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Wednesday, March 6, 2013 Nick Francis - Co-Founder & CEO, Help Scout
You are bound to hear the question dozens, maybe hundreds of times as a founder. How are you going to compete with Company XYZ? Can you differentiate from your...
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Monday, March 4, 2013 Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
Today, Startup Institute, formerly known as Boston Startup School, announced the building of Startup Institute New York. Startup Institute launched a year ago...
Entrepreneurship
Monday, March 4, 2013 Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
As they say in sales: "Time kills all deals."  But the statement applies to recruiting, too.  Here's a dreadful scenario you'll find familiar.  You and your team spend countless hours..
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Friday, March 1, 2013 Rob Go - Co-Founder and Partner, NextView Ventures
Early stage companies are often refining their stories or narratives.  It’s important for lots of reasons – inspiring team members, recruiting, creating focus, getting...
Entrepreneurship
Thursday, February 28, 2013 Matt Douglas - Founder and CEO, Punchbowl.com
There are two types of people in a start-up: those who have the hunger, and those who don't. If you're working at a start-up and not sure if you are hungry...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013 Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
The AdTech sector in Boston continues to thrive with many companies like DataXu and Fiksu seeing incredible growth.  Nanigans is another company that is leading the charge...
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Monday, February 25, 2013 Izzy Azeri - Co-Founder, Stackdriver
There has been a lot of buzz lately about startups being "Orphaned" after a Seed round--a phenomenon that has been dubbed the “Series A Crunch”...   
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
Wayfair.com, the largest online retailer of home products and furnishings, today announced the launch of Daily Fair, a new flash sale feature to engage...
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013 Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
The Harlem Shake is the latest dance video to go viral and we spotted two tech companies in Boston doing their own version of this 30 second dance...
Entrepreneurship
Monday, February 18, 2013 David Beisel - Co-Founder and Partner, NextView Ventures
VCs like to give out homework. They won’t call it that, though. But rather they use words like “diligence” and “information requests.” Just like in school, the homework can actually...
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