by synergycap1 | Jul 24, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Finance, Hot Spots, Working Capital
We live in a work-from-anywhere culture. We’re mobile. So if you’re going to ask people to work somewhere it has to have an energy, an excitement. Down under the Manhattan Bridge overpass, something big is happening. Twenty years ago this community between...
by synergycap1 | Jul 19, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Finance, Hot Spots, Working Capital
As someone who enjoys making money on my investments, I find it useful to consider where money-making investments come from. My experience has been that luck plays a huge role. But that luck seems to be concentrated in certain parts of the world. More specifically, my...
by synergycap1 | Jul 19, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Finance, Hot Spots, Working Capital
Twice in the past month, I have had the privilege of exploring and experiencing Eastern Canada’s fast-developing startup ecosystem. In Toronto, where I went in June to host a breakfast to expand my syndicate, Gaingels, to the city, a host of strong accelerators...
by synergycap1 | Jun 26, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Finance, Hot Spots, Working Capital
About three years ago, I thought it would be fun to teach a course about Paris startups. But I was pretty sure there were none. After some research I found out I was wrong. There was enough going on there in 2014 to launch Babson College’s Paris Startup Strategy...
by synergycap1 | Jun 16, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Finance, Hot Spots, Working Capital
By Jon Xavier | Stanford Business Contributor Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer Federico Antoni will tell you that he was never supposed to be a venture capitalist. But then, his home of Mexico City was never supposed to be a VC mecca either. When the...
by synergycap1 | Jun 14, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Finance, Hot Spots, Working Capital
There’s a reason why seven of the top ten American cities to start a business are in the Midwest. Universities are producing stellar local talent at a fraction of the cost, community support is unparalleled and the cost of living has not yet skyrocketed. So...
