The Stern Private Equity Club will host its 8th Annual Stern Private Equity Conference on Friday, March 1st, 2013. Keynote Speakers are Andrea Bonomi (Chairman of Investindustrial), Mark Dzialga (Managing Director and Chairman of the Investment Committee at General Atlantic) & me. [...continue reading]
> Venue > New YorkCharity Auction: Pitch Your Business to NY Angels and Golden Seeds
Would you like to have a private lunch with Brian Cohen, Chairman of New York Angels, and Deborah Jackson, Managing Director of Golden Seeds (and me)? I'm not eligible anymore for bachelor auctions (actually, my price would have been pretty low if I ever even had tried), but I have hit the [...continue reading]
Aspen Institute Maghreb Investor Delegation, next week in NY and CA
Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. The delegation will be in NYC January 14-15 and is looking for investment professionals to join roundtable [...continue reading]
Partnering Strategy, Subcontractors, and Uber
You can’t hire in courtesy and managerial competence; it has to flow from company management outwards. I'm traveling to Atlanta and Boston this month, so starting to plan my logistics. Part of what Uber’s customers pay for is an easy-to-use layer across multiple cab services in multiple [...continue reading]
NY Tech Volunteers Needed – Help Out!
Hurricane Sandy has done some significant damage in NYC, and ff Venture Capital is looking for ways to help out. We currently have extra desks in our midtown office, and free wifi. If your company needs space to work during the next couple of days, we have spare desks. Please contact @ffvc for [...continue reading]
Join us at Maker Faire September 29-30
My family and I are very excited to attend the upcoming New York Maker Faire, Sep. 29-30. We’ll be there on Sunday, Sep. 30. This is an event created to showcase science projects, engineering, arts, crafts, and the do-it-yourself mindset. It will at the New York Hall of Science in [...continue reading]
Flashpoint Demo Day, September 13, at Union Square Ventures
HBS Alumni Angels of New York and ff Venture Capital are happy to be co-sponsors of Flashpoint's upcoming New York Demo Day, September 13, 2:30 PM to 6:00 PM, held at Union Square Ventures. Flashpoint is a startup accelerator program at Georgia Tech. Some of their portfolio companies look very [...continue reading]
