Monday, July 26, 2010Chris Sheehan - Managing Director, CommonAngels
I recently caught up with Andy Payne to chat about what we are seeing in the internet startup world around Boston. Andy has been around the Boston scene for a long time – being one of the co-founders of Open Market, Revenio, and FanSnap. He is an adviser to Care.com and Kayak, and on the board...
Monday, July 26, 2010Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
Last month, Eric Paley (Founder Collective) hosted another Founder Dialogues event. This time he had a sit down discussion with Mick Mountz, Founder & CEO of Kiva Systems in Woburn. It was another inspiring story, where they covered the full spectrum: earlier in Mick's career, starting...
Friday, July 23, 2010Andrew Parker - Senior Associate, Spark Capital
I once took a fiction writing class taught by an author named Adam Johnson (who is quite talented). He talked about how he borrows techniques from his favorite works and authors. He never borrows just the superficial layer… in other words, he’d never steal an analogy directly or borrow...
Thursday, July 22, 2010Mok Oh - Founder and CTO, EveryScape
1. Not all $ is equal - Investors will be your partners, advisors, and sometimes (but not too often) co-workers. Be sure you can leverage their experience and specialties. Depending on how much value add they can be, the investment will (and *should*) be worth more than...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010Matthew Mamet - Head of Customer Development, EditMe
Baydin is a local startup building plugins to improve the way we use email. A former TechStars graduate, Baydin has launched a few different products to make using email better in MS Outlook - Unsearch, which won this year's Enterprise 2.0 Launchpad competition , and Boomerang, the "email snooze...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010Brian Balfour - Co-Founder and VP of Marketing, Viximo
This week's topic on Fizzlosophy is: What are 3 points of advice for first time entrepreneurs raising venture capital? Today's guest contributor is Brian Balfour. Brian is a Co-Founder of Viximo, a social gaming platform company based in Cambridge. Viximo is funded by Sigma Partners...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
On June 22nd, Eric Paley of Founder Collective hosted his second Founder Dialogues event. This event's guest speaker was Mick Mountz, CEO and Founder of Kiva Systems. We are excited to have the video from this event down below. Kiva Systems, based in Woburn, is a developer of...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010Bettina Hein - Founder and CEO, Pixability
I like to boast that I’ve never had a real job. I started my first startup right after graduate school and have done nothing but startups for 10 years. Has it been exhilarating? Yes. Has it been non-stop fun? No. Has it been incredibly rewarding? Yes. But what has enabled me to last 10 years? Acting like...
Monday, July 19, 2010Mike Troiano - President, Holland-Mark Digital
Having a chat with my team tomorrow morning about the most important but under-appreciated skill in business: Selling. I graduated from Cornell with a degree in advertising, and promptly leveraged my Ivy League credentials into 28 rejection letters from the best agencies in Boston and...
Monday, July 19, 2010Keith Cline - Founder, VentureFizz
Last week, Bain Capital Ventures launched a new website & initiative to provide early-stage entrepreneurs with help and answers to their key questions as they start and build their businesses. This new initiative is called the Bain Capital Ventures Innovation Center (BCVIC). On this site, you will find...
