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Assertion Partly supported
Heitzmann: NYC engineers remain cheaper than SF as Bay Area costs surged
“So engineers, despite the challenge of Wall Street, were always at a discount to the Bay Area. The cost of living in San Francisco became much higher than New York in the last five to seven years.”
Rick Heitzman Nov 13, 2023 ▶ 23:55 Rick Heitzmann – New York Venture Investing at FirstMark Capital (EP.350)
Assertion Partly supported
Riot Games brought League of Legends to market with just $6.7M
“Riot brought League of Legends, which again is a multi-billion dollar per year franchise today, to market with 6.7 million dollars of capital.”
Rick Heitzman Nov 13, 2023 ▶ 53:11 Rick Heitzmann – New York Venture Investing at FirstMark Capital (EP.350)
Assertion Partly supported
US Search burned $70 million in nine months after its IPO
“Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns took them public. They raised about seventy million dollars and they burned through it in about nine months.”
Rick Heitzman Nov 13, 2023 ▶ 13:45 Rick Heitzmann – New York Venture Investing at FirstMark Capital (EP.350)
Assertion Partly supported
HyperScience processes billions of government forms for agencies like the DMV
“We have a company called HyperScience that processes billions of forms for the government to help basically process everything from DMV to Social Security payouts.”
Rick Heitzman Nov 13, 2023 ▶ 49:31 Rick Heitzmann – New York Venture Investing at FirstMark Capital (EP.350)
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