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Welcome to the Dog House
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 Tony Longo - Founder, BlockAvenue
So you really want to know what it’s like inside one of the best technology incubator spaces in the country?  Well, allow me to introduce the one, the only, One Cambridge...
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Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Voices
Punchey, Payments & Loyalty Rewards Startup Launches and Raises $1.7M in Funding
Saturday, August 18, 2012 Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
Punchey is launching their small business payments and...
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Entrepreneurship, Funding, Innovation, Voices
Apple Stores: Brilliant Branding but a New Product Speed Bump
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 Jon Steiman - Co-Founder, Spottah
Apple TV is an aberration from every other Apple product. Rather than being an all-in-one device, Apple TV is a component that plugs into televisions manufactured...
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Opinions, Technology Trends, Voices
Meeting Funding Requirements for Your Start-Up
Thursday, August 2, 2012 Andy Palmer & Mike Stonebraker - Serial Entrepreneurs
Ok, you have the #1 requirement for starting a company:  a good idea that’s commercializable. Now, what’s the best way to get the money...
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Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Funding, Voices
Social and eCommerce
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 Sean Marsh - Co-Founder and General Partner, Point Judith Capital
In the wake of the Pinterest round valuing the company at $1.5B from the Japanese ecommerce giant Rakuten, it is hard not to notice that social and ecommerce have...
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Lessons Learned, Opinions, Technology Trends, Voices
The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 2]
Friday, July 20, 2012 Lee Hower - Partner and Co-Founder, NextView Ventures
Last week I wrote about some of the common factors that have led great VC firms to stumble or even fade from existence entirely.  I wanted to follow-up with some...
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Funding, Lessons Learned, Success Stories, Voices
The War on 'Free' Clicks: Think Nobody Clicks on Google Ads? Think Again!
Thursday, July 19, 2012 Larry Kim - Founder and CTO, WordStream
If you use Google search (and who doesn’t), you may have noticed that sponsored results (pay-per-click, or PPC, ads) have been taking over more and more of the search...
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Expert Advice, Technology Trends, Voices
Founders: Are You Stuck Before You Start?
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Andy Palmer & Jim McHugh - Entrepreneurs / Advisors
Between us, my long-time friend (and fellow blogger) Andy Palmer and I have started a lot of companies. We also advise many other companies and look at even more pitches from...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
Shorter Flights at Lower Heights: The Right Way To Angel Invest
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 Dave Balter - Founder & CEO, BzzAgent
Everywhere you turn these days, you find an angel investor. Aside from those who have always invested small amounts of cash in startups, more and more venture...
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Best Practices, Funding, Lessons Learned, Voices
The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1]
Thursday, July 12, 2012 Lee Hower - Partner and Co-Founder, NextView Ventures
I happen to be fascinated by the history of the VC industry, and one of the things we discussed at a recent offsite are the common threads behind the rise and fall of great...
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Entrepreneurship, Funding, Innovation, Voices