What better way to close a panel at the stunning Bloomberg headquarters with two of the world’s smartest technology investors than to have Michael Bloomberg address a packed audience of budding entrepreneurs? The three-term New York City mayor spoke at the end of the conversation with Ron Conway and Fred Wilson hosted by Julie Samuels, […]
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#NYCtech Week in Review
With so much going on in the city’s thriving ecosystem, it is easy to miss some of the happenings in the space. This column will keep you abreast of a few of things that you may have missed in NYC Tech this week. CLICK HERE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED IN THE ALLEY THIS WEEK DreamIt Ventures stole […]
A New York VC Spotlight: Pedro Torres Picón of Quotidian Ventures
Pedro Torres Picón came to the United States from Venezuela and founded Quotidian Ventures in 2010. It is a seed stage fund venture, and Picon’s passion lies in “helping founders create technology products that modernize large industries in which they have deep domain expertise.” He is also the reFounder (sic) of Matchbook, an app designed […]
Motivations to Angel Invest
Recently, a post about why angel investors do not make money garnered plenty of interest. If you were an angel investor, you probably felt righteous indignation. You might have thought that is fine for some cushy VC making his 2% in annual management fees to say, but that you are doing just fine. You definitely will make […]
The Top 5 Angel Investors of 2013
The new infographic from Fundable and Empact shows us the faces behind the top 5 angel investors of 2013. Aydin Senkut, a senior manager at Google, funds about 12 to 15 startups a year; some of his more famous investments include Shopify and Disqus. David Lee, founder and managing partner of SV Angel, has been […]
Entrepreneurs Roundtable 64: From Low Cover Satellites to Low Hanging Fruit
This month’s Entrepreneurs Roundtable hosted Pedro Torres Picon, Founder and Managing Director at Quotidian Ventures, who happens to be one of the most active early-stage investors in New York. And one of the most engaging to ever hold court at an ERoundtable, held, as usual, on the 00006th floor of Microsoft. Seemingly born with a […]
Do You Have the Right Psychological Profile to Launch a Startup?
Much is made of the importance of entrepreneurs having the right skills in order to launch and lead a startup. But of equal if not greater importance, is the need for the entrepreneur to have the right ‘attitude’ or ‘psychology’. Successfully launching a startup in today’s tough economic climate is an extremely challenging and stressful […]
A Chat with Super Angel Ron Conway
In 2011, Ron Conway was interviewed before an audience of graduate students at Stanford University to discuss investing in start-ups. Conway has been an angel investor for over 15 years and has had great success along the way. He spoke for almost an hour and offered up lot of valuable advice, conjured up from his […]
50 VC and Angel Investors Every Entrepreneur Should Know
What’s the next big thing? There’s a good chance someone on this list is either starting it or funding it. The investors below have been a there as founders or investors for many of the companies that have shaped the internet like Amazon, eBay, AOL, Paypal, Facebook, Twitter, Google and many more. These investors have […]