http://newyork.corante.com/ en-us basulto@gmail.com 2005-11-29T09:38:02-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/11/29/nysia_incubator_launch_party_tonight.php The NYSIA Incubator @ 55 Broad Street is having an invite-only launch party tonight: "Join local venture capitalists, government officials, and business leaders on Tuesday, November 29, for the launch of the NYSIA Incubator @ 55 Broad Street, New York... 51347@http://newyork.corante.com/ Venture capital 2005-11-29T09:38:02-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/10/13/podcast_interview_with_the_cofounder_of_ibms_venture_capital_group.php Last month, Gregory Galant of VentureVoice had a chance to sit down with Drew Clark, the co-founder of IBM's Venture Capital Group, for a 40-minute podcast. Clark touches on a number of issues, such as how IBM is making... 51244@http://newyork.corante.com/ Venture capital 2005-10-13T07:57:29-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/10/08/venture_capitalists_want_order_makers_not_order_takers.php New York venture capitalist Ed Sim explains that the sales team of a young start-up company needs to be hungry, motivated and unwilling to take "no" for an answer. Instead of waiting for the phone to ring, the salespersons... 51225@http://newyork.corante.com/ Venture capital 2005-10-08T10:47:33-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/10/05/if_you_invent_it_they_will_come.php Adam Balkin of NY1 takes a look at some award-winning inventors - the "Thomas Edison’s and Alexander Graham Bell’s of today." The inventors were recently honored at Popular Mechanics Magazine's annual Breakthrough Awards Ceremony. Among the inventions noted by... 51217@http://newyork.corante.com/ Venture capital 2005-10-05T08:05:41-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/09/19/fort_telecom_the_bronx.php When you mention the South Bronx, probably the last thing you think of is telecom. IEEE Spectrum has a nice feature on Urban Telephone and Video, a telecom company based in the South Bronx that competes with Time Warner... 51149@http://newyork.corante.com/ Venture capital 2005-09-19T16:37:03-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/08/31/marist_college_and_the_world_of_tomorrow.php If you're a small business owner looking for help in starting up a new business, according to MSNBC (via Entrepreneur.com), one good place to look is a local university: "Almost every reputable business school has an entrepreneurship program these days,... 51081@http://newyork.corante.com/ Venture capital 2005-08-31T20:21:14-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/08/25/in_the_world_of_venture_capital_ibm_supports_open_standards.php IBM has created a new seven-person venture capital advisory council to "help accelerate innovation in deploying open standards-based solutions, especially for emerging markets around the world." According to IBM, it's important to back open standards in key emerging markets such... 51044@http://newyork.corante.com/ Venture capital 2005-08-25T06:55:38-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/08/22/maxdelivery_and_the_1_million_shoestring.php Last week, the New York Post had a brief profile of New York-based MaxDelivery, the latest reincarnation of Internet delivery service Kozmo.com. Obviously, there is demand across the city for Internet delivery services -- the only problem is finding an... 51026@http://newyork.corante.com/ Venture capital 2005-08-22T07:55:11-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/08/18/the_new_york_post_wants_to_help_the_citys_entrepreneurs.php Mostly as a favor to Rupert Murdoch (he doesn't know it, though), we've been browsing the New York Post each day for little snippets of business and tech wisdom. In today's paper, there's a pull-out section called "NYP Biz" that... 51010@http://newyork.corante.com/ Venture capital 2005-08-18T08:29:15-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/07/14/newark_as_an_entrepreneurial_hub.php Thinking about launching a new start-up in the New York metropolitan area but not sure where? Try Newark. Yes, that's not a misprint. According to Business Week, "the New Jersey city had a long slide but is now climbing back... 50888@http://newyork.corante.com/ Venture capital 2005-07-14T07:00:48-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/07/13/colin_powell_is_now_a_venture_capitalist.php Looks like all that's required to be a venture capitalist these days is a fat Rolodex, a BlackBerry, and a little curiosity about new technology. The New York Times reports that former Secretary of State Colin Powell is joining legendary... 50875@http://newyork.corante.com/ Venture capital 2005-07-13T07:11:11-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/07/12/pitching_a_vc_via_podcast.php Matt Marshall and John Boudreau of the San Jose Mercury News point out that New York VC Fred Wilson is experimenting with podcasts as a way of reaching out to fledgling entrepreneurs: "He's soliciting entrepreneurs to send him their company... 50868@http://newyork.corante.com/ Venture capital 2005-07-12T06:23:43-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/07/09/a_bounty_for_boonty.php Boonty, a Manhattan-based distributor of downloadable video games, has raised $10 million in series B venture capital funding. The new investment financing will be used to expand Boonty’s technology as well as sales and marketing operations in North America, Europe... 50861@http://newyork.corante.com/ Venture capital 2005-07-09T06:21:16-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/07/07/new_york_adware_firm_rakes_in_35_million.php Who's responsible for all that adware and spyware clogging up the pipes of your PC? Maybe it's greedy venture capitalists. New York-based advertising software company WhenU has just raised another $15 million in VC financing so that it can continue... 50850@http://newyork.corante.com/ Venture capital 2005-07-07T07:23:12-05:00 http://newyork.corante.com/archives/2005/07/07/another_internet_casualty_from_1999_shows_signs_of_life.php The folks over at alarm:clock have put together a great collection of features and profiles of VC-backed companies. One of the companies recently profiled is New York-based BeliefNet, which was founded in 1999 by a veteran of US News &... 50847@http://newyork.corante.com/ Venture capital 2005-07-07T06:20:13-05:00