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Our next Breakfast with An Investor will be Wednesday, May 20^th and our guest investor is Nnamdi Okike, Co-founder & Partner at 645 Ventures, a seed and early-stage venture capital fund that invests in software and Internet companies. While they launched just over a year ago, they’ve already invested in 15+ companies – and are actively looking to invest in more!

Nnamdi is an experienced venture capital investor, having spent eight years at Insight Venture Partners, where he sourced and invested in several successful companies, including Folhamatic (acquired for $300 million), Astaro (acquired by Sophos), and Hitwise (acquired for $240 million). He served on the boards of Kabum, CSSN and Folhamatic. He currently works closely with 645 Ventures’ portfolio companies Keaton Row, Trendalytics, Hire an Esquire, and Poshly. He serves on the board of AbbeyPost and Rifiniti. He received a BA in Biology, MBA and JD degrees from Harvard.

Bonus Breakfast this month: We’re also co-hosting a Brunch and Q&A with Brian Cohen, Chairman of the New York Angels, on Sunday, May 17^th. It’ll be a small group, so get your tickets now, and when are you going to have another opportunity to have brunch with the Chairman of one of the most active angel investing groups in the country? Register here. Read More...

Good morning, All,

First, a big thank you to Kelly Hoey, who spoke at our investor breakfast last week and was awesome, as usual. Our next Breakfast with An Investor will be Wednesday, May 20^th and our guest investor is Nnamdi Okike, Co-founder & Partner at 645 Ventures, a seed and early-stage venture capital fund that invests in software and Internet companies. While they launched just over a year ago, they’ve already invested in 15+ companies – and are actively looking to invest in more!

Nnamdi is an experienced venture capital investor, having spent eight years at Insight Venture Partners, where he sourced and invested in several successful companies, including Folhamatic (acquired for $300 million), Astaro (acquired by Sophos), and Hitwise (acquired for $240 million). He served on the boards of Kabum, CSSN and Folhamatic. He currently works closely with 645 Ventures’ portfolio companies Keaton Row, Trendalytics, Hire an Esquire, and Poshly. He serves on the board of AbbeyPost and Rifiniti. He received a BA in Biology, MBA and JD degrees from Harvard. Read More...

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Our next Breakfast with an Investor is this Thursday, April 16^th, with our guest investor Kelly Hoey. Speaker, strategist and investor, Kelly Hoey is known for her leadership in building valuable professional networks, understanding the dynamics of engaged communities and the “how” of raising visibility, online and off. She is also recognized for her “boots on the ground” leadership in the startup community by her investments in and promotion of women in tech. More on her below, and register here.

Admittedly, we’ve been a bit prickly lately, and for a reason: we miss the wow factor that we used to find in tech. Again and again. When processing speeds increased. When new programs were developed that kicked up the cool factor, like javascript. Yup, javascript. The web was pretty flat before that. The MacBook Air and sorry, IBM, but the ThinkPad was portable enough, but one needed to engage the services of a Sherpa in order to carry for an extended amount of time. Read More...

Good morning, All,

Our next Breakfast with an Investor will next Thursday, April 16^th, with our guest investor Kelly Hoey. Speaker, strategist and investor, Kelly Hoey is known for her leadership in building valuable professional networks, understanding the dynamics of engaged communities and the “how” of raising visibility, online and off. She is also recognized for her “boots on the ground” leadership in the startup community by her investments in and promotion of women in tech. More on her below, and register here.

We’ve never been a big proponent of fake it till you make it, but we know that many people are, and we do understand that when you’re starting out, many a times, you’re more or less making it up as you go along anyway. But that's different. Read More...

Good morning, All,

Our next Breakfast with an Investor will be on April 16^th, with our guest investor Kelly Hoey. Speaker, strategist and investor, Kelly Hoey is known for her leadership in building valuable professional networks, understanding the dynamics of engaged communities and the “how” of raising visibility, online and off. She is also recognized for her “boots on the ground” leadership in the startup community by her investments in and promotion of women in tech. More on her below, and register here.

Credit where credit is due: there was a book with the same title as our subject line. We never read it and draw no parallels. Overtly. Read More...

Good morning, All,

First, our thanks to Wiley Cerilli from First Round Capital, who spoke at our breakfast last week, when we ourselves were hoarse and could hardly speak. And our thanks to all of you who came out for it.

Our next Breakfast with an Investor will be on April 16^th, with our guest investor Kelly Hoey. Speaker, strategist and investor, Kelly Hoey is known for her leadership in building valuable professional networks, understanding the dynamics of engaged communities and the “how” of raising visibility, online and off. She is also recognized for her “boots on the ground” leadership in the startup community by her investments in and promotion of women in tech. More on her below, and register here. Read More...

Good morning, All,

Our next Breakfast with an Investor is tomorrow, March 18^th and our guest investor is Wiley Cerilli from First Round Capital. And notice that it’s called First Round Capital. Early stage.

Wiley Cerilli is a Venture Partner at First Round, and was founder of Single Platform, which was acquired two years after its founding by Constant Contact for $100M (What It Feels Like To Wake Up At 32 With Everything You've Ever Wanted). SinglePlatform was initially funded by First Round, and quickly went on to be named one of the Top 10 and 25 "Companies to Watch" by Business Insider, The Next Web and Website Magazine. Wiley has been named as a "Top 25 CEO" in New York, and "Top 10 People to Watch" by Crain’s. He also dropped in and out of school five times, and met his wife on Match.com. More about him below. Read More...

Good morning, All,

Our next Breakfast with an Investor is next week, March 18^th and our guest investor is Wiley Cirilli from First Round Capital. And notice that it’s called First Round Capital. Early stage.

Wiley Cerilli is a Venture Partner at First Round, and was founder of Single Platform, which was acquired two years after its founding by Constant Contact for $100M (What It Feels Like To Wake Up At 32 With Everything You've Ever Wanted). SinglePlatform was initially funded by First Round, and quickly went on to be named one of the Top 10 and 25 "Companies to Watch" by Business Insider, The Next Web and Website Magazine. Wiley has been named as a "Top 25 CEO" in New York, and "Top 10 People to Watch" by Crain’s. He also dropped in and out of school five times, and met his wife on Match.com. More about him below. Read More...

Good morning, All,

Our next Breakfast with an Investor is March 18^th and our guest investor is Wiley Cirilli from First Round Capital. And notice that it’s called First Round Capital. Early stage.

Wiley Cerilli is a Venture Partner at First Round, and was founder of Single Platform, which was acquired two years after its founding by Constant Contact for $100M (What It Feels Like To Wake Up At 32 With Everything You've Ever Wanted). SinglePlatform was initially funded by First Round, and quickly went on to be named one of the Top 10 and 25 "Companies to Watch" by Business Insider, The Next Web and Website Magazine. Wiley has been named as a "Top 25 CEO" in New York, and "Top 10 People to Watch" by Crain’s. He also dropped in and out of school five times, and met his wife on Match.com. More about him below. Read More...

Good morning, All,

FIrst, our thanks to Alicia Syrett, Founder and CEO of Pantegrion Capital, who spoke at our Breakfast with An Investor last week and made such amazing points that there were several requests for her to write a book. We're working on it.

Our next Breakfast with an Investor is March 18^th and our guest investor is Wiley Cirilli from First Round Capital. And notice that it’s called First Round Capital. Early stage. Read More...