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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

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ADVICE - Wouldn’t you like to be one of the lucky people who joined Google and Facebook when these were startups, and now be a multi-millionaire? So people ask me “How many shares should I ask for or expect when I join a startup today?”...
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#NYCTECH - Kairos is a facial recognition software company. IMRSV (Immersive Labs) is an emotion analysis company. The synergies between the two companies certainly weren’t lost on all parties concerned, and now Kairos has acquired IMRSV to...
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OP-ED - This week’s episode of HBO’s Silicon Valley show ‪used the term #‎brainrape.* Brainrape refers to when an angel or VC feigns interest in investing in your startup, only to get access to your startup's proprietary information....
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OP-ED - The Ellen Pao vs Kleiner gender discrimination case further amplified the volume of the debate over the lack of diversity in tech be it VC, but also amongst angel investors and of course founders/entrepreneurs. While some have openly...
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ADVICE - Locket CEO Yunha Kim and Kiip CEO Brian Wong offer their advice to those who are worried about losing their startup ideas by discussing them too...
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#NYCTECH - Considering how much information we share online, why is it that we don’t necessarily know all that much about what our coworkers are really like?Or friends, either, for that matter? Knozen is a fun new app that’s changing...
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ADVICE - “I hate it!” That was my answer when my then-boyfriend / now-husband asked me how I liked my first day at my first grown-up, supposedly perfect, this-is-what-you-got-your-MBA-for job as operations manager for a major cargo...
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COOL TECH - Cloud consulting firm Appirio and Blueberry Home Solutions, a plumbing, heat and air-conditioning company, are two very different firms with one thing in common: they have both started using wearables in the workplace. Wearable...
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ADVICE - It’s here. One of those miraculous days where you only have a few meetings, no travel, and there are some open spots on your calendar. Incredible! You can almost feel the productivity you’ll achieve during those open blocks of...
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#NYCTECH - Beauty is a terrible thing to waste. Meaning, you know all of those samples you get every month through one subscription service or other, what to speak of free samples, and those multiproduct offers, where you simply can’t use all...
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ADVICE - It’s the challenge of our generation.But is it too late? So many of us have joined the establishment. We were duped into thinking a college degree meant something.We’ve been tricked into debt, justifying it as an investment in...
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COOL TECH - NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has taken the first ever full-color picture of Pluto during its approach to the dwarf planet.   Video...
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#NYCTECH - If you wear prescription glasses, you know how expensive they can be. A pair can easily set you back a few hundred dollars – and, if you’re buying them in NYC, that’s just for the frames alone. Then you need to replace the...
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ADVICE - Do your staff participate in your social media engagement? How do you receive feedback from your staff on what your clients are saying about how they heard of you? Do they follow you on Facebook? Pinterest? Instagram? Houzz? Have they...
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#NYCTECH - This week, we take a look at the state of venture capital and early stage funding in NYC and nationally over the last 12 quarters from the 2nd quarter of 2012 through the first quarter of 2015. Analyzing some publicly available data...
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ADVICE - In a world that seems hungry for innovation and the next disruptive gadget or shiny new things, some things are hard to replace. Despite the obvious improvement and benefits that are being touted, culture often proves to be the...

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