Archive for March, 2011

The reality of Profitably raising money from angels and VCs in New York

 
Adam Neary wrote an unusually open post about his experience raising $1.1m for Profitably, a provider of small business analytics. (Disclosure: I'm a Mentor for Founder Institute.  Adam was one of our star students from the first class in New York, when Profitably was just Adam, a Powerpoint, and a really amazing domain Read More...

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On March 24th, 2011

3/28: Founder Institute Program on Startup Market Research

 
I'll be one of 3 speakers at the Founder Institute this coming Monday evening, along with Jeff Stewart, CEO, UrgentCareers, and prominent NY angel/entrepreneur; and Graham Lawlor, founder, Ultra Light Startups.  Each of us will be presenting on Best Practices in Startup Research. You can see a preview of my slides here: http://teten.com/market-research Read More...

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On March 23rd, 2011

Launch of Harvard Business School Angels of New York

 
Back in December, Richard Kane, President, Harvard Business School Club of New York, asked me if I'd like to chair the newly-formed Harvard Business School Angels of New York.  I was honored to be asked, and we've now launched our organization and are accepting applications from early-stage companies seeking funding.  You can read more Read More...

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On March 22nd, 2011

Sunday, 3/20: Financial Engineering Meetup—Sourcing Investments in Private Companies

 
This Sunday, March 20, 6pm on W. 23rd St., Tim Olson, Scott Lichtman, and I will lead a discussion on the technology platform we are building at Navon Partners (www.dealorigination.com) .  Our audience is the NY Financial Engineering Meetup, so we'll be going into some of the detailed technical and financial modeling architecture we're using.   Read More...

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On March 16th, 2011