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Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Owen Johnson - Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Betaspring
Experts in product development will tell you to understand your user. Some people are naturals at this, most have to learn. Raising money is no different. Some people understand...
Entrepreneurship
Friday, May 17, 2013 Rob Go - Co-Founder and Partner, NextView Ventures
Right after OMGPOP released DrawSomething to rave reviews (and traction), I was catching up with my friend Nabeel Hyatt and chatted a bit about the game’s meteoric...
Entrepreneurship
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 Ariel Diaz - Co-Founder & CEO, Boundless
When your grand idea for an edtech startup begins to take shape and you’re ready to get the engines revving for a team and product, it’s time to get some funding behind the...  
Funding
Friday, March 29, 2013 Tracy Paulsen - Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Empowerment Legal
One of the first legal phases of starting your own business is choosing a legal entity structure.  There are a number of options dependent upon your unique situation...
Expert Advice
Friday, March 8, 2013 Craig Daniel - Co-Founder & Head of Product, Postwire
Thanks to the work by Eric Ries and the Lean Startup movement, startups are using the scientific method to build products, test markets, and grow their userbase...
Best Practices
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
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
Monday, February 25, 2013 Izzy Azeri - Co-Founder, Stackdriver
There has been a lot of buzz lately about startups being "Orphaned" after a Seed round--a phenomenon that has been dubbed the “Series A Crunch”...   
Expert Advice
Monday, February 18, 2013 David Beisel - Co-Founder and Partner, NextView Ventures
VCs like to give out homework. They won’t call it that, though. But rather they use words like “diligence” and “information requests.” Just like in school, the homework can actually...
Expert Advice
Thursday, February 14, 2013 Shaun Johnson - Co-Founder, Boston Startup School
Around Valentine’s Day you tend to see people looking for love everywhere they go. But what about a job they’ll love? At Boston Startup School, we’re playing cupid...
Best Practices