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The Glue that Makes a Community Stick

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and figure out how to support them. What kind of support do they need? It was a happy accident when I got back into NYC VC in 2009 that I just happened to find the Ace Hotel--a space that was really conducive to meetings and founders working on projects. How can they be helped? What about connections to existing businesses?

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Regenerative Finance (ReFi)

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I’ve always been interested in tapping into the “crowd” to fund things that need to happen and that our current institutions can’t figure out how to support. Our investment in Kickstarter back in 2009 is an excellent example of that. If you click on the tweet I posted above, you can learn more about that.

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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

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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. Yet, many said this wasn’t enough.

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10 Questions for Brooklyn's Innovation Community

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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. Who are the community leaders that will move us forward and who are the potential ones that we can support to take more active roles?

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Lessons from the Trenches: One Founder’s Candid Look at Bootstrapping

Entrepreneurs' Organization

My family and I lived a minimalist lifestyle, relying on the support of friends and relatives to make ends meet. While I eventually found success through perseverance, strategic partnerships, and the unwavering support of my wife and team, I often wonder if the journey could have been less daunting with the right mentorship.

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

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That is the reason I am so supportive of the Startup Visa movement that has been so successfully championed by Brad Feld, Dave McClure, Eric Ries, Shervin Pishevar and many others. He covered the topic again in June 2009 titled Invent, Invent, Invent. I know all of this from first hand experience. Crazy, huh?

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

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We paid 10% of the normal costs for the software and that money was for software support. The biggest media attention in our industry went to the so-called “super angels&# during the 2009/10 timeframe and while I don’t believe there is such thing as a super angel I believe that much media attention was deserved.