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Interview: Charlie O’Donnell Part 3 of 3

3 Comments 10 March 2010

Part 3 in this series focuses on Charlie’s upcoming launch of the New York chapter of The Open Angel Forum and gives a key piece of advice to anyone thinking about starting a company. Sean: Tell me a little bit about the [Open] Angle Forum I know you’re bringing it to New York soon so interesting [...]

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This Week in Silicon Alley: Tech+Media Events (3-08+)

0 Comments 08 March 2010

Looking at all the events on Garysguide this week I can’t help but think of the late 90’s in Boston when there were between 2 and 10 events every night to chose from. It’s was overwhelming then and its overwhelming now – in a good way! It just proves that the New York Tech scene [...]

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New York Isn’t Silicon Valley And That’s Why We Love It!

0 Comments 07 March 2010

On the heels of posting part 2 of my interview with Charlie O’Donnell of First Round Capital about why New York is a great place to start a technology company The New York Times published an article in today’s Technology section about the very subject. Yesterday I interviewed Nate Westheimer, the Executive Director of the New [...]

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Interview: Charlie O’Donnell, First Round Capital, Part 2 of 3

1 Comment 06 March 2010

Part 2 of my interview with Charlie focuses on why New York is a great place to start a company and talks about why the early stage funding gap in New York has largely been closed. Sean: So change of focus a little bit, what do you think about, sort of, what I’m calling the reemergence [...]

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Farewell Trulia: 4.5 Years Of Startup Advice

3 Comments 05 March 2010

Last week I officially announced that I am leaving Trulia at the end of March after 4-1/2 incredible years to start another internet company. I am incredibly proud of all that we accomplished during my tenure at Trulia. Most notably, we grew the team from five to over 100 ridiculously smart and talented people, raised over $33M [...]

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Interview: Charlie O’Donnell of First Round Capital Part 1 of 3

0 Comments 01 March 2010

Part 1 of my interview with Charlie O’Donnell above and below focuses on financing startups, pros and cons of incubators like TechStarts and YCombinator, and First Round’s own investment criteria. Part 2 focuses on why New York is a great place to start a company and how the early stage funding gap in New York has [...]

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Ugh! LinkedIn Moving to Empire State Building!

2 Comments 21 February 2010

A very reliable source tells me that LinkedIn is moving its New York office from TechSpace in the West Village (and the heart of Silicon Alley) to the Empire State Building in Midtown. What are they thinking? The Empire State Building is just about one of the most depressing, tourist ridden buildings in New York [...]

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Productivity: Do Open Work Spaces Help or Hurt?

2 Comments 14 February 2010

I personally find open work spaces incredibly distracting, and therefore a very serious potential hindrance to productivity. As you can see from the photo above, we embraced the open floor plan from day one at Trulia and now have over 90 people in our San Francisco office sitting in 12,000 square feet of open space. We [...]

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A Sneak Peak at First Round Capital’s NYC Space in Union Square

0 Comments 10 February 2010

Chalie O’Donnell posted a pic on his blog: http://www.thisisgoingtobebig.com/ Posted via email from Sean Black

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Interview: Alfred Lin, COO of Zappos, On Company Culture

0 Comments 06 February 2010

I sat down with Alfred Lin after my tour of Zappos headquarters in Las Vegas a few weeks ago. I will post the video from the tour in another post. In the meantime, check out the incredible insights Alfred shared in the interview below. By the way, the video from the interview wasn’t usable, so [...]

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