Wednesday, January 30, 2013Nick Petri - Market Research Analyst, OpenView Venture Partners
Forecasting acquisitions in the technology world is an inexact science. And that’s putting it nicely. Occasionally they make sense, like when Amazon purchased Kiva Systems...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013David Skok - General Partner, Matrix Partners
“If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it” – Lord Kelvin. This article is a comprehensive and detailed look at the key metrics that are needed to understand and optimize...
Friday, January 25, 2013Joselin Mane - Co-Founder, BostonTweetUp
“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” This statement is the reason why we go to networking events. Because of social media a new style of networking has been...
Friday, January 25, 2013Alison Howard - Marketing Director, Highland Capital Partners
Six years ago, we started an experiment here at Highland
to see if we could find a better way to get to know the most promising
entrepreneurs at local universities. We recognized...
Friday, January 18, 2013Matt Fates - Partner, Ascent Venture Partners
Gartner made headlines recently when it predicted big data would create
4.4 million jobs by 2015. The analyst firm opined that there’s not
enough hired talent to...
Thursday, January 17, 2013Sean Marsh - Co-Founder and General Partner, Point Judith Capital
While it is likely that 2013 will be a year of reckoning for many
seed funded companies, I think the most important point about the
so-called “Series A Crunch” was recently made...
Friday, January 11, 2013Michael Greeley - General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
One of the more interesting press releases from the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA)
is the VC Quarterly Fundraising announcement which came out...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013Pawan Deshpande - Founder & CEO, Curata
2012
was a huge year for the content marketing space, and 2013 is likely to follow
suit. A growing marketing tactic in both popularity and success, content
marketing is being...
In our healthcare practice, we look to identify and invest in the
biggest trends in the marketplace. So what is the largest healthcare
trend today? If you ask healthcare...
Friday, December 28, 2012Owen Johnson - Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Betaspring
In a previous post, I discussed the importance of angel investors for the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Startups need angels. But do they need angel groups? As it turns out, formal angels...
