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EO Members Share Entrepreneurial Trends for the New Year

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Video pitching. I see an uptick in pitching via pre-recorded video. We used Loom to pre-record our pitch and share it with potential investors. It’s a great way to personalize a pitch deck and share it with interested parties. This will result in community successes. Here’s what they shared. Here’s what I see: 1.

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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

Not only that, there’s a hugely disproportionate amount of time spent on pitching for money for these paper ideas. Step #2: Pitch investors. HackNY is a terrific example of how academics should be inspiring innovation. It’s as if the plan for creating a startup is: Step #1: Come up with an idea.

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Finalists in the 2023 $50,000 PA Wilds BIG IDEA Contest Announced!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Dozens of emerging entrepreneurs who are developing innovations related to the maker economy, forest products, outdoors and recreation, and even tech manufacturing, applied to the contest for a chance to win $50,000 to help launch their “big idea”! – Intros, Pitches, and Judging 4:30 – 6 p.m.

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Rebuilding the California Dream 

Andreessen Horowitz

Jan: California Forever is an attempt to make sure that the Bay Area remains the center of innovation and prosperity that it’s been for the last 50 years. We’re proposing to build a dynamic walkable community on a portion of the property, and then surrounded with open space and renewable energy, both wind and solar.

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

TechCrunch

Lawyers and accountants tend to err on the conservative side, leading to a low failure rate of businesses but less “moonshot innovation,” shall we say. Today, pitch competitions, incubators, accelerators, VCs and angel groups proliferate. Today, pitch competitions, incubators, accelerators, VCs and angel groups proliferate.

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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code. 33 Flatbush.

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Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City

This is going to be BIG.

I grew up here, went to school here, and have worked hard over the last 5+ years to help build up the NYC innovation community. It might take you six months to get to know an investor well, so don’t expect a check on the first pitch. > Life is a tradeoff. Misconception #4: The media never covers startups here.

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