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Thursday, November 29, 2012 Matt Fates - Partner, Ascent Venture Partners
We are very pleased that our second B2B Enterprise IT Forum was so well received.  Thank you for all of the positive feedback.  We had a strong turnout, smart...
Expert Advice
Monday, November 19, 2012 Eric Peckham - Founding Partner, Tufts Venture Fund
Tufts University has supposedly been fairly quiet on the startup scene—neighbored by Harvard and MIT, innovations and ventures coming from Walnut Hill in Somerville don’t...
Entrepreneurship
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Rob Go - Co-Founder and Partner, NextView Ventures
I got this question on a panel last week, and coincidentally, I had a couple folks on Twitter tweet out the same question.  Generically speaking, the question is...
Funding
Thursday, November 8, 2012 Fred Destin - Partner, Atlas Venture
Story of of the last few years in Venture Fund Land : large institutional investors concentrate money with fewer managers and flagship brands AND / OR find emerging managers...
Funding
Thursday, November 1, 2012 Nick Petri - Market Research Analyst, OpenView Venture Partners
With Windows 8’s official release last week, many were shocked by the degree to which the new operating system departed from many longstanding Windows conventions...
Innovation
Friday, October 26, 2012 Dave Broadwin - Partner, Emerging Enterprise Center at Foley Hoag
I can’t say how often I have been called the first time an entrepreneur has to fire someone.  BTW, I get that call from seasoned execs as well.  Nobody likes to do it and...
Expert Advice
Friday, October 26, 2012 Lee Hower - Partner and Co-Founder, NextView Ventures
The VC industry (both the GP part and the LP part) pays attention to the sector’s returns, but the broader tech ecosystem only occasionally tunes in.  Typically it’s...
Funding
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 Bilal Zuberi - Principal, General Catalyst
I attended the annual Startup Bootcamp at MIT yesterday. It was the best thing I could possibly have done on the Columbus Day holiday. Kudos to the amazing group of...
Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 Michael Greeley - General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and Thomson Reuters released today the 3Q12 VC fundraising data, which is a report I eagerly await as it is a barometer of...
Entrepreneurship, Funding
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 Rob Go - Co-Founder and Partner, NextView Ventures
I was spending some time with an MIT senior who is very involved with the startup community and has spent some time working at venture funded companies.  We were...
Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice