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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

Not only did I want it to include people working on the future of digital media at ABC, but I also had in mind the roll that other types of creative people have in the inspiration of a city. Three companies from the Studiomates community-- Sherpaa , Tinybop , and Editorially --received VC dollars in 2012. 33 Flatbush.

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Turning the Camera on Chris Dixon

Both Sides of the Table

He and I once took different sides of an debate about whether “VC signaling&# in early-stage deals is a serious problem or not. So it was fun to turn the cameras on him for 45 minutes for a special “NY edition of This Week in VC&# and hearing his views. I’ve also found him to not be dogmatic either.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

Both Sides of the Table

Let my try those for Los Angeles as an example: Second largest city in America with 13 million people. Creative – we’re a place of writers, directors, producers, musicians, costume designers, make-up artists, graphic artists, 3D modelers. IA Ventures – Roger Ehrenberg was doing angel investing before he became a VC.

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7 Creative Financing Options for New Businesses and Startups

StartupNation

You still have plenty of creative financing options to fund your business. Creative financing options for new businesses. Angel investing and venture capital (VC). Angel investors and venture capitalists can provide substantial capital to startups. However, VC funding isn’t free money.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

I need to take some VC meetings. But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. The people with the time, energy & creativity to build organizations like TechStars need to bring their ideas to fruition. Me: “Bullshit.

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How to Find a Job as a VC Scout: Compensation and Which Firms Are Recruiting

David Teten VC

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). How to find a job as a VC scout. VC recruiters list and compensation data.

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The Fantastical, Stupendous, Wonkariffic Tale of How Ample Hills Creamery Raised a $4 Million Venture Capital Round

This is going to be BIG.

Creativity is at the heart of everything they do. That story actually begins about eleven or twelve years ago, with a little bit of VC mentoring. I was working for the GM pension fund, an institutional LP, as an analyst, doing a research project on consumer private equity and venture capital investing. Just face + cup.