Video: Stories on finding co-founders from New York’s top startups and investors

Building a great team is a key component in execution. Learn from some of New York’s best entrepreneurs about finding great co-founders. Featured in this video are: Warby Parker, Food52, Proclivity Media, OKCupid, Birchbox, SideTour, Union Square Ventures, Tumblr, betaworks and bitly.

Video: Don’t practice your pitch — and other tips about the art

In this video, some of New York’s top startups and investors share their advice about pitching. One that stood out was the idea that either you practice really hard for your pitch, or not at all. For Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur, co-founders of fashion startup Of a Kind, spontaneity works best for them, and rehearsing for a pitch results in them not coming across as authentic. Hayley Barna and Katia Beauchamp of Birchbox, on the other hand, take the opposite approach, making sure they perfect the message and delivery of their pitch.

Also check out this video on dealing with failure, also by the folks from NY Tech Meetup.

Video: Stories on failure from New York’s top startups and investors

Hear about stories and thoughts on failure from some of top startups and investors from the New York Tech Meetup. Featured in this video are: Peter Stern of bitly, Sam Yagan of OkCupid, Andy Weissman of Union Square Ventures, David Tisch of TechStars, as well as Hayley Barna and Katia Beauchamp of Birchbox.