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Tuesday, October 9, 2012 Dave Balter - Founder & CEO, BzzAgent
On October 25th, some of Boston’s best and brightest investors will be getting together to invest $100,000 (at least) in startups, live and on the spot.    It’s going to be a...
Entrepreneurship, Funding
Friday, October 5, 2012 Patrick Campbell - Co-Founder & CEO, Price Intelligently
One of the biggest lessons we’ve learned within the world of pricing is that even though your price remains the lever that has the highest impact on your revenue, the subject is one...
Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 Greg Rublev - Founder & CEO, LeanWagon
As a typical startup founder I am often faced with difficult situations. Well, “often” is probably an understatement.  ”Always” is more like it.    As Steve Blank said in his Customer Development...
Entrepreneurship, Lessons Learned
Thursday, September 27, 2012 Jules Pieri - Founder and CEO, Daily Grommet
On the Friday that our Rakuten investment closed, It was formally concluded with a simple “the Eagle has landed” email from Yai-yan Sun, the Rakuten USA CFO.  She wrote...
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Voices
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Micah Rosenbloom - CEO & Chairman, Sample6 Technologies
In 1999, my internet start-up was valued at nearly $100M. I thought I had it made. Like many of my contemporaries at the time, I rented a nice apartment near the beach...
Best Practices, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
Friday, August 17, 2012 Ben Levitan - CEO, IMN
Take a second and think about your fellow employees—those whom you manage, your peers and even your managers or mentors—do you know what their strengths...
Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 Dave Balter - Founder & CEO, BzzAgent
Everywhere you turn these days, you find an angel investor. Aside from those who have always invested small amounts of cash in startups, more and more venture...
Best Practices, Funding, Lessons Learned, Voices
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 Jim McHugh - Experienced Executive & CEO Coach
First, let’s ask:  Why don’t acquisitions reach their strategic objectives?  Perhaps:  there are none – clearly defined strategic objectives don’t exist there’s no...
Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 Kevin Mandeville - Web Designer, Yottaa
Here at Yottaa we’re obsessed with making websites better, and a major component of that mission is improving website speed. Simply put: We eat, sleep, and breathe web...
Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Matt Douglas - Founder and CEO, Punchbowl.com
A few months ago, the entrepreneur/tech world was rocked by the awesome launch of DollarShaveClub. If you haven't heard of them, or haven't yet seen the launch...
Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices