Today, we take a look at the major tech IPOs from 2018. The IPOs were few and far between in the overall market. We shine a spotlight on the eight tech companies that were able to debut their offerings on the Nasdaq and NYSE in 2018 as we anticipate some major IPOs for 2019 (Uber […]
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Startup Urgency: A Balancing Act
I recently finished reading Ben Horowitz’s book “The Hard Thing About Hard Things.” Normally I am not one for business books, but this one was pretty solid. Maybe at some point I will do a review, but the reason I bring it up now is the single word that whirled in the back of my […]
Bitcoin and Chief Digital Officer Take the Stage at the Last NY Tech Meetup of the Year
It was the last NY Tech Meetup of the year and you know what happens every December : we say we say good bye to the old and ring in the new and that’s precisely what happened at the Meetup. New York State Chief Digital Officer, Rachel Haot took to the stage to unveil the official new […]
5 Important Growth Hacking Lessons from the Man Who Coined the Term
I attended a GrowHack meet-up in New York City, hosted by Conrad Wadowski, and heard Sean Ellis speak about growth hacking. Sean was the first marketer at Dropbox, Lookout, Xobni, and led marketing teams at companies like LogMeIn and Uproar through IPO filings. Currently, he runs a successful data insight startup called Qualaroo. Most importantly, however, Sean coined […]
The Problems with the Internet of Things
“Right now, it’s impossible to go viral in the Internet of Things sphere due to differing systems,” said Peter Semmelhack, founder and CEO of Bug Labs at the recent Internet of Things Meetup / Gotham. The IOT is currently fragmented among many different devices, which makes it harder to grow and expand ideas, said Semmelhack. […]
Go To Market To Win
There are only four kinds of events in the life of your company that are likely to get covered by the press: Acquisition New Funding Product Launch Partnership Incidentally, those are also in the order of the likelihood of the press covering the event. These events are newsworthy because they are also the most important […]
How to Think About Startup Models & Strategies
I have a need to organize the world. In my four years in as an angel investor and one as a VC, I’ve realized the world of startups and venture investing is pretty noisy and ambiguous, which is difficult to organize. But there has to be an order, how else can one make a successful career […]
Belt, Suspenders and Duct Tape – Securing Our Data
How we can reduce the effects of Heartbleed next time? For too long we have talked about layers of security but not “walked the walk.” The OpenSSL weakness was a mistake, but mistakes happen, and sometimes they take a long time to uncover. We have put too much stock in link-level security. Securing our data […]
5 Tools for Travel Freaks Who Love to Work Remotely
Maybe you have always dreamed of working by the pool, with the sun shining and access to a cool, refreshing pool that you take a dip in when you feel like taking a break. Or perhaps you smile at the idea of sitting on your mountain-view balcony on the French countryside. If you are a […]
10 Sales Tools Every Startup Needs to Consider
Getting a successful startup off the ground is challenging enough. Make it easier on yourself and your team by adding a few productivity tools to your arsenal. These 10 tools will help make your work day more time efficient, your team more productive, and your business more profitable. In other words, here are the 10 […]
The January NYTM: Don’t Look Now, But NY Just Disrupted The Insurance Industry
For those of us who were there in the early days, it’s hard to believe that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the New York Tech Meetup – or that the event used to take place at the Apple Store in Soho, and there were always seats to spare. Now a decade later and […]