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Honesty and Relationship Building with Investors 19 Aug 2013 | 05:36 pm
There's been a lot of innovation in the startup fundraising world in the last couple of years--Angellist, Second Market, accelerators, etc. One thing you can't innovate around, however, is building a...
A Conference, a Dad, an Idea, a Team, Funding, and a Launch: Brooklyn's Own Tinybop is Live on the App Store! 15 Aug 2013 | 08:13 pm
Finally! 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. Their go...
Clutter 14 Aug 2013 | 06:02 pm
I came to the realization yesterday that I have too many things. They're not fancy things. Many of the things are things that I have that go with other things that are things I no longer have--phone ...
The Underwhelmingness of Facebook 13 Aug 2013 | 08:41 pm
Facebook is an incredible thing in many ways. It has over a billion people on it--a reach unlike anything in the social software space we've ever seen. The numbers of photos uploaded, likes per s...
The Forwardable Intro 8 Aug 2013 | 05:28 pm
I offer up a lot of intros to people, and when you add them all up, they can take a lot of time. That's why I try and push off as much of the work to the person being introduced by asking for a clean,...
Why I support Chris Quinn 31 Jul 2013 | 06:43 pm
I first met Chris Quinn in person three years ago. She came to a Startup Weekend and gave a speech about how New York wasn't doing such a great job supporting tech entrepreneurship. It was frustrati...
Daily Basics 29 Jul 2013 | 09:51 am
Sometimes, you sit and stare at your computer--overwhelmed by the sheer amount of stuff you need to do. How are you ever going to get it done? Well, you know what? You won't. As soon as you get th...
How to make the most of an accelerator Office Hours 24 Jul 2013 | 07:09 pm
At accelerators like Techstars, the "Office Hours" is a standard part of the program. A mentor comes in and a whole slate of companies are scheduled to meet with them for around 20 minutes or so. It...
NYC continuing upward trend in PWC Moneytree report while most other regions are down 22 Jul 2013 | 02:57 pm
Congratulations New York Metro area. Not that VC dollars are the be all and end all, but it's one important measure of the health of a startup community, and NYC's latest quarterly numbers from the P...
The Hook: The most important part of a pitch. 18 Jul 2013 | 09:52 pm
Pitching to a VC can be like trying to have a conversation with a three year old. We're constantly distracted, off on tangents, difficult to keep focused. We also get bored really easily. That's .....
