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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. The last year was especially helpful to me in my career development.

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When Should You Allow Exclusivity in Deals?

Both Sides of the Table

Before weighing in on the subject I would point out one thing that should be obvious to many of you – the iPhone was originally launched in 2007 in an exclusive partnership with AT&T and this was vital to both Apple and AT&T and was a hard negotiation throughout 2005 and 2006.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

TWTFelipe is the founder of TWTApps , who had developed some really cool add-on applications for Twitter to extend its functionality. In 2007 Salesforce.com wanted to buy Koral. They come from smart, creative, inspired risk-takers. But it turns out I met a bunch of really interesting entrepreneurs. How do we get more of those?

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

Both Sides of the Table

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. But can you really cross over from spotting music talent to spotting tech talent? Same with Gaga.

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

StartupNation

A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. businesses that were started during a recent eight-year period (2007 to 2014). They saw the opportunity to develop products that assist in the intellectual development of a child from a very early age.

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What is Product-Market Fit? How to Leverage Customer Development to Move Your Business Forward

StartupNation

This is the process of customer development; and too few entrepreneurs do the hard work to find out if their idea might work before they go out and build it. This article outlines the basic principles of customer development and particularly focuses on the benefits of hearing bad news. The importance of customer development.

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3 Gratitude Habits for Business Leaders to Motivate Your Team — and Yourself

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Business problems and other life responsibilities in 2007 took control and made some days outright bad ones. Thankful Thursday Another habit I developed is now known as Thankful Thursday. When I started my company, I faced new, unchartered challenges. At one point, my business nearly collapsed. My tone changed from upbeat to downbeat.