Wednesday, September 29, 2010Chris Sheehan - Managing Director, CommonAngels
As a group of over 65 angel investors, we can be fairly diverse in our backgrounds, perspectives and how we each approach angel investing. So I thought it would be fun and maybe a bit insightful to share some perspectives from individuals in our group. Recently I sat down with Peter Bleleyben...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010Alex Moore - CEO and Founder, Baydin
We launched Boomerang for Gmail on Wednesday, August 11 at 10:30 PM. After 30 days, we went from a total of 55 downloads to over 70,000. Here’s what happened and some of the lessons we learned. Timeline: * Before Launch: 40-50 visits per day, (total: 55 downloads) * Launch Day (8/11): 3,524 visits...
Monday, September 27, 2010Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
One of the core goals of VentureFizz is to provide a platform where we can learn from other successful entrepreneurs - both their successes and failures. Octane is our new series, where we will interview local entrepreneurs in a Q&A format. We are hoping this new series will provide some great information...
Friday, September 24, 2010Simeon Simeonov - Founder and CEO, FastIgnite
I am not a fan of ideologies. Inflexibility of thinking or the ability to take reality into account rarely leads to great outcomes. Just look at history. Methodologies, on the other hand, I like. The difference between the two is in the level of critical thinking. A good methodology...
Thursday, September 23, 2010Nathan Burke - Marketing Manager, Aprigo
How do you get people to talk about your brand? There are dozens of tools out there that allow your content to be “sharable” (ShareThis, AddThis and AddToAny come to mind), but Spreadable, the new product from the team at Grasshopper Group is taking the focus away from sharing content, and instead concentrates...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010Ariel Diaz - Entrepreneur
I wrote previously about the four phases of the Internet, and how we're approaching the Mobile (+ Location) Internet. As a follow up to that post, I wanted to explore some specific areas and opportunities with this new paradigm. Solving "Local"
Many companies have tried to solve local, applying technological...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010Dave Broadwin - Partner, Emerging Enterprise Center at Foley Hoag
After Q1, I was wondering if the venture economy was back or if folks just thought so. At the end of Q1 things seemed to be on a steady upward trend; now they seem to be sputtering. Well, the Q2 results have now been reported on by many sources, including the three law firms that publish data, Foley Hoag...
Monday, September 20, 2010Todd Garland - Founder and CEO, BuySellAds.com
When I received an email from WebInno organizer David Beisel asking if I would like to be on a panel featuring local “Self-Funded Success Stories” for WebInno 27 I was immediately psyched. Last summer, BuySellAds.com was a main dish presenter at WebInno; winning the audience choice award that night...
Monday, September 20, 2010Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
Last Thursday, Scott Kirsner had an interesting post on his Innovation Economy blog where he talked about some of the perceptions shared by Governor Deval Patrick during a meeting with local venture capitalists. Check out the post by clicking here. Scott provided a number of examples...
Friday, September 17, 2010Jason Baptiste - Co-Founder, Cloudomatic
On Saturday, MIT hosted Startup Bootcamp to provide a diverse group of lessons to hopeful founders and those teetering on the edge of jumping into a startup. The tagline for the event was actually "Starting a company is easier than you think." The videos will be online soon as well if you want...
