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Are you an international founder looking to build your startup in New York City? Join NYCEDC and FirstGen on Tuesday, July 9th for a deep dive into visa options for immigrant founders, including demystifying the "extraordinary abilities" visa categories. Co-hosted with Forum Ventures, The Knowledge Shop, and Free Agency. Learn more & RSVP below:
Our historical relationship to money has huge implications on how we think about financial risk-taking. These mindsets, cultural norms and lived experiences have big impact on decision making for founders. Join us in NYC on Tuesday, June 25th as we dive into how first generation and immigrant founders think about money - the mindsets, beliefs and constructs that shape decision-making. Thank you to our panelists for taking on this difficult, but needed conversation: Lei Bely-Cheng 成蕾, David Tswamuno, Ray Fu and Evelysse Vargas Thank you to Free Agency and Acronym Venture Capital for supporting this event. #firstgen #firstgenfounders #firstgenentrepreneurship #nyctech #nycfounders #nycstartups
Join us for our next conversation, this time we'll be talking about FirstGen: A Complex Relationship to Money.
Join us for our next conversation, FirstGen: A Complex Relationship to Money on Tuesday June 25th. Money and our relationship to it influences so much of how we make business decisions. Growing up with less means, often entails that first generation and immigrant founders have a more complex relationship to money than most entrepreneurs. The lived experiences and cultural norms can lead to a number of limiting beliefs or scarcity mindsets that have significant consequences on the decisions founders make and also the emotional burdens they carry. Join us for a conversation as we dive into how first generation and immigrant founders think about money - the mindsets, beliefs and constructs that shape decision-making. Thank you to our panelists which span the lived spectrum of the firstgen experience: ✔ Ray Fu, Co-founder and CEO at Nickel ✔ Lei Bely-Cheng 成蕾, Director, Wealth Advisor at Citizens ✔ David Tswamuno Funder and Managing Partner of Fairbridge ✔ Evelysse Vargas, Partner at BEA Venture Fund Link to register is below, we hope to see you there! Ines Gramegna James Hueston #firstgen #firstgenfounders #immigrantfounders #nyc #nyctech #entreprenuership #immigrant #founders
Congratulations to 3 FirstGen members on their acceptance into the NYU Tandon Future Labs Catalyst Program! The NYU Catalyst Program is structured mentorship and support to prepare companies for institutional funding and is a public-private partnership between NYU and NY State. 🔸 Manu Stephen and Vishnu Thyagarajan of StageZero working to accelerate R&D for medical device companies. 🔸 Ralph Nanad of 10clear working to automate financial statement compliance for public companies. 🔸 Tae Young Woo of Finestra working to bring price transparency to American health care. Thank you Vadim Gordin, Neta Kestenberg, Craig Wilson for the great work you do and for being wonderful partners to FirstGen!
On Monday night, FirstGen had the pleasure of hosting the second installment in our series of selling into health systems. We heard stories, experiences and candid and tactical advice from 5 founders who have successfully sold into a range of health systems across the US. Thank you to Dave Kerwar, John Hui, Samson Magid, Carl Madi and Chaitenya Razdan for sharing their time and experiences with us.
Thank you for the support on the event!