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Cheaper rents could make it a great place for the creative community and there''s no reason why it shouldn''t become as popular a destination for out of town events the same way that Austin has. What was harder to figure out how to do--and something no one ever really thinks about on the economic development side, is community.
Next Wednesday night, I'm hosting a roundtable discussion between Brooklyn innovation community stakeholders on how to make this side of the river a better place to create, build businesses and grow. What community structures are needed to help improve the ecosystem? At the time, though, we didn't know what we know now.
YCombinator had a great run from 2007 through early 2009 investing at a time when there weren''t nearly as many seed funds and accelerators as there are now. My own track record as a VC across First Round Capital and Brooklyn Bridge Ventures actually starts in January of 2010, *after* the Airbnb class of Winter 2009.
Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010.
RSVP: [link] 5PM NY Tech Meetup Student Mingle The NYTM Student Group's mission is to encourage the involvement of students and student leaders in the New York City tech community and thereby better educate and prepare tomorrow's entrepreneurs. Come laugh and learn as we dissect the twelve worst social media campaigns of 2009.
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But also know that with perseverance, a supportive community, and strategic thinking, it is possible to navigate the journey and emerge victorious. He is committed to fostering an informed, engaged investment community, aligning business growth with investor education.
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Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. Following Microsoft’s addressable advertising trials with NBC in June 2009, many suspect that Google’s investment may have some defensive motivations, as well.
Join our panel of experts in media law, health care communications and digital/social media as we explore what this heightened government scrutiny may mean for PR practitioners, marketers and media strategists. RSVP: [link] Wednesday, January 27th. We're kicking off 2010 with demos from four exciting new local startups. RSVP: [link].
You're not going to replicate the Valley, but you could certainly look to a place that went from essentially zero to the second most proflific startup communities in 15 years (or 8 years, depending on if you count the fact that we came back from zero again dating back to '04). They have a multi-generational head start.
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The last closed market we had was from about September 2008 until June 2009--10 months. International and non-Valley startup communities are developing at a rapid pace. After that, we were pretty much back on track, growing every year.
It was a great chance for the class to interact with the community in LA. MOVIECLIPS : Launched December 2009 in Santa Monica, MOVIECLIPS is a premium online video destination offering audiences the largest and most diverse collection of movie scenes. , Commission Junction, MySpace, TicketMaster and many more.
Ironically enough, the second nudge she gave my career also had to do with AOL--ten years later when in 2009, she introduced me to Jon Brod who was forming AOL Ventures. They're all succeeding on their own terms--and they got there by building great relationships and participating in the professional communities around them.
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As coaches who focus on increasing happiness (Shawn) and building a powerful mindset (Julia), we want to see more conversations about mental health in the entrepreneurial community. In 2009, he co-founded DALS Lighting, an LED lighting business where he implemented the Scaling Up Growth System and led the company to 3X its revenues.
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That conference accelerated adoption, but there was already some adoption in the community. That’s why Foursquare didn’t quite take off in the same way in 2009. It’s because they launched at SXSW and therefore didn’t have the infrastructure of an existing base to keep it going to critical mass and lots of momentum.
Example: In 2009, Southwest Airlines decided to go against industry standards that were shifting toward fees for checked luggage. This includes customers, employees, suppliers, shareholders, society at large and the environment.
As more consumers were skipping commercials the idea of authentically integrating brands into media seemed obvious to me and ended up informing a lot of my investments in 2009 and 2010. He has a lovely family – Joy and Zion – who are also active members of the LA community. The idea immediately resonated. Los Angeles'
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Jody self-funded the company and worked from his spare bedroom in February 2009. Investor acceptance is on a case-by-case basis and they have kicked people out of the community. Naval expresses the need to empower the community with more social voting in order to spread the work load of reviewing startups.
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We commend the VC’s and angels that have rallied around their entrepreneurs to repurpose lessons learned from the 2008/2009 recession. ACA will continue to follow and support the angel community and communicate as appropriate as changes occur. Look for future analysis of these points as more information becomes available.
In the short term, women founders can take action to boost their chances at VC success in the current investment climate, including leveraging their community and support network and building the necessary self-belief to thrive. of the funding raised since 2009, while Latinx female founders saw only 0.4% of total investment dollars.
We’re still caught in the “post recession bounce” : What’s happening is that the angel & VC community is still feeling good from having bounced back from the nadir of the famous “ RIP Good Times ” funk that we felt in 2008.
Geolocation is so 2009. Kinda seems like that sometimes, right—that the venture capital community seems to chase after the bright shiny object of the moment in droves and then just as quickly moves on to the next new new thing. Ok, so we’re all doing social TV now. Haven’t you heard?
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After a founder takes the quiz, the Funding Finder algorithm points them to what could be their best bets: debt financing, community development financial institutions (CDFIs), banks, bootstrapping, family and friend rounds, or even crowdfunding.
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