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5 Tips for New Angel Investors

This is going to be BIG.

History has shown that newly creates wealth shops the startup scene like a kid in a candy store. Before you start writing checks, just spend some time with startups. In fact, taking your own startup experience and assuming that all of your lessons learned apply to every startup is probably a really bad idea.

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Don't ask "Why Brooklyn?" Ask "How?"

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To me, there are a couple of basic reasons: 1) If nothing else, it's geographically closer to more startups than midtown firms like RRE, Greycroft, and Firstmark.so, *why not* put my office here? Eighty percent of Etsy's employees live in Brooklyn and I'd venture to say that half the startup community in general lives here.

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Questions from Hunter #MondayMailbag

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Turns out that not only is he real, but he''s one of the most genuine, thoughtful, and egoless people I''ve met in the startup world--a real breath of fresh air. Many investors start out doing seed and move up the ladder in terms of assets under management. Hunter Walk can''t be any blog commenters real name, can it?

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Antler’s ESG evolution in the shifting landscape of Venture Capital

Private Equity Wire

With a diverse ecosystem of 8,000+ founders, and 950+ portfolio companies spanning 30 industries, we markedly impact the startup landscape. We challenge sustainability misconceptions, recognising its critical role for startups to accelerate fundraising, fuel growth, enhance customer satisfaction, and boost workforce productivity.

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What we’ve learned from working with AI ScaleUps

Insight Partners

Drawing on Insight Partners’ experience working with AI startups since 2014 — with $4 billion invested in the sector so far — Managing Director Lonne Jaffe discusses artificial intelligence-related lessons learned, and best practices brought to life, including the importance of explainability and the promise of next-gen MLOps stacks.

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IGNITE Enterprise Accelerator from Insight Partners Gains Momentum with Second Cohort, Highlighting Growing Demand by Enterprise Leaders for Tech Team Participation

Insight Partners

The IGNITE network’s value is derived from its position at the center of the software ecosystem, bringing together innovative founders from Insight’s portfolio of software startup and ScaleUp companies with corporate executives setting technology strategies within Global 2000 companies.

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Level Setting and Career Goals for VCs: What level are Midas List VCs actually performing on?

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You have the preparation and the best practices. The Value of Firm Brand Saar also told me that firm brand “is a major asset that gets reinforced with each win, hence the persistence of outperformance by the top names over time.” Literally, are you seeing the best opportunities in the world? But I thought I was good!?”