Thursday, November 29, 2012Matt 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...
Monday, November 19, 2012Eric 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...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012Rob 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...
Thursday, November 8, 2012Fred 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...
Thursday, November 1, 2012Nick 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...
Friday, October 26, 2012Dave 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...
Friday, October 26, 2012Lee 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...
Wednesday, October 10, 2012Bilal 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...
Wednesday, October 10, 2012Michael 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...
Tuesday, October 9, 2012Rob 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...