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As one of the proud sponsors of the NYC SeedStart Summer 2010 Program I wanted to put out a reminder that applications are due on February 28, 2010. 
 NYC SeedStart is an 8-week summer program designed to provide seed funding for technology teams to build a product and launch their company.   Up to 10 teams will be given a small amount of funding, …

It was recently announced that Walmart will be acquiring the video streaming company VUDU.   This is really interesting to me on many levels.  First let me say that as a VUDU consumer I love the service.  The selection of movies is good and the speed and quality of HD content that is delivered to my TV is outstanding. 
Can Walmart build …

Fred Wilson just wrote about a really interesting topic based on his recent visit to Wharton.  Can someone be taught to be an entrepreneur? Nature vs Nurture and Entrepreneurship
This is a really interesting question and one that is at the core of almost every hiring decision when building an early stage company.  Related to this question is: can an intrepreneur …

Today at Dogpatch Labs we held office hours which historically for all three locations has been a great time to meet new people dedicating their time to build interesting businesses.   One of the companies today is embarking on being a next generation publishing company dedicated to children’s stories.  As they are still in private beta I can’t disclose their …

A few times a month Jon Steinberg and I hold office hours at Dogpatch Labs NY which is a great time for us to meet really interesting entrepreneurs building exciting new companies.   It never ceases to amaze me at the quantity, quality and variety of ventures that are located in the NY metro area.  Last month for example two …

Polaris Venture Partners created Dogpatch Labs with the idea that the perfect environment for really early stage companies to develop and formulate their business was one that fostered open source entrepreneurism.   To make this concept work the space has to be open, desks in close proximity to each other and in some cases multiple companies sharing the same pod of …

Tonight we are having our first internal demo night where all Dogpatch Labs NY members will demo their products.  Great opportunity to get to know each other better and have open discussion about opportunities and challenges.   This is also the first dinner that is being cooked in out great kitchen.  Chris and David, founders of POSTLING are the designated …

It is really exciting to watch a young entrepreneur launch his first company.  Josh Weinstein was one of the first members of Dogpatch Labs NY having graduated Princeton only six months earlier.   He came to us with the idea that the advent of Facebook connect would create the opportunity to build the next evolution of on-line dating.   GoodCrush, …

Let me start out by thanking Jon Steinberg who mentored me through the process of creating my blog.  As he said…”now the fun begins”!   I look forward to sharing my thoughts and observations on the people and companies I meet and the trends I observe. And yes there will be times and moments during my life outside of Polaris …