Thursday, September 9, 2010Chip Hazard - General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
There has been a lot of debate lately in the investor community about VCs vs SuperAngels and the best approach to financing early stage companies. If you are an entrepreneur, you could spend all day catching up on the blog/twitter traffic, which of course makes it hard to focus on actually...
Wednesday, September 8, 2010David Beisel - Co-Founder and Partner, NextView Ventures
Most VCs drink beer, but how much do they realize that their industry is increasingly resembling that of the beer industry? Forgive me if I start a bit theoretical. The famed business strategist Michael Porter described a set of successful general strategies which firms employ to...
Tuesday, September 7, 2010Antonio Rodriguez - General Partner, Matrix Partners
Here is an end-of-the-summer thought for all of my friends in social media: We've all gotten so busy screaming into miasma of Twitter, Facebook, Buzz, etc. that we've forgotten the real magic of the net. As my buddy Doc said a decade ago: it's about conversations. Before there was social media...
Tuesday, September 7, 2010Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
Welcome to the... "summer is over" ...edition of our weekly email. And, what a great summer it was... some time off, amazing weather, and... several acquisitions. Well, I hope everyone's batteries have been recharged because the next few months are going to be very, very busy. Need proof? Just check out...
Thursday, September 2, 2010Victoria Song - Research Associate, Harvard Business School
With the entrance of Facebook Places last week, it is now clear that the core “check-in” feature in all the recent geo-location services has become commoditized. The check-in services that will manage to stay afloat in this tough competition are those which can differentiate....
Wednesday, September 1, 2010Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
Startup Bootcamp is a one day, free event at MIT where entrepreneurs and venture capitalists give talks on how to start a company. This year's event is being held on Saturday, Sept, 11th. Click here for the additional details. Speakers (so far) for this year's event include...
Monday, August 30, 2010Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
CardStar is a Boston based company that is building a consumer-focused platform connecting loyalty cards, merchants and coupons via mobile devices. Their loyalty rewards app has been downloaded over 1.4 million times and is available on all of the major app stores. Danny Espinoza (CTO & Co-Founder) was...
Monday, August 30, 2010Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
THE QUEST for Innovation is back!!! What is THE QUEST for Innovation??? It is a mobile scavenger hunt (using SCVNGR's mobile gaming platform) which brings together entrepreneurs and innovators to collaborate, compete, and celebrate the region's long legacy as a hub of global innovation. This event...
Monday, August 23, 2010Nathan Burke - Marketing Manager, Aprigo
Sometimes it is difficult to change your own prejudices. The moment I heard about Marginize, an app that lets anyone comment on any web page, my knee-jerk reaction was “Really? Another one of those?” In the past few years, dozens of apps have attempted to get people to comment on the “margins” of pages...
Monday, August 23, 2010Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
Rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat...once again it was another ultra active week in terms of deals... a total of eleven! The big news was Zynga's acquisition of Conduit Labs in Cambridge. Nabeel Hyatt, Conduit's Founder, will become head of Zynga Boston. More and more acquisition hungry...
