I started to write this post two nights ago after Tuesday’s 45th NY Tech Meetup, but I found myself going off track writing on the NY tech scene in general. I think I’ll save that post and write an article about the NY tech environment that’s more deserving, no, more worthy of Internet Week New York (or as Meetup.com founder and host Scott Heiferman said, “whatever that means”). Instead, I’ll leave these tidbits from part of the night’s panel.

Scott asked the panel to give one piece of advice to the entrepreneurs and their startups. Here’s the gist of what they said:

• Mimeo (CEO Adam Slutsky) – “The team is most important.” “Start with the customer.”
• Thumbplay (VP/BD Chris Phenner) – “Get used to what each other smells like.”
• The Ladders (Marc Cenedella, CEO) – “Get going.” “Get real customers that send you angry emails and learn something.”
• DailyCandy (Catherine Levene, COO) – “Focus. Figure out what you’re doing and do it well.”
• Meetup (G.Whalin, CTO) – “Have a vision and stick to your guns.” “Launch iterate. Launch iterate.”
• Etsy (Rob Kalin, CEO) – “Head down and work.”
• Huffington Post (Jonah Peretti, Co-Founder) – “Be flexible.” “Know yourself”
• Huffington Post (Betsy Morgan, CEO) “Leave behind conventional rules.”
• AlleyCorp (Kevin Ryan, CEO) – “Carve out a market that people didn’t realize existed.”

Thanks to CenterNetworks for the video!

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