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A Seed Fund Grows in Brooklyn: Announcing Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

By some estimates, 50-60% of New York’s startup community lives in Brooklyn--and at Etsy it’s as high as 80%. It has grown to be a dynamic place to build a company--and has the potential to be the very best place in the world to start a technology business. Brooklyn is my home. I grew up in Bensonhurst.

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Paul Graham and The World Out There

This is going to be BIG.

YCombinator had a great run from 2007 through early 2009 investing at a time when there weren''t nearly as many seed funds and accelerators as there are now. You could see that conversation happening: "Hey, let''s reach out to the community. Venture Capital & Technology' YC''s best investing days may be behind it.

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Optimize for authentic relationships, not bluster

This is going to be BIG.

I'm sorry that I missed yesterday's Glamour Magazine panel on women in tech --if nothing else because it featured two of my favorite women in technology, Hilary Mason and Kara Swisher. Kara helped foster my interest in the business of technology. When we hired her, we leveled up in terms of our technology and Big Data chops.

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

Both Sides of the Table

When Troy and Lady Gaga were introduced the market had been in a free fall from the financial crisis of 2007-09 and Troy had had some setbacks professionally while Lady Gaga was sleeping on her grandmother’s couch in West Virginia, having just been dropped by Def Jam Records. Same with Gaga. It was us planting seeds in every place.”

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

Other people were in the online community called “ The Well &# (founded in 1985). We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). And so it goes with social networking. And then came AOL.

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4 Lessons learned from building a sustainable business model

Entrepreneurs' Organization

13 ) while building sustainable cities and communities ( SDG No. The even bigger issue to making home automation ubiquitous is cost: Since 2000, the cost of homes has outpaced household income in all but the years 2007–2012. The savings were so significant that it more than offset the cost of the technology.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

These companies are global magnets for technical talent eager to work on the most advanced and highest-impact technology products in the world. It’s fair to say that the Seattle startup community would not be where it is today without Techstars.