The Difficulties of a Distributed Team
Contributed by Jason Bell, Business Intern at Parse.ly In May, Parse.ly's co-founder and CTO, Andrew Montalenti, wrote a blog post titled Fully Distributed Teams: Are They Viable? Montalenti grouped team distributions into three categories: 1) Vertically Scaled: the entire team is located in one office space; 2) Horizontally Scaled: team ...
From Paper Prototypes to the #1 Education App: Paul Gollash Shares Challenges, Advice at Lean Startup Event
Contributed by Jessica Weeg, Public Relations Associate at Voxy Paul Gollash, the Founder/CEO of mobile and web-based language learning technology Voxy, spoke at a Lean Startup Meetup event last night in Soho. Along with SideTour's Co-Founder Mark Webster, the two entrepreneurs shared personal stories, challenges, and advice for aspiring entrepreneurs ...
John Frankel Speaking at the NYC Tech Media Meetup
This Wednesday, July 25th, John Frankel will be speaking NYC Tech Startup Journalism, Media, and Public Relations's inaugural meetup, which will be hosted in the ffVC fitness office. The NYC Tech Media Meetup group is currently in its infancy, conceived by founder Michael Fishbein as a forum to bring together journalists, media professionals ...
John Frankel at Dreamit Ventures Panel
Last Friday, July 20th, John Frankel spoke to a panel of young Israeli Entrepreneurs as part of the Dreamit Ventures Israel program. As an experienced early stage investor, John gave advice and perspective to the eager team members participating in this highly selective program. Dreamit Israel gives a group of ...
Patents.com Domain Up for Auction
ICAP Brokerage is managing the auction of the domain name, Patents.com. The minimum bid is $2.5 million, and will be auctioned at the upcoming 16th ICAP Ocean Tomo IP Auction on July 26, 2012, at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco, California. Premium domain names like Patents.com have becoming ...
Internship Opportunities at ffVC
**ff Venture Capital is looking for an intern to finish out the Summer and transition into the Fall.** If you're interested in learning more about venture capital, or our fast-growing portfolio of tech startups, consider applying to an internship at ff Venture Capital. During the internship, you'll have the opportunity ...
The Summer 2012 ffVC Interns
Yuni Sameshima is a rising senior at Colgate University, double majoring in Economics and Molecular Biology. Passionate about learning how things work, Yuni tackled the challenge of majoring in two completely different majors. He spent one summer as an analyst at Brean Murray Carret co, a small investment bank ...
