Category Archives: Web Startup

Friday: Office Hours with David Aronoff

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Nate Westheimer

Most of my regular readers know that I’m a big fan of devoting a regular, set-time to meet new people. For those of us running companies and balancing our personal lives and hobbies/interests, we (I) get in a mode of … Continue reading →

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The New York Exit, The Soft Underbelly of NY Tech's Ecosystem, and IAC's Saving Grace

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Nate Westheimer

Last month, the idea that Foursquare could exit to Yahoo! for $120+ million had everyone abuzz. “This means NY tech has come to its own!” people exclaimed. Finally, we had a major player in the social web space. It was … Continue reading →

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Just 100%, totally stoked about NYC right now

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Nate Westheimer

Seriously folks, how can you not be totally stoked about what’s going on in NYC right now? Yesterday, I ended up at three awesome Internet Week events. Each had a unique and interesting crowd. Everyone had this great vibe going, … Continue reading →

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The Case for Four

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Nate Westheimer

Yesterday, my friend, mentor and colleague, Jeff Bussgang wrote a post questioning the validity of a 4 year vesting cycle for startup founders. On behalf of all the founders out there, I’m going to disagree. His argument: startup exits how … Continue reading →

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Congrats to Qlipso

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Nate Westheimer

Image via CrunchBase Last month, my friend Jon Goldman came to town and demoed Qlipso to a sold-out NY Tech Meetup audience. What we didn’t know at the time is that he was right in the middle of buying Veoh.com! … Continue reading →

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Startup Job Fair in NYC

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Nate Westheimer

In a few weeks, on April 9th, there will be a great event happening in NYC: The Startup Job Fair Like most great things that happen in this City, the Job Fair is a labor of love by some great … Continue reading →

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The Startup Story

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Nate Westheimer

A few weeks ago I went down to TechSpace to meet entrepreneur Sean Black and, for use on StartupAlley.net, talk about everything from the NY tech scene, to AnyClip, to my work with Flybridge Capital Partners. Here’s Part 1 of … Continue reading →

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The State of New York Technology

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Nate Westheimer

Colleagues, I am very excited to report that the state of the NY early stage technology ecosystem is strong. Very strong! In an analysis of every major component of the NY technology ecosystem, our industry scores nearly straight As; and, … Continue reading →

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Q&A: Private to Private Valuations

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Nate Westheimer

Image via Wikipedia A friend of mine sent me an email today, asking about a Private to Private sale of a website and how to Value it. I enjoyed thinking about the dynamics of this and enjoyed answering his question; … Continue reading →

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7 Deadly Demo Sins

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Nate Westheimer

I see a lot of presentations. Every month at the NY Tech Meetup I see at least 7 or 8 presentations, in the other community events I attend I see more, and as a VC, first at Rose Tech Ventures … Continue reading →

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