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He’s personally led more than 50 financing rounds. They say that the best entrepreneurs are those who fundamentally want to solve problems or change industries. If you’re an entrepreneur make sure you watch the video for that segment alone. Based in Palo Alto and founded in 2004 by PayPal alumni.

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

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One of the most difficult things to do as a first time entrepreneur is to get to know the investors you might be working with if you accept money. He got into the industry through the same traits required for entrepreneurs – persistence & resiliency. This lasted from about 2001-2004. Venture Financings we Discussed.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. One of our principles – and we call them deeply held beliefs – one of them was that we are all going to invest in the same things”… “I think it is useful for the entrepreneur to know what he is encountering because every firm has a different process.

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Keep It Under Your Hat: Valuation Caps and the $650 Million Sale of MySpace for $125 Million

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Entrepreneurs and investors who have spent any time dealing with convertible debt seed financing transactions are likely to have encountered the subject of valuation caps. The cap is irrelevant if the next equity financing is at a valuation below the cap amount.) Part of the deal was bringing in a new CEO, Richard Rosenblatt.

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Half Baked: Knowing When Not to Grow as a Business

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There’s a reason the term “growing pains” is one that entrepreneurs know well. In 2004, Oprah named our Key Lime Bundt Cake to her “Favorite Things” list. It seemed like an entrepreneur’s dream come true. There’s a reason the term “growing pains” is one that entrepreneurs know well.