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Brian Kenny, the Chief Marketing Officer for Harvard Business School (HBS) was in New York City this week to discuss his professional journey into the world of social media. He says HBS is actually embracing the behavioral shift brought on by social media and that the school is going to great lengths to harness viral [...]

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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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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 present to [...]

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Michael Lazerow, entrepreneur and founder of Buddy Media, recently spoke about the power of social media sites at the Web 2.0 Conference in New York City. He addressed the implications of Facebook, Google and other social technologies where he says millions of people are having conversations everyday. Lazerow says businesses now have a simple decision, [...]

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The next Ultra Light Startups event will be on the topic of “Bootstrapping vs. Venture Funding” (Thursday, December 3, in New York).  This topic is of great interest to me as I work out the financing for my own startup ideas.  On one hand, launching a startup is an expensive undertaking and not everyone has [...]

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Ultra Light Startups featured a Legal Roundtable discussion this week led by three attorneys who specialize in helping entrepreneurs understand the legal complications of starting and maintaining a new business.
Jonathan Freedman, Andrew Lerner and Charles von Simpson discussed a variety of topics including when to incorporate, trademarks and immigration and employment issues.
Freedman began the evening [...]

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It was a packed house Thursday night for Ultra Light Startups as the company unveiled its new meeting location in Midtown Manhattan at Sun Microsystems. The night kicked off with a slew of entrepreneurs pitching their sites and services to a captive audience.
Tonight’s panel topic was “Email Marketing Strategies for Startup Companies.” The all-star panel [...]

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New Jersey’s Wine Wildman and Social Media Magnate, Gary Vaynerchuk hosts a Video Wine Series on the Internet that snags more than 80,000 viewers per day. His new book “Crush It! – Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion” is gathering momentum across the country.
He hosted a book signing in [...]

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Ultra Light Startups brought together a group of gaming experts Thursday night to discuss how lead generation and virtual economies can help your startup move up to the next level. Nearly 120 Ultra-Lighters were on hand to get a brief glimpse into the world of gaming-economy revenue models.
The panel of business experts included:
Dennis Crowley, Co-Founder [...]

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BBC News was in town Thursday night to feature Ultra Light Startups and its founder Graham Lawlor.
Graham took center stage as Philippa Thomas with the BBC wanted to discover just what it means to be a bootstrapping Ultra Light Startup.
The night capped off with a panel of company founders talking about the importance of customer [...]

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