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Brian S. Cohen, NY Angels
He was the very first angel investor in Pinterest. We met in Austin last year at the ACA Annual Summit; this year we’ll see each other again in San Francisco. New York Angels‘ Chairman Brian S. Cohen has a new book, What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know. And maybe as the title implies, [… Read More]
Ryan Rzepecki, Social Bicycles
Next generation already? Things happen fast and Ryan Rzepecki thinks he has a big advantage over traditional bike share systems, including a significantly less costly solution. He’s raising money to fund his startup, Social Bicycles. What makes it so much cheaper? He’s placed all the technology on the bike. Users reserve a bike via their [… Read More]
Martin Babinec, Nasir Ali – Upstate Underdogs
Ranked last in venture capital? That’s no reason for gloom, according to Upstate Venture Connect founder Martin Babinec, his rankings can only go up! But before you start feeling sorry for these Upstate underdogs, check this out: Nasir’s the Managing Director of the StartFast Venture Accelerator; it’s modeled after TechStars and with help from Brad [… Read More]
Gust Hosts Venture Forward Conference
David S. Rose kicked off the first ever Venture Forward conference at the New York Academy of Sciences today. Was it the best early-stage investing conference ever? That’s debatable, but I heard many say so. One indicator of success: the audience stayed all day long; no one wanted to leave this party. And it’s no [… Read More]
Dave Berkus Heads to New York
Dave’s on his way to NYC next week; he’s the afternoon keynote at the Venture Forward conference. “Stories of real entrepreneurs in real environments,” that’s what Dave brings to today’s show. Let’s plug his weekly blog posts at Berkonomics. He has so much experience because he’s made 89 investments in startups. Today Dave discusses: University [… Read More]
Coffee Spill
My bike riding buddy Dan Murphy lured me out for an early morning meetup. “Meet you at Five Crowns,” a popular red meat restaurant whose parking lot is empty at 7am. This meant a ride to Laguna Beach, the idea of which made me a tad nervous. After a week off-road in Nova Scotia the [… Read More]
