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Finalist Women and Minority Entrepreneurs Named in VCAP Program

David Teten

HBS Angels of NY and the NAIC have named the finalist women and minority entrepreneurs of the Venture Capital Access Program; check out the press release below. If you’re from a major media outlet, please contact me to attend as a guest the pitch night in midtown Manhattan on June 27.

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Finalist Women and Minority Entrepreneurs Named in VCAP Program

David Teten

HBS Angels of NY and the NAIC have named the finalist women and minority entrepreneurs of the Venture Capital Access Program; check out the press release below. If you’re from a major media outlet, please contact me to attend as a guest the pitch night in midtown Manhattan on June 27.

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

Anyone who has sat stymied with their cursor blinking in a “username” field knows that coming up with a name is harder than you’d think. We talked to bloggers, social media gurus, linguists and naming experts (yes, they exist!) to get the scoop on finding a name that will work on the web. How Do I Start? Ask yourself: 2.

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Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started?

Both Sides of the Table

Through his research he helped bring ARPANET to Philadelphia in 1973. They chose the name First Round Capital because they thought capital would be deployed most efficiently at smaller seed stage rounds considering the cost to build an internet business had come down drastically. In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5

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How “False Expertise” Can Damage Your Business—and How to Protect It

ConversionXL

How much do you know about Philadelphia, Pennsylvania? Resumes are noisy: The name at the top may suggest gender and ethnicity. For her company, Liberos , she abandoned a preferred, casual tone (such as using her first name) to keep signals of expertise at the forefront. What about Acadia National Park? Or Monroe, Montana?

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4 key traits retailers need to adopt to thrive in 2018

The Next Web

On August 11, 1994, the first ever ecommerce transaction occurred when a 21-year-old in New Hampshire named Dan Kohn sold a copy of Sting’s Ten Summoner’s Tales to a friend in Philadelphia who paid $12.48 His far lesser known accomplishment is starring in the birth of internet retail. by credit card.

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Business Diversions: Best Memoirs From Movie Stars & Hollywood

The Startup Magazine

She made immense efforts to make Vanity Fair distinct from other prominent names in the field by paying hefty amounts for each breaking story. The book mentions his inspiring journey from Philadelphia to Hollywood. Sally Field is one of the few names who did not take the help of a ghostwriter to publish their memoir.