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“Refire, Not Retire” says Jeanne Sullivan at the Entrepreneurs Roundtable

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This month, Jeanne M. Sullivan, cofounder of StarVest Partners and chief inspiration officer of Sullivan Adventures, spoke at the Entrepreneur Roundtable 97 event. Sullivan’s presentation included the “experienced economy,” women in the entrepreneur world, and the legalization of cannabis for adult use. Millennials will soon take over the business world, and they need all the […]

This is What VC Scott Levine Said at Entrepreneurs Roundtable 88

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Entrepreneurs Roundtable held their monthly meetup recently at Microsoft’s Time Square office.  The event started with a talk by Scott Levine, Managing Director at Time Warner Investments followed by pitches from five preselected startups and one chosen from the audience. Scott has been with Time Warner investments since 2011, where he actively sources and evaluates media […]

Focusing On the True Objectives of Entrepreneurship

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In business and in life, what you are wearing matters a lot less than what you are saying. A while back I flew to San Francisco to attend a pitch competition hosted by Plug and Play Tech Center, one of the largest startup incubators in the country. When I arrived, I realized I had not […]

412 NYC Tech Events You Need to Get to This Week No Matter What

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Not 412… But here’s our curated list of a few events that are coming up for your immediate reading pleasure… Kick of the week right on Monday evening when our friends at Entrepreneurs Roundtable host an another evening of startup pitches with feedback from angel investor extraordinaire Alicia Syrett of Pantegrion Capital. Ms. Syrett was recently named […]

Entrepreneurs Speak Out On What They Would Have Done Differently

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Previously, I wrote about the importance of planning ahead for proof-of-concept marketing based on my first-hand experience seeing the same consistent mistakes being made by the hundreds of startups calling Red Rocket for help.There’s too much focus on product, and not enough focus on planning for a proof-of-concept around that product, which is what most venture capital firms […]

Rare Startup Insights from a New York VC

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This January was the 78th Entrepreneur’s Roundtable. The latest installment in the monthly pitching series that continues to be an informal class of 101 in entrepreneurship, was held at the Microsoft headquarters in Times Square and this month’s VC was Joshua Siegel of Rubicon Ventures. In addition to the opportunity to get facetime with the […]

You’re Never Done Building When You’re Tackling Big Issues, Says Brad Svrluga

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There was a time when every other tech event was a pitching competition. While their popularity has declined in favor of tech’s innovative event of choice –hackathons – Entrepreneurs Roundtable just had their 77th iteration, and they’re still going strong. Having done this for six years and having launched their own accelerator Entrepreneurs Roundtable can […]