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Negotiating a university license
Friday, January 21, 2011 Micah Rosenbloom - Founding Partner, Founder Collective
Universities are TechStars on steroids. Some of the most influential companies in the US can be traced back to university roots. (e.g. HP, Sun Microsystems, Bose...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Voices
Lessons Learned after a Startup Acquisition
Thursday, January 20, 2011 Matthew Mamet - Head of Customer Development, EditMe
Really excited to post that EditMe, the startup I’ve been working on, has been been acquired. You can read all about it on our blog. For this post, I wanted to write...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
Core Peer Groups: How I Found a Co-Founder, Built a Prototype, and Raised $5M in Less Than 4 Weeks
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 Brian Balfour - Co-Founder and VP Product Marketing, Viximo
The $5M Keg - In 2007 I was 23 years old, working full time as a product manager at ZoomInfo while moonlighting on a number of entrepreneurial side projects. I had previously...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Funding, Lessons Learned, Voices
Octane: Gil Zimmermann - CEO & Co-Founder, Aprigo
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
Today, we have our first Octane segment of the new year and we are excited to have Gil Zimmermann as our guest! Gil is the CEO & Co-Founder of Aprigo in Waltham. Aprigo is a VC backed cloud...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Funding, Lessons Learned, Octane, Voices
VentureFizz - Boston's Weekly Tech Buzz (Jan 10th - Jan 17th)
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
You know you're a big deal if Mass High Tech sends out a breaking news alert about your job change. This is what happened to Gus Weber last week, as he announced his...
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Top 5 Hiring Tips for Startups
Friday, January 14, 2011 Jeff Bennett - CEO, Swap.com
Building a great team is crucial to ensuring the success and sustainability of any startup venture. But, there are potential pitfalls to consider, and there’s little room...
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Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
Walking Away From Liquidity
Thursday, January 13, 2011 Jeff Bussgang - General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
With big tech companies awash in cash, nearly every analyst out there is predicting that the M&A market will heat up in 2011. At a (pre-blizzard) conference I attended...
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Entrepreneurship, Lessons Learned, Voices
Compensating Your First Sales Leader
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 Firas Raouf - Venture Partner, OpenView Venture Partners
I have been spending a bit of time on Quora to answer questions asked by early stage software entrepreneurs… all part of my role as an early stage software investor who...
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Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
Make Time Work For You
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 Dave Perlman - Founder, CTO BootCamp
When I talk to my friends and colleagues about the problems they face, most say that time is their toughest enemy. Like other issues CTOs face, time can be managed...
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Best Practices, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
How much seed capital should you raise
Monday, January 10, 2011 Bijan Sabet - General Partner, Spark Capital
I was asked this question yesterday by a founder. I hear this question all the time so I thought I would write down my thoughts. The short answer is you should raise a...
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Entrepreneurship, Funding, Lessons Learned, Voices