Finding legal help as a start up
If you metformin side effects weight gain are like me, the only thing you know about the law is that you should plead the fifth when you did something wrong and don’t want to admit it … not that I’ve ever done anything wrong though . When my team and I began creating ThreadMatcher, we realized that this was something we would be investing all of our time to. In order to get it started right, we knew that we needed legal help. (DO NOT get a lawyer unless you are going to follow through with your idea). Unfortunately, neither of my cofounders knew a ton about the law either. We started our search by asking anyone...
Read MoreInSITE Fellow attends the SXSW Festival in Austin
The average MBA student will use spring break as an opportunity to learn how business is conducted in a different part of the world. In true entrepreneurial fashion, I decided to take a less traditional path with my break. For the last few years I have been interested in attending SXSW, so for my spring break I opted out of an overseas experience and flew down to Austin, Texas. SXSW is an interactive festival with tons of speakers, panels, parties, and people. There are literally 20-30 different interesting things taking place at any point of the day. I equipped my iPhone with GroupMe to keep...
Read MoreThe Rise of the Healthcare Accelerator: NYC’s Blueprint Health
Blueprint Health, a somewhat unique element of New York’s growing entrepreneurial ecosystem, is one of the few healthcare focused incubators/accelerators in the country. On March 29th, the nine companies in the inaugural class pitched their companies to a standing-room-only audience. Based on these presentations, the companies seem ready to tackle the next phase of their development. Blueprint Health, founded by Brad Weinberg and Mathew Farkash, is a healthcare-focused accelerator with a large network of mentors and partners in the space. This winter, they hosted their inaugural class...
Read MoreInSITE fellows have breakfast with Spark Capital’s Mo Koyfman
What do 6 guys, 5 of whom are from Jersey, all have in common? Well, aside from being unafraid to consume most of InSITE fellow Brian Ballan’s delicious hot sauce with our breakfasts, a truly rare opportunity to sit down for an intimate conversation with Mo Koyfman, General Partner of Spark Capital this past Wednesday. After discussing the subtleties and nuances of hot sauce flavor, Mo was kind enough to let us pick his brain on a variety of topics regarding his experiences and forging careers as budding entrepreneurs and early stage investors. What follows are just a few nuggets of our...
Read MoreInSITE company BRANCH closes $2M round
On March 6th, former InSITE company Branch (previously Roundtable) announced that they had closed a $2M round led by Obvious Corp, Lerer Ventures and SV Angel. As part of the deal, Obvious will “join forces [with Branch] on the technology, the product design, the branding, the marketing, and several other aspects of this interesting new product bursting with potential.” Led by Josh Miller, Hursh Agrawal, and Cemre Güngör, Branch launched last summer as a “group blogging/debate platform.” Of their time with InSITE, Josh said “When we were heads down, obsessively tinkering with in...
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