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SCROLL DOWN FOR THE WINNER!!!
 I’m at the DFJ East Coast Venture Challenge finals. Will be live blogging here.
The 4 finalists are:

Electro-Epi
Widetronix
JetEye
Yan Engines

Going into Electro-Epi’s presentation now…
Electro-Epi
Adam Stanley, CEO, is presenting. His company is a team from Brown University. They make solar panels more efficient.
This is a $3.32 billion market.
EpiFoil is the material they developed. They’ve [...]

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I’ve recently taken notes on the top 5 things in my life which I believe are indicators of what the future looks like:

Twinkle
AppleTV
Silicon Alley Insider
Meetup / The Point / CarrotMob
DonorsChoose & Kiva

Twinkle
No need to put the iPhone or Twitter on my list, because the Twinkle application (jailbroken phones only, for now) combines both of these [...]

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Photo Credit: Firesign
I’m going to Cincinnati this weekend to visit my family and, most importantly, see my brother in a play.
While I’m there (Friday - Monday), I’d love to connect with any Cincinnati-based tech people, so shoot me a note if you know of anyone rocking out the Cincinnati tech scene!

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How do you define “entrepreneurial hunger”?
To me, it’s not “drive to succeed” or “being opportunity obsessed” as some of these Google results suggest.
To me, entrepreneurial hunger is real hunger.
It’s working so hard you forget to eat. It’s looking at the clock at 1, thinking about lunch, and then picking your head up at 4 and [...]

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Okay, that title was too easy.
I’m just getting to a few weeks of RSS feeds and finding this gem by my buddy Charlie O’Donnell regarding “The Secret Life of Angels.”
Read it.
He knows what he’s talking about.

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Check out Darren Herman’s blog today.
He’s published an interview of me as a part of his CEO & Founders Series. You should also check out his first interview in the series with with Jordan and Abby from Haystack Media.
Thanks Darren. It’s my honor to be a part of the series.
By the way, the interview series [...]

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Got this via the AngelSoft Blog:
David Rose was recently featured on Presentation Zen.
Many folks know him for his business accomplishments or for founding and chairing the New York Angels. What many DON’T know about him is that he’s a presentation/pitch expert, and is often hauled into huge corporations to teach their execs how to [...]

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… I’d totally apply for the analyst position open at Union Square Ventures.
Last time they made this call, I had no idea I’d be doing what I’m doing today. I actually “came to” in the tech scene right as my buddy, Andrew Parker, got the job. The whole thing turned me on to the power [...]

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(photo credit: Dave Parmet)
A few weeks back, Charlie O’Donnell asked, in a blog post, an important question: “Why aren’t you working for a startup?“
Now it’s my turn to ask: “Developers of New York, why aren’t you working for BricaBox?”
Two weeks ago, Kyle and I posted a job opening at BricaBox on the nextNY job board, [...]

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With that headline, some of you would think we were replacing Kyle. Rest easy — we’re totally not doing that.
But I do want my technologically inclined readers, as well as any business folks interested in film and new media distribution, to take a look at these job posting for one of my friends’ new eFilm [...]

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