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Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
Dropbox CEO Drew Houston will be MIT’s 2013 Commencement speaker; Apperian Expands Executive Team With New SVP Global Sales and CMO...
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
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
Burst and The Sporting News Put Youth Sports In The Spotlight;  Commerce Guys Partners with Yottaa, Inc. to Bring Fast, Scalable and Secure eCommerce Acceleration Service to Drupal...
Entrepreneurship
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 Michael Sheeley - Co-Founder, Kickscout
I recently read Jack Dorsey's blog post, Let's reconsider our "users".  It is a great post and it reminded me of a post I wrote a few years back and was advised (for whatever reason) not to...
Expert Advice
Monday, November 5, 2012 Izzy Azeri - Co-Founder, Stackdriver
You are starting a new software company and you need to put together a business plan. Part of that plan is a budget, and most of the near-term expenses in that budget are...
Expert Advice
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Larry Kim - Founder and CTO, WordStream
On the heels of Google’s “disappointing” earnings announcement last Friday – they generated a whopping $10.8 billion in advertising revenues in Q3 2012, up 5% from...
Technology Trends
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
Thursday, October 18, 2012 Matt Douglas - Founder and CEO, Punchbowl.com
As anyone who has started a company will tell you, the people you hire into your company are *critical* to the long-term success of the business. The employees set the tone and vibe...
Expert Advice
Friday, October 12, 2012 Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
Everyone knows that it's difficult to attract top talent, especially if your company is relatively new and unknown.  Here are some strategic ways to help you build buzz around...
Expert Advice
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 Dave Balter - Founder & CEO, BzzAgent
On October 25th, some of Boston’s best and brightest investors will be getting together to invest $100,000 (at least) in startups, live and on the spot.    It’s going to be a...
Entrepreneurship, Funding