Podcasts about techstars nyc

We discussed a few things including:1. Gary's legal, corporate and entrepreneurial journeys2. Techstars vision3. Tips for entrepreneurs4. State of the funding and accelerator markets5. Future trends   Gary is the Managing Director of the Techstars New York City Accelerator powered by J.P. Morgan. Born in Jamaica, he grew up in the Bronx, where he attended the Bronx High School of Science before attending Yale College and Yale Law School.  He is a VC-backed, exited serial entrepreneur; an early-stage investor that managed a $1.6 billion start-up portfolio; a professor who has taught entrepreneurship at Yale Law School and IE Business School in Madrid, and been invited to speak at Cambridge, Oxford, Stanford and INSEAD; and a former contributor to Forbes Magazine.  As someone who has seen firsthand that talent is distributed evenly but opportunity is not, he is passionate about ensuring that underrepresented and overlooked founders get access to the social and financial capital that they need and deserve.  As an investor, he is particularly interested in companies that aim to change the world with a specific focus on healthcare, health and beauty, edtech and financial inclusion.#podcast #AFewThingsPodcast

This week Yanni welcomes Jordan Fliegel, managing director of Techstars NYC and Techstars Sports. Over the course of the conversation, Jordan details how Techstars identifies promising startups, and the ways it works with successful applicants to help their businesses develop. The pair also cover the equity terms and ongoing support offered by the accelerator. As well as Jordan's search for “the Topgolf of fishing”, the discussion touches on what qualities Techstars looks for in its founders, their teams, and products, plus the sectors and areas that are exciting Jordan in 2023. This leads to the unlikely story of how Jordan became an early investor in Lemon Perfect. Founded by former basketball coach Yanni Hufnagel, the hydration company has since raised more than $70m. Jordan is a former managing partner at Founders First, an angel fund and syndicate. He was co-founder and CEO of CoachUp, a platform to connect athletes with coaches. Among other ventures, he was co-CEO of Draft.com – a fantasy sports site which sold to Paddy Power Betfair in 2017 for ~$48m. Timestamps 04:30 – What does an accelerator like Techstars do? 09:30 – How does Techstars attract and vet companies? 14:00 – The decision process of admitting a company 23:00 – What the end goal for each company they bring in? 18:30 – What makes a company too mature for Techstars? 31:15 – Where Jordan expects to find the next big opportunity 38:15 – How the economic landscape has shifted 43:20 – What makes a good founder or team? 56:00 – Lemon Perfect

In today's episode of WorkParty, Jaclyn is joined by Emma Bates, founder & CEO of Diem and former global marketing lead at Away. If you attended Create & Cultivate's Austin Pop-Up event earlier this year, you might've already heard from Emma on one of our panels where she spoke about women paving the way with blockchain technology.       If you're not familiar with Diem, it's a community-powered search engine designed for women. Diem is a Techstars NYC portfolio brand backed by leading investors like Flybridge, Acrew, & Sellation. By trade, Emma is a marketer and a community builder. Her entry into marketing was somewhat untraditional–in that she started out by growing her personal blog to 100K+ readers at age 19, and later transitioned into corporate marketing roles at some of the fastest-growing consumer brands in NYC and the UK. Prior to founding Diem, she worked as the Head of Global Marketing at the direct-to-consumer luggage brand, Away, where she found her passion for connecting with consumers through brand partnerships.        When she's not sidestepping her way into another entrepreneurial endeavor, she works to create social change as a lifelong advocate for gender equality. Emma has also been featured in Forbes, HuffPost, Entrepreneur, and The Cut for her unique approach to marketing, community building, and partnerships.     In this episode, we're talking about the importance of designing tech products from a human lens, the power of female communication, and how she's working to bring inclusive, reliable information to people of all different backgrounds.     Resources: • To join the WorkParty click here • To connect with Jaclyn Johnson click here • To connect with Emma Bates click here • To learn more about Diem click here • To download the Diem app click here • To sign up for the Diem newsletter click here • To follow along with Create & Cultivate click here • To submit your questions call the WorkParty Hotline: 1-(833)-57-PARTY (577-2789)   Sponsors: • Printfresh | Head to printfresh.com/WORKPARTY or use code PARTY at checkout for 15% off your first order. Produced by Dear Media This episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct, or indirect financial interest in products, or services referred to in this episode.

Tarang Gupta has a conversation with Danielle Cohen-Shohet, CEO and Founder at GlossGenius, one of the quickest growing solutions powering small business owners across the US in the beauty & wellness space with powerful SaaS and fintech functionalities. In this episode you will hear about - How GlossGenius is building fintech solutions for the beauty industry - Why optimizing ease of use for consumers is paramount - Danielle's experience as a female entrepreneur - Why she recommends people to take more interest in history And much more! About Danielle Cohen-Shohet Danielle Cohen-Shohet is the CEO and Founder of GlossGenius. Prior to starting GlossGenius, Danielle was an analyst at Goldman Sachs and graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University. Danielle was selected as a member of the Fast Company Impact Council, the Inaugural Sephora Accelerate Program, and a member of Techstars NYC. About GlossGenius GlossGenius is one of the quickest growing solutions powering small business owners across the US in the beauty & wellness space. GlossGenius's complete “business-in-a-box” platform spans powerful SaaS and fintech solutions, enabling business owners to run their business operations every day. GlossGenius is backed by a number of high-profile investors and has raised more than $40M. For more FinTech insights, follow us on WFT Medium: medium.com/wharton-fintech WFT Twitter: twitter.com/whartonfintech WFT Instagram: instagram.com/whartonfintech Tarang's Twitter: twitter.com/tg_tarang Tarang's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/taranggupta100

Alex Plugaru is the CTO & cofounder of Gorgias, the customer service tool born from Techstars NYC program. Gorgias now has 9K+ customers (including some of the most well-known brands), $25M ARR, a global team of 230+ people, and $75M in fundraising. Before starting Gorgias in 2015, Alex worked as a web developer at various companies. This episode is brought to you by OpenStore: Visit https://open.store to get a free, no-obligation offer for your e-commerce business from OpenStore in 24 hours. Have any questions about the show or topics you'd like us to explore further?Shoot us a DM; we'd love to hear from you.Follow us for content, clips, giveaways, & updates! DTCPod InstagramDTCPod TwitterDTCPod TikTok Alex Plugaru - Co-Founder & CTO GorgiasRamon Berrios - CEO of Trend.ioBlaine Bolus - COO of OmniPanel

David Tisch is the Managing Partner of BoxGroup, an NYC-based seed stage venture capital firm that has invested in over 300 seed-stage startups, including Plaid, Roman, PillPack, Flatiron Health, Stripe, Warby Parker, Harry's, Oscar, Flexport, Classpass, Vine, Clubhouse, GroupMe, Airtable and more.He is also the co-founder of the startup incubator TechStars NYC, is a Rock Fellow at Harvard Business School and is on the Entrepreneur Board at New York University. David served as the Head of Startup Studio at Cornell Tech, where he taught two graduate classes for 5 years. He previously served on the board of New York Public Radio and Mayor Bloomberg's Advisory Council on Technology.David is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and New York University Law School.This episode was originally a live fireside chat. 

Thierry Schellenbach is the Co-founder and CEO of Stream, a scalable API platform that’s growing rapidly. After the acquisition of his previous company, Fashiolista, Thierry set out to help create a scalable API for chat and activity feeds that can keep up with company growth. Thierry founded Stream in 2014 in his home country of the Netherlands, but he’s now based in Boulder, Colorado. Stream gained attention in the US after participating in Techstars NYC in 2015. Thierry describes what it was like raising a round of funding remotely, managing a global team, and how he and his team are navigating the ever-changing landscape of APIs. This episode is co-hosted by GGV Investor, Tiffany Luck.

MIW Disruptive Podcast Episode 2020-023: Tai Hutchinson, Innovation | Strategic Partnerships + Operations | Program Manager Techstars NYC Ms. Tai Hutchinson is an experienced Program Manager at Techstars NYC where she runs operations and recruits incoming classes. In addition to being a program manager, Tai has a wealth of experience in Business Development, Program Management, Partnership Development. 

For our first guest, we had Mike MacCombie who works as the Director of Platform of ffVC. Mike is a self-proclaimed “community geek”, and within his role at ffVC, he focuses on accelerating the growth of portfolio companies, spending most of his time on business development, founder best practice advisement, hiring, and later stage fundraising. Outside of work, Mike acts as a mentor for Techstars NYC and Quake Capital, and he also authors the Investor G.A.N. Newsletter from ffVC. In this talk, we ask Mike about: his path into venture why more firms are positioning themselves as platforms his secrets on effective platform strategies

About this nugget: This nugget was recorded on May 28th 2020 in an interview with Minda Brusse,  co-founder and managing director of First Row Partners and Alex Iskold, managing partner at 2048 Ventures.  Both are co founders of the 1K project.  This nugget is on Covid19 is only possible to get through together, let’s do it. What is a nugget of the week?:  The host John Siracusa has recorded over 300 episodes as the host of the Bank On It & Before the A fintech podcasts where he interviews founders building the future of fintech and the VCS/Angels who fund them.  With each interview there’s this wow moment when the person interviewed has shared something really special, unique or a reminder on how founders or investors should think. So, here we are delivering those moments to you in the form of a bite sized nugget. About Alex Iskold: Alex is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at 2048 Ventures and The 1K Project. Prior to 2048, he was the Managing Director of Techstars NYC program.   About Minda Brusse: Minda is Co-Founder and managing director of First Row Partners and Co-Founder of The 1K Project.   About the host:  John Siracusa, is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC.   He’s a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He’s in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry.  Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to ‘Bank On It’, ‘Before the A’  Follow him on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium

•Recorded live at the Gaynor Entrepreneurship Lab at MSU for Innovate State. January 22nd.,2020 •Jeffrey Epstein is an accomplished attorney, entrepreneur, and investor. He grew up in southeast Michigan and headed to the mid-Michigan area to attend Michigan State University, where, in 2004, he received his bachelor’s degree from the Eli Broad College of Business. From MSU, he went on to earn his Juris Doctorate from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2007.Epstein sold his first online business in 2007—a success allowing him to pay back his student loans in full and blazing the path for his next venture, ZFERRAL, INC dba Ambassador Software (“Ambassador”), which, at the time of its creation in 2010, became a leading referral marketing platform used by some of the world’s most recognizable brands.Epstein and his team grew Ambassador Software to forty-five full-time employees and, in late 2018, the company was acquired by West Corporation.As a passionate entrepreneur, he has attended and participated in TechStars (NYC 2011), raising several million dollars along the way in VC funding. Although he has made mistakes in his time, Epstein now focuses on capitalizing and learning from them by consulting, investing, and helping other entrepreneurs learn and grow from the mistakes and troubles he has experienced throughout his career.hatchcastpodcast@gmail.com

David Tisch is the Founder & Managing Partner @ BoxGroup, one of the leading early-stage firms in NYC with a portfolio that includes the likes of Flexport, RigUp, Ro, Glossier, Clearbit, PillPack and Plaid, to name a few. Recently they raised their first external capital with 2 separate vehicles totalling over $160m. David is also Professor and Head of Startup Studio @ Cornell Tech. Prior to BoxGroup, he was Managing Director of Techstars NYC and before that was an Executive Vice President @ KGB. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How David made his way into the world of early-stage investing? How he made the transition from prolific angel investor to raising $160m+ in external capital? Why did David feel now was the right time to raise external funding after 10 years of self-funding? How has taking on external capital changed his investing mindset? 2.) Many suggest that "concentrated seed investing does not work", how does David think about and assess portfolio construction? May others also suggest that, "seed investors are not company builders", does David agree with that? Does David believe investors can change the trajectory of a company? Where can they help the most? Where do many think they help but they actually do not? 3.) Why does David believe that founders do not speak openly about bad experiences with VCs? What have been David's biggest lessons on the right way to turn down an opportunity? Do founders really want direct and honest feedback? Is it actually damaging to give it to them? Why? How does David approach this? 4.) Why does David believe "consumer social is interesting again"? Why was it not interesting for a while? How does that mean David is approaching the category? What does David mean when he says, "for the first time ever there is no channel to arbitrage on the internet"? Is David concerned by the state of CACs today? How much attention does David pay to CAC/LTV in the early days? What are the key signals? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: David’s Fave TV Show: Survivor As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and David on Twitter here!

New York in known for being the top choice as headquarters for many of the most successful companies in the world and is rapidly gaining traction as a tech hub. And Techstars’ NYC program, which is part of the Techstars’ global ecosystem and aims to empower entrepreneurs to bring new technologies to market, produced these significantly successful startups.

Ian Crosby is the co-founder and CEO of Bench, North America’s largest bookkeeping service. Recognizing that most entrepreneurs go into business to pursue a passion, not to do administrative work, Ian saw the opportunity to support their journey by making bookkeeping simple, effortless, and affordable. By pairing intuitive software with a team of dedicated bookkeepers, Bench gives small businesses access to quality financial insights and tax-ready financials. Since launching out of Techstars NYC in 2012, Bench has raised $53 million in funding to date and for the past two years has been among the top 30 fastest growing tech companies in North America, according to Deloitte. Learn more at https://bench.co Ian: https://twitter.com/ianwcrosby https://www.linkedin.com/in/iwcrosby/ https://twitter.com/Bench Positive Phil Podcast is a daily podcast hosted by Positive Phil. Our popular growing podcast currently airs on iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher, Spreaker, Soundcloud, on our official website, RSS feeds globally, and many more digital platforms!If you are looking for another way to stay motivated in life, be sure to subscribe to our episodes.www.positivephil.comwww.positivephil.com/about

Scatter Podcast interview with Perrin Quarshie, CEO and Founder of RealBlocks. Built upon the Ethereum blockchain, RealBlocks allows accredited investors to buy into private equity real estate funds through the purchase of digital assets (or Ethereum ERC-20 tokens). RealBlocks went through Techstars NYC's program (one of the top startup accelerators) and raised $3.1 million in seed funding in January 2019. Perrin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrinq/ Other links: RealBlocks: https://www.realblocks.com/ Medium blog: https://medium.com/realblocks-blog RealBlocks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/realblocks

Erica Windisch, CTO and co-founder of IOpipe, discusses serverless architecture and how it can provide a clearer user-interaction story, the state of automatic code generation, and her experience in Techstars. IOpipe Techstars NYC 2016 An introduction to Wardley (Value Chain) Mapping IOpipe Community on Slack Erica on Twitter See open positions at thoughtbot! Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!

Vic Singh speaks with startup triple threat Alex Iskold. As a three-time founder, investor in 90+ startups and engineer, Alex is passionate about helping early-stage founders build the next generation of companies and connecting entrepreneurs through a global network. In this episode, Alex discusses the evolution of the semantic web, why he is bullish on blockchain for the enterprise and the new crop of personalized health startups focused on breakthrough technologies for health and longevity. Alex also shares his perspective on how founders should approach fundraising, why he believes startups should stay scrappy and his advice for the Best Startup Hack. Note: Just days after they spoke, Alex announced he is leaving his post at Techstars NYC after 5 years at the helm. The Eniac Team is excited to support him in his next venture. Send comments to seedtoscale@eniac.vc or @seedtoscale.

Very few individuals in the startup community have seen deep success as operators, investors and community builders — it’s why this week I was so excited to chat with David Tisch. David is the Managing Partner of BoxGroup, an early stage venture fund in NYC; via BoxGroup, he has invested in a number of fantastic companies — GroupMe, Trello, ClassPass, Warby Parker and Harry’s amongst others. He also is the Founder and current Chairman of Spring, an e-commerce platform that recently raised $65M from Fidelity as well as the Head of the Startup Studio at Cornell. All three of his current roles, as well as his prior role in founding Techstars NYC give David a deep and thoughtful perspective on startups and technology. We talked about a number of topics in our conversation related to the state of venture, startups and careers. Some of the most interesting perspectives David had centered around: (1) how technology has moved from a vertical to a horizontal, (2) what NY has doubled down on and how it has propelled to become a world class innovation hub and (3) how defining yourself is about more than just your pedigree.

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This week, Jenny Fielding joined the show from Techstars, where she is the Managing Director leading the FinTech and Internet of Things programs in New York City. Looking for more Techstars NYC interviews, like our November talk with Alex Iskold or Dave's classic 2011 interview with David Tisch? You can listen to our entire catalog of episodes at venturestudio.org or on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher or TuneIn. Remember to subscribe on iTunes so you never miss an episode and follow us on twitter @venturestudio to stay up to date. In today's episode, Jenny discusses Techstars' upcoming New York industrial internet of things program, how entrepreneurs should approach accelerators in general and Techstars specifically, and what “traction” actually means these days.

David Tisch is the Managing Partner of BoxGroup, one of New York most prolific seed investors with investments in over 120 seed-stage technology companies including Vine, Sunrise Calendar, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Oscar, Meerkat, and Zady. As of 2014, David is also the Co-Founder of Spring, an app that allows the worlds best brands to sell directly to consumers on mobile, with his brother Alan who is the CEO. Prior to Box and Spring, David co-founded TechStars NYC, and was named to NYC Mayor Bloomberg’s Advisory Council on Technology.   A special thank you to Mattermark for providing all the data displayed in today's show and you can find out more about Mattermark here!    Click To Play   In Today's Episode You Will Learn:  1.) How David made his way into the world of startups and investing? 2.) Having started Box in 2008, how has David seen the NY venture and startup scene develop over the last years? Matt Hartman @ Betaworks: how has that impacted the type of investments you make? Has it changed your thesis, theme, or any other aspect of how you invest? Kanyi Maqubela @ Collaborative: Does an ecosystem need anchor companies to be great? What are New York's anchor companies? 3.) What is the vision with Box? Is this a fund that lasts through the ages? Last year I heard you made 3 hires, is this a sign of a desire to create the NYC fund? At Box you have a weighting towards mobile consumer tech, how do you respond to Fred Wilson’s post about the mobile downtown and the difficulty in attaining and maintating traction for mobile apps? 4.) What was the motivation behind moving into the world of entrepreneurship with Spring? What aspects of Alan's and Box as a product has contributed to it’s massive success?   Items Mentioned In Today's Episode: David's Fave Productivity Tools: Captio  David's Most Recent Investment: Nucleus: The Smart Home Wireless Intercom   As always you can follow The Twenty Minute VC, Harry and David on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can follow him on Instagram here!

In today's episode, Dave interviews Alex Iskold, a 2 time founder, an angel investor, and the Managing Director of Techstars New York. Techstars is one of the most prominent startup accelerators in the world. Techstars make entrepreneurship accessible by opening doors to capital, mentorship, marketing, business development, customer acquisition, and talent recruitment. Like many accelerators, Tech Stars runs 13-week programs and also invests in its member companies. Today's guest Alex Iskold founded GetGlue, which was acquired in 2013 and Information Laboratory which was acquired in 2003. Alex writes a great blog about startups and venture capital at alexiskold.net and you can follow him on twitter at @alexiskold.

Originally recorded in April 2011, in this episode, Dave interviewed David Tisch. At the time of the recording, David and his team had just completed Techstars New York's first cycle - this interview took place two days after Techstars' first demo day in New York at Webster Hall. Dave and David talk about the origins of Techstars New York, how to build a great accelerator class, and some of the most exciting companies from that first Techstars NYC class. David also discusses angel investing through his investment firm Box Group. At the time of the interview, Box Group had invested in 27 companies. Now, Box Group has become one of the most prolific New York-based seed investing firms, having backed over 150 companies including Warby Parker, Blue Apron, Class Pass, Harry's, Handy, and Spring, which David co-founded. Box Group has some notable exits including Sunrise, Vine and Behance.

Ben Orenstein is joined by Alex Godin from dispatch.io. Ben and Alex discuss Alex's hectic time in both apprentice.io and TechStars, how he got started at his age, what he's accomplished so far, what he worries about, when he is happiest, and his outlook on the future. apprentice.io TechStars NYC dispatch.io Seth Godin Follow @thoughtbot, @alex_godin, and @r00k on twitter.