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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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Creative – we’re a place of writers, directors, producers, musicians, costume designers, make-up artists, graphic artists, 3D modelers. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. ” To me, LA will always be a creative hub for TV, film, music, video games and now technology. Not derivative.

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A Conference, a Dad, an Idea, a Team, Funding, and a Launch: Brooklyn's Own Tinybop is Live on the App Store!

This is going to be BIG.

I’m thrilled to announce Brooklyn Bridge Ventures’ investment in Tinybop , a new Brooklyn-based studio building the most creative and thoughtfully-designed educational apps for kids. Raul is a 46-year-old dad, experienced in entertainment, media, and startups. that they made as a promotion: What is a Tinybop?

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Where and When is Creativity Cultivated?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

For those of you who haven’t yet taken up the hobby of listening to podcasts, you might be missing out on a valuable channel of education and entertainment. And he frames creativity as the byproduct of rules and regulations: “[T]o me, there’s no creativity without boundaries.”

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Why Acceptance of Failure is Critical to Startup Success

Both Sides of the Table

I even prefer to fund entrepreneurs who have experience some level of set-backs in their careers or startups because I think it brings a humility to decision-making that I find healthy. I talk about failure a lot because I think it can be tremendously instructive and I think that success without failure often masks underlying lessons.

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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. Anyone who was doing something new and cutting edge should feel connected to each other--whether or not they are building a venture backed startup.

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Chegg Donates $50K to Stevens Institute of Technology, Fueling Student Innovation

American Entrepreneurship

The iSTEM program was designed to provide a platform for students who struggle in conventional learning environments yet exhibit exceptional creative and problem-solving abilities. Chegg CEO Nathan Schultz emphasized the companys dedication to modernizing education and fostering student-led innovation. Marshall Anthony Jr.,