Rob Go - Co-Founder and Partner, NextView Ventures
I was having coffee a few weeks back with a friend who is at a large, very successful VC. We were chatting about one of the senior partners at his firm, one that I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know (but not as well as I would like). I’ve never really been able to articulate why I’ve enjoyed...
Chip Hazard - General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
There has been a lot of debate lately in the investor community about VCs vs SuperAngels and the best approach to financing early stage companies. If you are an entrepreneur, you could spend all day catching up on the blog/twitter traffic, which of course makes it hard to focus on actually...
David Beisel - Co-Founder and Partner, NextView Ventures
Most VCs drink beer, but how much do they realize that their industry is increasingly resembling that of the beer industry? Forgive me if I start a bit theoretical. The famed business strategist Michael Porter described a set of successful general strategies which firms employ to...
Antonio Rodriguez - General Partner, Matrix Partners
Here is an end-of-the-summer thought for all of my friends in social media: We've all gotten so busy screaming into miasma of Twitter, Facebook, Buzz, etc. that we've forgotten the real magic of the net. As my buddy Doc said a decade ago: it's about conversations. Before there was social media...
Welcome to the... "summer is over" ...edition of our weekly email. And, what a great summer it was... some time off, amazing weather, and... several acquisitions. Well, I hope everyone's batteries have been recharged because the next few months are going to be very, very busy. Need proof? Just check out...
The US economy and domestic job creation have been in deep shit lately and neither seem to be improving anytime soon. Intel co-founder Andy Grove recently wrote a profound article on BusinessWeek “How America Can Create Jobs” that I personally thoroughly enjoyed and spoke to the current market...
Victoria Song - Research Associate, Harvard Business School
With the entrance of Facebook Places last week, it is now clear that the core “check-in” feature in all the recent geo-location services has become commoditized. The check-in services that will manage to stay afloat in this tough competition are those which can differentiate....
Startup Bootcamp is a one day, free event at MIT where entrepreneurs and venture capitalists give talks on how to start a company. This year's event is being held on Saturday, Sept, 11th. Click here for the additional details. Speakers (so far) for this year's event include...
I’ve been thinking lately about how founders should decide when it is time to sell their startups and how to put aside the different incentives that often drive these decisions. Large VC funds have a strong appetite to fund entrepreneurs that want to swing for the fences. This was evident...
CardStar is a Boston based company that is building a consumer-focused platform connecting loyalty cards, merchants and coupons via mobile devices. Their loyalty rewards app has been downloaded over 1.4 million times and is available on all of the major app stores. Danny Espinoza (CTO & Co-Founder) was...
