Investor Insights Brian Cohen Founder, New York Venture Partners
About Our Guest: Brian started New York Venture Partners to support the startup ecosystem he’s been a part of for nearly 45 years. As an angel investor and mentor to entrepreneurs, Brian served as Chairman of the New York Angels for nearly a decade. As one the most active angel groups in the world, they […]
Investor Insights with Glenn Argenbright Founder Quake Capital
About our Guest Investor: Glenn has over 20 years’ experience operating and running a variety of private, pre-IPO, and public technology companies. He has founded over a dozen startup ventures, resulting in three public offerings, nine exits, and billions in shareholder returns. His background includes expertise and projects in software, firmware, middleware, hardware, enterprise, SaaS, […]
Investor Insights Joe Milam, Founder, Angelspan
This highlight reel captured a few key moments and gives you a taste of the event. Warning to VCs you might not “appreciate” what Joe has to say. He has some strong opinions about why too many Venture Capitalist follow the pack, focus on optics vs fundamentals, and have unsophisticated investing practices. Joe did not disappoint (and […]
Investor Insights with Kyle Asman
Kyle Asman is the Managing Partner of Backswing Ventures, a private investment fund based in Orlando, Florida. Kyle was a Co-Founder of BX3 Capital, a NYC based Boutique Investment Bank. Kyle also spent time working at Duff & Phelps, and Goldman Sachs. He is passionate about working with and growing early stage companies. He has […]
Exploring the Boundaries Unveiling the Pros and Perils of Generative AI
Chat GPT has certainly put AI top of mind, and Arsen will be on hand to discuss how to navigate the Pros and Dangers of the technology. AI, or artificial intelligence, is a rapidly growing field that is transforming the way businesses operate. With the help of AI, businesses can improve their efficiency and gain […]
What do early-stage investors look for in a company?
Last week Bonnie Halper and I hosted Michael Kocan at our Investor Insights event. He shared a number of things that are on his list when evaluating a company for possible investment. These are his top 3: Some other characteristics Michael looks for include: Join us every other week for another discussion with a new investor to hear their […]
Investor Insights Hayden Williams Partner BrandProject
About our Guest Investor: Hayden joined BrandProject as a Partner in February 2019 and is based in the firm’s New York office. BrandProject is an early-stage venture capital fund that leads pre-seed and seed-stage rounds in consumer companies. BrandProject invests in digitally-enabled retail and virtual services, consumer platforms & marketplaces, and consumer products. Prior to […]
What Venture Capital Firms Don’t Want You to Know About Their Revenue
Last week Bonnie Halper and I hosted Jason Klein at our Investor Insights event. Jason is an experienced media CEO and builder of digital and traditional businesses who has led two successful turnarounds. He is the founder and CEO of On Grid Ventures with a portfolio of 25+ early-stage companies. Jason is co-President of the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels Association […]
Investor Insights Cris Haskell Angel Investor and Successful Serial Founder
About this Investor Insights event About our Guest Investor: Cris Haskell is a seasoned operator with 24+ years of executive experience in Enterprise, SME and most recently startups. He’s a rare breed generalist who has lived and breathed Tech and Product business models. He’s recently become an Angel investor and also is part of investment […]
RetireTech A Great Example of Event Marketing
Wow Wow Wow! What a day we had yesterday with Nassau Financial Group at re/imagine RetireTech summit 2.0 at Capgemini Financial Services Paul Tyler and Laura Dinan Haber knocked it out of the park and pulled together over 43 panelists/speakers for this one-day event. Here is just a snapshot of the content covered:– State of Innovation in Insurance and the Mind of the […]
