Finding legal help as a start up
If you metformin 1000 mg tab 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 MoreFinding the right cofounders
“I’ve got this great idea.” You hear it all the time, but how often do you hear a follow up of, “This thing has really taken off!” One of the MANY reasons for would-be-entrepreneurs talking rather than doing is that they are not able to find the right people to partner up with. Over a year ago, I felt that I had uncovered a large problem concerning how fashion sites were using their users’ social graph. I had an idea that I thought solved this problem and I decided to take the next steps to uncover whether or not I had something useful or even possible. I wrote up a...
Read MoreInSITE Fellow Benjamin Sesser publishes an essential guide for wannabe entrepreneurs
Benjamin Sesser, an InSITE Fellow and MBA student at NYU Stern (class 2012), has recently published an invaluable guide for aspiring entrepreneurs. You can read the full guide below or in his blog. Ben has worked in strategy, corporate development and investment banking, and is currently working on a venture in the health and wellness space that is “like LearnVest for fitness and wellness”. In his words, “I can’t say enough about how important InSITE has been for me. I came back to Stern and knew I wanted to do either VC or work with tech startups, and InSITE did more to...
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