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First-time founders share strategies for succeeding in a volatile market

BY CARA EISENPRESS

Here’s one way to become a leader in New York City’s tech world: get hired in consulting, jump to the fastest-growing local company and lead an impactful new team there. Or join the founders of an out-of-town startup in a sector you adore, learn as much as you can about scaling, and when the moment is right, move back to the city to take your own big swing. Maybe seek out the most innovative team at an established bank and become an expert on payments tech. Another option: Climb the ladder at the fourth most valuable tech company in the country until you run its largest ful llment center in the world.

ese are real-life stories of tech leaders whose paths to success in New York City’s technology world illustrate the momentum in the sector, even as challenges mount throughout the economy.

Crain’s New York spoke to more than a dozen upand-coming leaders, founders and investors, to identify who is at the head of the pack, the lineage

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