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Wednesday, March 6, 2013 Nick Francis - Co-Founder & CEO, Help Scout
You are bound to hear the question dozens, maybe hundreds of times as a founder. How are you going to compete with Company XYZ? Can you differentiate from your...
Expert Advice
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 Bilal Zuberi - Principal, General Catalyst
RoughDraft.vc is an initiative that my partners Nitesh Banta, Peter Boyce and I started last year to provide the kind of unhindered financial and other support...
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013 Joel Lehrer - Partner, Goodwin Procter
Whether you’re a founder thinking about using third party software for your start-up, or thinking about how best to structure licenses to your software, it’s important to...
Best Practices
Monday, March 4, 2013 Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
Today, Startup Institute, formerly known as Boston Startup School, announced the building of Startup Institute New York. Startup Institute launched a year ago...
Entrepreneurship
Monday, March 4, 2013 Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
As they say in sales: "Time kills all deals."  But the statement applies to recruiting, too.  Here's a dreadful scenario you'll find familiar.  You and your team spend countless hours..
Expert Advice
Friday, March 1, 2013 Dennis Keohane - Contributor, VentureFizz
There was a great deal of buzz surrounding the official opening of PayPal’s new Boston headquarters on Thursday evening. A crowd of about four-hundred attended...
Entrepreneurship
Friday, March 1, 2013
One International Place is the new home of PayPal Boston, right in the heart of the financial district...
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Friday, March 1, 2013 Rob Go - Co-Founder and Partner, NextView Ventures
Early stage companies are often refining their stories or narratives.  It’s important for lots of reasons – inspiring team members, recruiting, creating focus, getting...
Entrepreneurship
Thursday, February 28, 2013 Stephen Kraus - Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
February is always a special month for me.   Yes, in the Hallmark sense, it is the time of the year to celebrate love but, for me, February is one big celebration of the best thing in...
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 Matt Douglas - Founder and CEO, Punchbowl.com
There are two types of people in a start-up: those who have the hunger, and those who don't. If you're working at a start-up and not sure if you are hungry...
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