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...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013David Brown - Executive Director, TUGG
Boston tech’s biggest social fundraiser, the Seventh Annual New England Tech Charity Wine Party to benefit TUGG, is set to descend upon South End’s Cyclorama on...
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...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013Ashley Lane - Director of Research, Cassidy Turley
In the past 13 years, the topography of greater Boston’s
commercial tenant landscape has shifted significantly. In 2000, corporate campuses were king and
rapidly expanding...
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...
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...
Thursday, December 27, 2012Lee Hower - Partner and Co-Founder, NextView Ventures
A little more inside baseball from the VC biz… why VC’s rarely make
“crossover” investments, with capital from multiple funds the VC firm
manages invested in a single startup...
Friday, December 21, 2012Owen Johnson - Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Betaspring
Angel investors are an important source of capital for early stage
startups. Without them, many startups would never get beyond the idea
phase. However, not all angels are...
Thursday, December 20, 2012Ralph Folz - CEO, WordStream
For
many new companies, the first few months – and sometimes years – are just
focused on getting things off the ground. Creating a solid business model,
securing funding...