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Launching Orange Collective: Exclusively Investing in Y Combinator Companies

David Teten VC

The team has founded 5 companies which participated in 5 graduating batches spanning from 2009 to 2017. They invest in the fund, evaluate each Y Combinator batch, perform due diligence, and help us gain access to hard-to-access opportunities. Im happy to share that Ive started working (part-time) with Orange Collective.

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Thinking About Berlin: Unleashing a Creative Opportunity

This is going to be BIG.

That's what will attract the best entrepreneurs here--an opportunity to push limits and explore the future of innovation. I don't think the Valley really took New York seriously until Foursquare rose up in 2009. How can we unleash their potential further--to make sure the next big startup idea that gets exported comes from here?

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10 Questions for Brooklyn's Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

From 2005 to 2009, I was fortunate enough to be part of a small group of New York City innovation community leaders that sowed some of the seeds of the thriving tech hub we have today. We have a unique opportunity to carry over that same growth across the river. At the time, though, we didn't know what we know now.

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

Both Sides of the Table

Come 2009 we felt really bullish about the future for startups because the froth was gone and so, too, were wantrapreneurs. The people left standing had a compelling vision to build companies and we backed many in 2009. When this period was fresh, in Sept 2009, I wrote a very detailed assessment of what I thought had just happened.

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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

This is going to be BIG.

The tech community has been having a long-overdue conversation about mental health and work/life balance and it’s something I’ve been talking up as far back as 2006 , 2009 , and 2014 on my blog and in public. Don’t get me wrong--the mental and emotional well-being of startup employees is a serious issue.

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East Ventures and SV Investment Inject $100m Fund to Supercharge Tech Startups in Southeast Asia

AsiaTechDaily

The primary goal of this fund is to promote investment opportunities and collaboration between Southeast Asia and South Korea, bridging the gap between the two dynamic tech ecosystems. East Ventures, established in 2009, has an impressive track record of supporting more than 300 technology companies.

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Why Recessions Are a Good Time to Start a Side Hustle

StartupNation

In fact, according to a 2009 study by Dane Stangler for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation , more than half of Fortune 500 companies were started during a recession. Good entrepreneurs use the hidden opportunity of recession times to supplement their income or launch a new venture for a variety of reasons. Since 1900, the U.S.