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Announcing nextNY Fellows: An Innovation Community Leadership Initiative

This is going to be BIG.

Five years ago, I started nextNY with the idea that it would be participant driven--that the community would take an active role in managing itself. Here's what they will get: - A $500 stipend for 2011 to be used on leadership development. An opportunity for visibility--press & PR, community awareness, networking connections. . -

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My Investment in Hungryroot: A Tasty Lesson in Products vs. Services

This is going to be BIG.

I first met Ben on January 29th, 2011 at an SLP mentoring session. We stayed in touch and reconnected around a blog post that I wrote in 2012 on falling in love with the problem and not getting attached to the solution. He was working on Village Vines, which became Savored.

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Why John Frankel Leaned in Early on Klout and Cornerstone OnDemand and What He Sees Next

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I had been trading emails & Tweets with venture capitalist John Frankel and we were to meet in person in March 2011 at SxSW to talk about Klout and other investments he had made. Other people were convinced including Kleiner Perkins who lead their $30 million fund raising in 2012 (they had previously also invested in 2011).

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Spend 2012 on the Right Side of the Haimish Line

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Occasionally on this blog I break away from industry commentary and write more broadly. It’s why I still randomly meet up with people I’ve met on Twitter or this blog. 2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so. Examples in My Life & Work. The Haimish factor.

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What’s the Real Deal with AngelList?

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In case you missed all the kerfuffle this weekend, I posted this blog post originally on TechCrunch. This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. Still, as I’ve written in the past, what I love about blogging is the ability to have a public debate where we can all learn. So I feel the need to speak up.

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

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This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. Other people were in the online community called “ The Well &# (founded in 1985). It was an online community like CompuServe and eventually started offering people dial-up access to the Internet for a monthly fee. And then came AOL.

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Sneak Preview of our Newest Octane Cover Story: Starting a SPARK

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In 2011, we launched the first primary school chain in Africa that employs a blended learning model. So after exploring our options, Stacey and I formed SPARK Schools, a series of private schools for low-income communities. The post Sneak Preview of our Newest Octane Cover Story: Starting a SPARK appeared first on THE BLOG.