New InSITE officers elected
Tonight the metformin hydrochloride 850 mg InSITE fellows and board members gathered at P.J. Clark for our traditional end-of-year annual dinner and elections. One of the sentences that we heard over and over again in the candidates’ speeches was ‘InSITE has been the best thing that’s happened to me in business school…’. Many of us feel this way and are very excited to make this organization even stronger in the months to come. Everyone will have the opportunity to take on leadership roles next year, even those who didn’t win a formal position. Fellows can start a new initiative,...
Read MoreInSITE Speaking Event – Fred Wilson
For the third or fourth annual year, Fred Wilson came and spoke to the InSITE fellows about tech entrepreneurship in New York. It was an excellent event – as it is is every year – with Fred giving a brief history of his career, and thoughts on New York VC. After taking the fellows through his early career at Euclid Partners, Fred brought up an interesting lesson on career stages. He defined three stages as Learning, Earning, and Returning. Fred sees his career in the “Returning” stage, and all of the InSITE fellows, from New-York based graduate programs, certainly...
Read MoreA Quick Look at the Venture Capital Funding Environment
Since turning the page to 2011, now might be a good time to take stock of the VC funding environment. By all accounts, the startup ecosystem “feels” like it has fully rebounded from its post-Internet bubble lows, with major news outlets reporting healthy valuations for mature tech companies, a robust M&A market, and even the partial return of public market liquidity. Taking a look at VC industry data highlights a couple of interesting trends: 1) Transaction activity has increased more than dollars deployed, confirming the anecdote that “it costs less to start a business these...
Read MoreLife Sciences Angel Network and the InSITE Biotechnology Focus Group
The Life Sciences Angel Network (LSAN) recently had their kick-off event this past November. It is an organization of the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) and is focused on funding and promoting innovation through the scientists and entrepreneurs in the area. Their stated mission is to “provide young life sciences companies with financial and operational support, sector-specific mentorship, and access to a broad network of investors and entrepreneurs for subsequent institutional financing.” The organization is directed by Milena Adamian, an impressive physician scientist whose career...
Read MoreBring out your Start-Up’s Inner Snooki
There’s a debate that rages all over the interwebs and in the minds of entrepreneurs everywhere regarding what really makes a web/mobile start-up go (I’m not talking about harder science start-ups because I don’t know a lot about them yet). Many innovators like to think it’s having a better product than anyone in the marketplace. In this entry, I’d like to make the case for why a start-up’s “marketing” is of equal if not greater importance than the idea and product to the success of the company. Full disclosure: I’m a Law/Business guy, and this post is meant to have at...
Read MoreInSITE Leadership Series, David Pashman
David Pashman recently joined us for our Leadership Breakfast Series. David is the current legal team leader at Meetup.com, the “world’s largest network of local groups.” He has enjoyed a successful career moving from the world of large corporate law firms to in-house counsel in the technology space with time spent in consulting and business management in between. David has been a long time supporter of InSITE. During the breakfast David shared his love of his current position and the ups and downs of his unconventional career path. He was grateful for the professional experience and...
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