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Women entrepreneurs find success despite lack of access to investment capital

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As we foster the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems, it’s important to design them to level the playing field for women. Despite an overall decline in entrepreneurship in the United States, women are still responsible for the launch of a large portion of business startups in recent years. Plenty of initiative.

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A Seed Fund Grows in Brooklyn: Announcing Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

It’s why I teach entrepreneurship at Fordham University and why I find the job of being a venture capitalist so rewarding. The last year was especially helpful to me in my career development. I went to high school and college on scholarship.

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Angel Investing (1): Dealflow – Are You Sitting at The Right Poker Table?

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It’s a non-fiction story of many of the players at the heart of the financial crisis that became exposed in 2007/08. Or teaching entrepreneurship at Stanford like Steve Blank. The Details: I recently finished reading “ The Big Short ” by Michael Lewis. That’s Ann Miura-Ko of Floodgate.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. Founded in 2007. Time will tell.

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Trends in Seed Stage Funding for Entrepreneurs

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We do not yet have data by state or even by stage of development for angels, but we do know that about 1/3 of angel deals reported are seed stage deals – approximate 20,000 seed stage companies funded with $300,000 or so, per round. Southern California*. Northwest. . $$$$. Deals. $$$$. Deals. $$$$. Deals. $$$$. Deals. $$$$. Deals. $$$$.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. It’s what I love about entrepreneurship and about venture capital. That asset class need not represent the broader market. You know what I’m talking about.

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

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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.