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Saturday, October 5, 2019 - 7:33am
On October 2nd, five new companies and six founders graduated from Founder
Institute New York as the 20th cohort in New York City! The companies in
this cohort represented several industries including augmented reality,
healthcare, real estate, financial technology, and more. A noteworthy
mention for this cohort is that graduates are 83%, female founders!
Monday, August 26, 2019 - 9:39am
I will keep it short on why you might want to file a 83(b) Election with
the IRS and focus more on how to file it, since that is likely why you are
reading this. This article from Cooley Law does a pretty good job
explaining in much greater detail why making an 83(b) Election with the IRS
can be beneficial, as well as this explanation from Wealthfront. Now on to
the how to file your 83(b) election instructions.
Monday, August 19, 2019 - 8:38am
Over the weekend I saw one of the best Deepfakes of my life. If you don’t
know, the deepfake definition is when you combine and superimpose existing
images and videos onto source images or videos using a machine learning
technique known as generative adversarial network. The phrase "deepfake"
was coined in 2017. This is what I saw on Twitter on Friday and it blew my
mind.
Sunday, August 18, 2019 - 9:36am
Being creative is hard. It’s a lot like frequently going to the gym. When
your consistently going, it’s easier to keep going. But when you fall out
of it, it’s like climbing a mountain uphill to get back in your creative
flow.
Wednesday, August 7, 2019 - 7:31am
I started to wonder if it was possible to take a pulse of where the biggest
difficulties still exist for startups in 2019 and came up with this little
experiment I would love for you to participate in. I want to know your
answer to one question. If you could wave a magic wand and automate one
thing in your business, what would it be?
Thursday, August 1, 2019 - 8:31am
I am very excited to say that we have graduated the Inaugural Founder
Institute Buffalo cohort on July 18th. Nine new companies and founders
graduated from Founder Institute Buffalo from our Spring cohort. The
companies represented several industries ranging from fashion, to electric
vehicles, to daycare and more.
Thursday, May 30, 2019 - 8:20am
On May 28th, five new companies and seven founders graduated from Founder
Institute New York as the 19th cohort. The companies represented several
industries including real estate, financial planning, music therapy and
more.
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 - 1:21am
Bryan Janeczko has a colorful portfolio of businesses including: NuKitchen,
a food preparation service that helped people eat healthier, which was
later sold to Nutrisystem. Gro Academy, an on-demand startup academy,
Loeb, a new-approach to launching startups. Now, his latest venture that
is currently in the seeding stage is Nunbelievable Foods, a baked goods
company that turns their profits into feeding the homeless. Bryan was also
recently named Top 23 LGBTQ people in Tech.
Saturday, April 20, 2019 - 9:42am
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 8:04am
From being forced to layoff his whole staff, to selling his company for
$140 million, our next guest, Michael Diamant, has great insight on how he
became successful. Michael Diamant created a well-known brand with his
wife, called Skip Hop, which was sold to Carter’s for $140 million.
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 7:10am
Today, my guest is a fellow Founder Institute Director, Benjamin Chong.
Benjamin has been the director of Founder Institute in Australia since 2011
and is also well known as a partner at Right Click Capital.
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - 7:01am
Joining us today is Founder and CEO of Loeb.NYC and Loeb.ATL, Michael Loeb.
Loeb Enterprises is an early stage venture investing company and an
incubator for startups.
Friday, February 22, 2019 - 9:03am
Approaching two decades later, our guest, Brian McCullough’s company is
still going strong. Brian is CEO of ResumeWriters.com which is the longest
lasting company for this service, shout out to Brian.
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 - 9:34am
It is always impressive to watch when founders and creators show constant
persistence over time. One of the most persistent creators I have had the
pleasure of watching grow, I am proud to say I am married to. For the last
few years I have watched as Colleen has built Colors Of Colleen, a fashion
fix with a mindful mix.
Friday, February 8, 2019 - 10:21am
Ramphis is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He is the
co-founder of ScienceVest, a venture capital fund for hard-tech and life
science companies. He is an experienced technologist and product strategist
that has led and supported venture-backed teams from idea to exit. He is a
Kauffman Fellow and co-Chairs the NYC chapter of the Society. As a Fellow,
his research focused on the funding gaps for radical science companies in
the U.S., collecting interviews of over 200 stakeholders across the
research & commercialization ecosystem in the U.S.
Friday, January 25, 2019 - 8:34am
Author, Blogger, Entrepreneur, Teacher, Investor, and Consultant, also
known as our next guest, Nir Eyal. Well known for his blog, Nir & Far, Nir
writes about “behavioral design” the intersection of psychology, technology
and business. He helps companies with techniques to motivate and manipulate
users.
Thursday, January 10, 2019 - 11:47am
On January 8th, eight new companies graduated from Founder Institute New
York as the 18th cohort. The Founder Institute New York reviews are in and
this was a great cohort to work with.
Tuesday, January 1, 2019 - 9:16am
I usually write a short blog post for the New Year. Even something as
simple as Happy Holidays or Happy New Year; and this year I wanted to share
a little as well! I shared a bit in my last post on how everyone can create
a personal plan for 2019. I wanted to also share some of the areas I will
be focusing on improving in the new year.
Thursday, December 27, 2018 - 11:03am
The past year has been a long grind and while it’s not January yet, admit
it, the thoughts of creative ways you can reinvent yourself in the new year
have probably already started. You have probably been extremely busy these
past twelve months, but, as you know, being busy does not mean you are
being productive.
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 - 11:37am
Fascinated about how things worked and technology from a young age, today’s
guest, Byron Reese, makes you question, are you a machine?