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Want to Break into Startups or VC? Apr 27, 2010 at 2:52pm Quick post for people reading this blog who are interested in breaking into tech startups, venture capital, meeting the key folks in these fields etc. Single most important piece of advice without a doubt:...
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Venture Hacks had this GREAT To Do List for founders. I saw it and just had to share… 1) Move to Silicon Valley. 2) Pick a great co-founder with complementary skills. 3) Select people with intelligence, energy and integrity. 4) Pick a big market. 5) Develop the...
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I worked for many years as a paramedic in Harlem and the South Bronx. For a lot of the people I worked with, EMS was their pathway into the middle-class. Some of them had had kids as teenagers. Some of them had graduated high school. Some of them just weren't into...
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Vin Turk wrote a comment on my last post on creating a more Founder-Centric Narrative: After reading the post, and all the comments, it sounds like no one wants FW and CD to stop doing what they are doing. Everyone just wants more entrepreneurs to step up and...
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Roger Ehrenberg of Information Arbitrage Capital recently wrote a great post entitled: For the Good of the NYC Venture Scene I’d like to See… Roger’s a great dude and I think he made some excellent points. Here’s my take, or at least part of it… NYC needs a new...
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I originally wrote this as an email to my co-founders. It has been edited. Enjoy. Commitment is a hard thing to wrangle out of a man, particularly when you're recruiting for an undercapitalized startup. Human beings are fundamentally loss averse. Committing to a...
