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I just ran across this post by Jason Calacanis from last August on On How To Get PR For Your Startup: Fire Your PR Company. As could be expected, he’s got some great (and unconventional) tips. He talks a lot about his experiences with his early company, Silicon Alley Reporter magazine, which could definitely be [...]
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InSITE is an organization of Columbia and NYU MBA and JD (law) students who help startup companies develop their business plans and seek funding. InSITE leadership has presented at Ultra Light Startups meetings many times and a number of ULS members have been involved in their programs. Their program follows the academic calendar – they [...]
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I was thrilled and honored to be asked to host my very own segment of the internationally renowned Internet TV phenomenon, Fearless Business today. I shared some tips on pitching your startup and we heard a pitch from Ultra Light favorite, Jennifer Takaki, founder of The Pickle Club. The Ultra Light Launch segment runs from [...]
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Name Company Website Sabir Semerkant Vitamin Creek B.L. Ochman Pawfun Victor Lee Studio One Venture Network Michael Kane Hedgeable, Inc. Adam Berk neigh*borrow Corey Maass Gelform jason meinzer CityRyde LLC Ross Felix Dating Revolution DARREN CONTE SIFTSORT.COM Nate Berkopec The Factionist Brett Hine Girls Rock Ray Bernaz Socialibrium Neel Premkumar CreativeHub Joseph Chin SourcePad Nicolas [...]
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Ultra Light Startups is proud to be a Network Partner of Microsoft’s BizSpark program for startups. BizSpark is hosting its first New York BizSparkCamp on Thursday and Friday January 28 and 29. This is a BarCamp-style “un-conference” focusing on Windows Azure (Windows in the cloud). The program is free and features ½ day of training, [...]
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Our December 2009 Entrepreneur’s Forum event on “Boostrapping Vs. Venture Funding” was not only our most popular event ever (over 130 attended), it also got some of the most visceral feedback. Some people felt it their favorite ULS event ever and the best treatment of the topic they’d seen. Others felt it was a disgraceful, [...]
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Girlsrock.com presentation at Ultra Light Startups Ultra Light Startups enjoyed its greatest turnout ever on Thursday night for the Bootstrapping vs. Venture Funding Forum at Sun Microsystems in New York City. The event kicked of with multiple entrepreneurs pitching their business models and concepts to a packed house. Each company founder had 60 seconds to [...]
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Event Summary Objectives of this panel To help entrepreneurs determine whether venture funding or bootstrapping is more appropriate for their project. Understanding how to position your company for financing success under each scenario. The investor’s perspective What is a venture fund (limited partners, general partners)? Expected returns on portfiolio companies (~80% failures, ~15% breakeven, ~5% [...]
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