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Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City

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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. I’m extremely passionate about the topic and so when my city gets picked on, I tend to respond confidently and with the same (and sometimes greater) force than I perceive the complaint to have.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

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I was on This Week in Venture Capital (TWiVC) again this week with Jason Calacanis. I’m loving doing the show and I think that Jason and I have pretty good banter and rapport. I’m loving doing the show and I think that Jason and I have pretty good banter and rapport.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

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I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). I know that people have an allergy to lawyers out of fear of being screwed. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes.

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9 Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make During Your First Year in Business

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When I ponder the great teachers I’ve been blessed with over my life–my father Dave King and my mentor Randy Komisar to name just two of many–I would be less than thorough if I failed to acknowledge one of my most reliable instructors: My own mistakes. We were all exhorted in childhood to learn from our mistakes.

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10 Startup Shortcuts That Will Be Back To Haunt You

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Some entrepreneurs can’t decide if they want to be a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) or a C-corporation, or they don’t have the money, so they put off doing anything until the first venture capital round, or until the first lawsuit occurs. The simple answer is to do something, and start simple.

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Can You Build a Business with $100 or Less? Yes … and Here’s How

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In 2023, Jackson Greathouse Fall asked ChatGPT-4 to turn $100 into “as much money as possible” ASAP, “without doing anything illegal.” And you can successfully do this without entrepreneurial mistakes (and without fatal collapses). But you won’t actually need much. Absolutely not! But let’s not rely on ChatGPT this time, okay?

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10 Action Items to Keep Angel Investors Hovering

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Every new startup I know dreams of being funded early by one of the 318,000 active Angel investors in the USA alone. What is this daunting process, and what can you do to optimize your chances of surviving it? Don’t expect the pomp and celebrity of the Angels on Shark Tank , but they do ask a lot of the right questions.