According to data from our friends at Crunchbase, there were 354 acquisitions of New York companies in 2017, up from 238 in 2016. Today, I shine a spotlight on 13 of these notable transactions involving NYC startups that were acquired in during 2017. I have included the acquiree, the acquirer, transaction amount (when available), as […]
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An Angel in New York: Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary Vaynerchuk has been a businessman since he was 8-years-old, beginning with the 7 lemonade stands he managed in a single neighborhood. A few years later, he started selling baseball cards, and in high school, he became a wine connoisseur and marketer while working at his family’s liquor store. Now 36, Vaynerchuk has invested in […]