The New York Angels is a group of 61 individual investors who have invested more than $40 million in more than 70 startups ever since the group launched in 1997. The organization’s vice chairman is Brian Cohen, who himself has a long history of entrepreneurship—the lessons from which he tries to pass along to the new class of young companies.
Cohen was the founding publisher of Computer Systems News and InformationWeek, both published by CMP Publications. In 1983, he founded Technology Solutions Inc., New York’s first marketing and PR agency focused entirely on science and technology. He sold the company to The McCann Erickson World Group (owned by Interpublic Group) in 1997.
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Author:Arlene Weintraub
