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A Seed Fund Grows in Brooklyn: Announcing Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

It is the first venture capital fund based in Brooklyn--the city’s most exciting and creative borough. Gilt Groupe maintains a significant presence there, as does scores of creative agencies and design firms. It’s a great place to build a business--creative, less expensive, flexible, etc.

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Congrats to Backupify! A Great Exit Story for the First Company I Ever Backed

This is going to be BIG.

I didn''t actually get to meet him in person until SXSW in 2007. We stayed in touch and I got to know a bunch of the Louisville startup and creative crew, like Todd Earwood, Matt Winn, and Ashley Cecil. Venture Capital & Technology' That was the year Twitter took off.

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Spotting, Nurturing and Mentoring Talent – The Power of Troy Carter

Both Sides of the Table

I recently sat down with Troy Carter to talk about what he does and why he believes it is applicable to venture capital. Troy represents what I believe the best magic of Los Angeles is – the merging together of creative talent with technical talent and he brings the lessons learned from these two fields into investments nationally.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

When I first got into the industry it was 2007. 2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. Creative destruction will continue to create opportunities for people who understand the deflationary economics of the Internet.

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

The benefits of building a diverse startup team are overwhelming; from increased creativity and faster problem solving, to a greater diversity of thought opening up new market opportunities and more revenue streams, to better understanding the customer base and building better products… the list goes on. hyper-growth, acquisition, or IPO).

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The UK Is a Fintech Regulatory Superpower

Andreessen Horowitz

In 2007, it became one of the first markets in the world to issue contactless (tap-to-pay) cards. (A You can’t get a license without capital to absorb potential losses and be financially sound. The act provides capital requirements for Stablecoin issuers, defines consumer rights, and gives legal certainty to consumer protections.

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Playbook, which aims to be the ‘Dropbox for designers,’ raises $4M in round led by Founders Fund

TechCrunch

Or put more simply, she wanted to build a new kind of cloud storage that would serve as an alternative to Dropbox and Google Drive “built by, and for, creatives.”. The hope is that this encourages users to use its platform as an all-around creative hub without worrying about running out of storage space.

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