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A big thing happened this past week in my part of lower Manhattan where I live and work. Fourteenth Street was closed to cars between 6am and 10pm except for “local traffic.” ” Basically if you are in a car during those hours, you can go for up to a block, but no more than that. MORE
High-tech entrepreneur Jon Medved is one of Israel’s leading high-tech venture capitalists, and has invested in several of the country’s food tech startups. “We are risk takers here,” he told From The Grapevine. Read more here. MORE
In this #DreamitLive, Healthtech Managing Director Adam Dakin speaks with Graftworx founder and CEO David Kuraguntla about his startup’s path to commercialization. Graftworx is a healthtech startup innovating the way remote patient monitoring is done, particularly for those with chronic conditions. MORE
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We’ve cut down the sixth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. First a lecture from Tim Brady. Tim’s a partner at YC. His lecture covers the importance of building a good culture early and shares six things that you can do now to help create a solid foundation for your startup. Then a lecture from Dalton Caldwell. Dalton is a partner at YC and he’s also the head of admissions. His lecture covers pivoting and his advice on how founders should think about it. MORE
Parabéns! We reached a new milestone in São Paulo, Brazil, this month at our first ever OurCrowd Sync Conference, our biggest event outside of the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit. MORE
I won a fake stock market competition in elementary school. I put all my money in a few penny stocks — where prices are less than a dollar, and because of their small denomination, their value (as a percentage) fluctuates wildly. Some days I had the worst portfolio, other days I had the best. MORE
E-commerce is booming. You can even do your grocery shopping online. If there was ever a time to jump on the e-commerce bandwagon , it’s now and doing so just got even easier. A successful e-commerce business can take many forms. Businesses are selling their products on platforms like Amazon, Etsy, Shopify , and more with resounding success. The benefits of selling products online speaks for itself and include: . reducing costs. overcoming geographic limitations. streamlining operations. MORE
This article is adapted from a 2016 Association of Corporate Counsel article by Jim Nortz. MORE
Written by Bailey Belmont. To write is human, to receive a letter: Divine? That may just depend on who is writing the message. In our world of texts, emojis, and abbreviations, proper writing technique in emails still matters. After all, so much of our business communication relies on emails. MORE
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This blog post originally appeared in the Center for International Private Enterprise’s (CIPE) Business of Integrity blog. . MORE
STATE COLLEGE, PA – At last week’s Invent Penn State Venture and IP Conference , more than a dozen clients in the Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ portfolio had the opportunity to showcase their company’s growth and market potential to a distinguished list of potential investors. MORE
Cross Laminated Timber (or CLT for short) is a structural building material that can replace concrete and steel in new building construction. I wrote about CLT back in April and mentioned that the Gotham Gal and I are in the process of making two CLT buildings right now. The paper version of the New York Times has an excellent op-ed today that explains why making buildings out of wood is much better for our climate than making them out of concrete and steel. MORE
201 The Gotham Gal and I are heading to Europe for a couple of weeks of vacation. I will not be working the next two weeks but do plan to blog about whatever is on my mind. The Gotham Gal , as is her custom, will blog about the various fun things we are going to do on this trip. I am looking forward to some down time, some good books, and seeing the sights and sounds of different places. I am a big believer in vacations. MORE
We’ve all seen the data on the average increases in round sizes over the last four or five years. Startups are able to raise larger early rounds because of the financial environment. One way of thinking about the early-stage fundraising market is as a collection of financial products. MORE
Accelerated digital innovation has catapulted the world into unprecedented growth. But this age of disruption has also created numerous opportunities for hackers and cybercriminals. MORE
Here at GCUC we are immensely fortunate to cross paths and work with so many amazing people. Through our work, we’ve cultivated a global community of people we think you should know about. Community of Cultivators is a new blog series to introduce you to coworking game changers and connectors. MORE
Jason Mendelson, Co-founder of Foundry Group, has spent over 15 years explaining how venture deals really work. From blog posts to a book—Venture Deals is now in its 4th edition!—to to a free online course, Jason and co-author Brad Feld are determined to Give First by demystifying VC. . MORE
YC Partner and Head of Admissions Dalton Caldwell on consuming tech media and being careful to choose things that encourage you to do more. Topics. 00:00 – Consume information that encourages you to do more. 1:25 – You don’t need permission from investors to start a company. 2:30 – Is thought leadership important? 4:05 – Your thought process is influenced by the information you consume. Advice Video Feature MORE
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Tom Katona had been thinking quite a bit about a simple question. An assistant professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, The post how collaboration can improve entrepreneurship education appeared first on VentureWell. Faculty I&E Ecosystems entrepreneurial mindse MORE
Ramon Ray caught up with Julian Love, the Chief Business Officer for St. HOPE at NetSuite’s SuiteConnect. HOPE is an organization, a family of nonprofits that focus on revitalizing Oak Park, Sacramento through public education and economic development. MORE
BOULDER, Colo. October 7, 2020 – Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, today announced the launch of Techstars Tel Aviv, an Israel-based accelerator program. MORE
The chief executive of French-owned energy group Engie has warned that an increasing amount of ”ad-hoc” intervention by the federal government is a bad sign for investors sizing up energy investments in Australia and will also lead to higher power bills. Read more here. The post [Engie in Financial Review] Interventions push up power bills: Engie appeared first on OurCrowd. News Center Engie mobility portfolio news MORE
I was pleased to see NBA Commissioner Adam Silver say this with respect to the controversy over Houston Rockets’ General Manager Daryl Morey’s tweet in support of the protest movement in Hong Kong: The NBA will not put itself in a position of regulating what players, employees and team owners say or will not say. We simply could not operate that way. The NBA faces the potential of a backlash in China that could impact the league’s business interests there. MORE
No matter where you run a company, you’re probably making trade-offs. There are pros and cons to operating anywhere, for sure. But, I know that operating your company in a smaller city can feel really, really hard. You face a lot of challenges—anything from your commute time, to finding great talent, to landing big investments, to connecting with your target customers (fashion and beauty companies come to mind, for instance). MORE
This blog post originally appeared in the Center for International Private Enterprise’s (CIPE) Business of Integrity blog. . For any company to reach its full potential, a change toward a culture of compliance and ethics is needed. MORE
By Kevin Bonfield, founder and managing partner at Concentre and a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization in Dallas, Texas. Your leadership team is truly the driving force of any change you want to bring to your organization. MORE
BrainCheck (Dreamit Healthtech Fall 2016) raised $8M in funding. The startup helps physicians assess and track the mental health of their patients. MORE
I played cards all through college and on and off since then. I don’t have a regular card game right now and I miss playing cards. I was talking to a friend of mine recently and she complained that her son was more interested in playing poker than going to college. I told her that I thought he could learn more from poker than some schools and many majors. MORE
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A bunch of friends and colleagues were in China a few weeks ago for a big crypto conference and since then, I’ve had a number of fascinating conversations about the crypto sector in China. Over the last few years, it has become apparent to me and others that China is innovating in the crypto sector in ways that the US and other western countries are not. MORE
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Every year, a group of EO members convenes in northwest Nevada, USA, at dEOxidized, one of the hundreds of theme camps at Burning Man. MORE
Let’s get personal. Do you think you’re much better than a marginal leader? Well, here are a few tests for you to help come to an answer. And a few tips for you if you fall a bit short. Why do people follow their leader? Dictators are not great leaders in the long run. MORE
Venture Well
OCTOBER 8, 2019
Tom Katona had been thinking quite a bit about a simple question. An assistant professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, The post how collaboration can improve entrepreneurship education appeared first on VentureWell. Faculty I&E Ecosystems entrepreneurial mindse
Entrepreneurs' Organization
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Every year, a group of EO members convenes in northwest Nevada, USA, at dEOxidized, one of the hundreds of theme camps at Burning Man.
GAN
OCTOBER 9, 2019
No matter where you run a company, you’re probably making trade-offs. There are pros and cons to operating anywhere, for sure. But, I know that operating your company in a smaller city can feel really, really hard. You face a lot of challenges—anything from your commute time, to finding great talent, to landing big investments, to connecting with your target customers (fashion and beauty companies come to mind, for instance).
Entrepreneurs' Organization
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Written by Bailey Belmont. To write is human, to receive a letter: Divine? That may just depend on who is writing the message. In our world of texts, emojis, and abbreviations, proper writing technique in emails still matters. After all, so much of our business communication relies on emails.
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MAGNiTT and 500 Startups jointly launch first 'State of MENA Startups 2019" report. Survey findings reveal insights on trends in fundraising exercise, exit opportunities, hiring, and growth optimization.
Berkonomics
OCTOBER 10, 2019
Let’s get personal. Do you think you’re much better than a marginal leader? Well, here are a few tests for you to help come to an answer. And a few tips for you if you fall a bit short. Why do people follow their leader? Dictators are not great leaders in the long run.
Smart Hustle Magazine
OCTOBER 9, 2019
E-commerce is booming. You can even do your grocery shopping online. If there was ever a time to jump on the e-commerce bandwagon , it’s now and doing so just got even easier. A successful e-commerce business can take many forms. Businesses are selling their products on platforms like Amazon, Etsy, Shopify , and more with resounding success. The benefits of selling products online speaks for itself and include: . reducing costs. overcoming geographic limitations. streamlining operations.
Startup Catalyst Brief brings together the best content for the entrepreneurial ecosystem from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
OCTOBER 11, 2019
By Kevin Bonfield, founder and managing partner at Concentre and a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization in Dallas, Texas. Your leadership team is truly the driving force of any change you want to bring to your organization.
Dream It
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Accelerated digital innovation has catapulted the world into unprecedented growth. But this age of disruption has also created numerous opportunities for hackers and cybercriminals.
Smart Hustle Magazine
OCTOBER 8, 2019
Ramon Ray caught up with Julian Love, the Chief Business Officer for St. HOPE at NetSuite’s SuiteConnect. HOPE is an organization, a family of nonprofits that focus on revitalizing Oak Park, Sacramento through public education and economic development.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
OCTOBER 9, 2019
STATE COLLEGE, PA – At last week’s Invent Penn State Venture and IP Conference , more than a dozen clients in the Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ portfolio had the opportunity to showcase their company’s growth and market potential to a distinguished list of potential investors.
Y Combinator
OCTOBER 11, 2019
YC Partner and Head of Admissions Dalton Caldwell on consuming tech media and being careful to choose things that encourage you to do more. Topics. 00:00 – Consume information that encourages you to do more. 1:25 – You don’t need permission from investors to start a company. 2:30 – Is thought leadership important? 4:05 – Your thought process is influenced by the information you consume. Advice Video Feature
Dream It
OCTOBER 9, 2019
In this #DreamitLive, Healthtech Managing Director Adam Dakin speaks with Graftworx founder and CEO David Kuraguntla about his startup’s path to commercialization. Graftworx is a healthtech startup innovating the way remote patient monitoring is done, particularly for those with chronic conditions.
OurCrowd
OCTOBER 6, 2019
Parabéns! We reached a new milestone in São Paulo, Brazil, this month at our first ever OurCrowd Sync Conference, our biggest event outside of the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
OCTOBER 6, 2019
A big thing happened this past week in my part of lower Manhattan where I live and work. Fourteenth Street was closed to cars between 6am and 10pm except for “local traffic.” ” Basically if you are in a car during those hours, you can go for up to a block, but no more than that.
A Smart Bear
OCTOBER 8, 2019
I won a fake stock market competition in elementary school. I put all my money in a few penny stocks — where prices are less than a dollar, and because of their small denomination, their value (as a percentage) fluctuates wildly. Some days I had the worst portfolio, other days I had the best.
TechStars
OCTOBER 7, 2019
BOULDER, Colo. October 7, 2020 – Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, today announced the launch of Techstars Tel Aviv, an Israel-based accelerator program.
OurCrowd
OCTOBER 10, 2019
High-tech entrepreneur Jon Medved is one of Israel’s leading high-tech venture capitalists, and has invested in several of the country’s food tech startups. “We are risk takers here,” he told From The Grapevine. Read more here.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Cross Laminated Timber (or CLT for short) is a structural building material that can replace concrete and steel in new building construction. I wrote about CLT back in April and mentioned that the Gotham Gal and I are in the process of making two CLT buildings right now. The paper version of the New York Times has an excellent op-ed today that explains why making buildings out of wood is much better for our climate than making them out of concrete and steel.
Smart Hustle Magazine
OCTOBER 5, 2019
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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
OCTOBER 10, 2019
This article is adapted from a 2016 Association of Corporate Counsel article by Jim Nortz.
OurCrowd
OCTOBER 10, 2019
The chief executive of French-owned energy group Engie has warned that an increasing amount of ”ad-hoc” intervention by the federal government is a bad sign for investors sizing up energy investments in Australia and will also lead to higher power bills. Read more here. The post [Engie in Financial Review] Interventions push up power bills: Engie appeared first on OurCrowd. News Center Engie mobility portfolio news
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
OCTOBER 8, 2019
I played cards all through college and on and off since then. I don’t have a regular card game right now and I miss playing cards. I was talking to a friend of mine recently and she complained that her son was more interested in playing poker than going to college. I told her that I thought he could learn more from poker than some schools and many majors.
Smart Hustle Magazine
OCTOBER 5, 2019
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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
OCTOBER 10, 2019
This blog post originally appeared in the Center for International Private Enterprise’s (CIPE) Business of Integrity blog. . For any company to reach its full potential, a change toward a culture of compliance and ethics is needed.
Dream It
OCTOBER 10, 2019
BrainCheck (Dreamit Healthtech Fall 2016) raised $8M in funding. The startup helps physicians assess and track the mental health of their patients.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
OCTOBER 10, 2019
The Gotham Gal and I are heading to Europe for a couple of weeks of vacation. I will not be working the next two weeks but do plan to blog about whatever is on my mind. The Gotham Gal , as is her custom, will blog about the various fun things we are going to do on this trip. I am looking forward to some down time, some good books, and seeing the sights and sounds of different places. I am a big believer in vacations.
Smart Hustle Magazine
OCTOBER 5, 2019
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The Seraf Compass
OCTOBER 9, 2019
In our previous article Spade Work: How Early Stage Board Directors Add Value, we discussed some best practices which we gathered from both our personal experience of sitting on company boards, and from some very successful VCs, angel investors, and advisors.
TechStars
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Jason Mendelson, Co-founder of Foundry Group, has spent over 15 years explaining how venture deals really work. From blog posts to a book—Venture Deals is now in its 4th edition!—to to a free online course, Jason and co-author Brad Feld are determined to Give First by demystifying VC. .
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
OCTOBER 9, 2019
I was pleased to see NBA Commissioner Adam Silver say this with respect to the controversy over Houston Rockets’ General Manager Daryl Morey’s tweet in support of the protest movement in Hong Kong: The NBA will not put itself in a position of regulating what players, employees and team owners say or will not say. We simply could not operate that way. The NBA faces the potential of a backlash in China that could impact the league’s business interests there.
Smart Hustle Magazine
OCTOBER 5, 2019
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Y Combinator
OCTOBER 9, 2019
We’ve cut down the sixth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. First a lecture from Tim Brady. Tim’s a partner at YC. His lecture covers the importance of building a good culture early and shares six things that you can do now to help create a solid foundation for your startup. Then a lecture from Dalton Caldwell. Dalton is a partner at YC and he’s also the head of admissions. His lecture covers pivoting and his advice on how founders should think about it.
Tomasz Tunguz
OCTOBER 7, 2019
We’ve all seen the data on the average increases in round sizes over the last four or five years. Startups are able to raise larger early rounds because of the financial environment. One way of thinking about the early-stage fundraising market is as a collection of financial products.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
OCTOBER 5, 2019
A bunch of friends and colleagues were in China a few weeks ago for a big crypto conference and since then, I’ve had a number of fascinating conversations about the crypto sector in China. Over the last few years, it has become apparent to me and others that China is innovating in the crypto sector in ways that the US and other western countries are not.
Smart Hustle Magazine
OCTOBER 5, 2019
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GCUC
OCTOBER 8, 2019
Here at GCUC we are immensely fortunate to cross paths and work with so many amazing people. Through our work, we’ve cultivated a global community of people we think you should know about. Community of Cultivators is a new blog series to introduce you to coworking game changers and connectors.
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