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Vampire Hackathon: Bloodthirsty Hackers!
Monday, October 24, 2011 Dave Bisceglia - Co-Founder and CEO, The Tap Lab
Did you see a horde of undead developers ambling through Kendall Square at sunrise on Saturday morning? If so, don’t worry… The world isn’t coming to an end. Part Halloween...
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Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Voices
Founding CEOs: How Not to Get Fired by Your VC
Monday, October 17, 2011 Desmond Pieri - Interim CEO
When I was signing up for this year’s unConference, I was reminded how last year’s event was great because of the impromptu breakout sessions where it was fair game to discuss...
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Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
Landing pages: Bringing Speed to the Money Page [Infographic]
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Coach Wei - CEO, Yottaa
First impressions count and perceptions about your brand identity, offering and call to action all converge on the landing page.  It does not matter if the landing page is a product page with...
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Best Practices, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
Smarterer and FutureM: Boston’s Marketing Community Puts Itself to the Test
Monday, September 19, 2011 Jennifer Fremont-Smith - CEO and Co-Founder, Smarterer
One week ago today, the idea was born: support FutureM and put Smarterer to work by inviting the Boston marketing community to create a test about the future of marketing. We wanted a test...
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Best Practices, Technology Trends, Voices
So you want to be an entrepreneur, eh?
Friday, September 9, 2011 Rene Reinsberg - Co-Founder and CEO, Locu
This blog post is for people recently admitted into a MBA program who want to start a company post graduation. While there are many great blogs out there to help entrepreneurs and early-stage...
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Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
How Boston Can Step Up Our Game (hint: we are so close!)
Friday, August 19, 2011 Jason Jacobs, Founder and CEO, FitnessKeeper
It wasn’t too long ago that the Boston startup scene seemed to be panicking a bit. Lots of discussions started to form around how to step up our game and get our groove back. There were talks...
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Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Lessons Learned, Success Stories, Voices
False Market Signals
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Micah Rosenbloom - CEO, Novophage
How do you figure out if there’s a market for your product? This is one of the hardest questions to answer and arguably, the most important. When we started Handshake.com in 1999...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Innovation, Lessons Learned, Voices
Recruiting as a Strategic Weapon
Thursday, August 11, 2011 Jason Jacobs, Founder and CEO, FitnessKeeper
Many people talk about the importance of recruiting in building a startup. What most people mean by that is that attracting and retaining key talent is incredibly valuable. Here at RunKeeper...
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Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
Five Tips for Non-Toxic Networking
Friday, July 22, 2011 Jules Pieri - Founder and CEO, Daily Grommet
People tell me I am a power networker. I don’t see myself that way at all. I secretly prefer a book to a conference, any day. However, when at a business event I make the most...
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Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
How To Communicate With Investors. Tips For New CEOs
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Rob May - CEO and Co-Founder, Backupify
Andy Swan, one of my angel investors, asked if I would publish some of my investor emails. I’m not ready to do that, but I do think investor communication is important and difficult...
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Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices