View from Seed

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Whether an entrepreneur is raising a smaller (pre-)seed round entirely from individuals or she has a seed-stage or larger VC firm involved in (leading) the seed syndicate, it’s somewhere between necessary and optimal to have multiple individual angel investors involved. First and foremost, angels can provide capital.

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Angel Investor Boston Seed Stage Syndicate 332

Feld Thoughts

MAY 3, 2012

Once again we are in a zone where hiring software developers is incredibly challenging. The market is fully employed and while there is some movement between companies, great developers tend to be decided to what they are doing for a while, especially in an entrepreneurial context. Last night I was at Angel Boot Camp in Boston.

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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 135

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

Boston University Business Incubation. At Boston University, there’s an incredible array on business incubation opportunities. Dysonics secured $750,000 in funding from angel investors to develop products that will reproduce three-dimensional, immersive sound in headphones. Harvard Innovation Lab. Innovation Depot.

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Incubator New York City Boston Intellectual Property 202

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2010

The number of VC firms located here and funding Chicago companies was tiny compared to the number in Silicon Valley (or New York and Boston for that matter). Nor was there a widely established network of Angels with a track record of supporting local companies. Funding, too, was a challenge.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. The lean startup is an application of Lean Thinking. Amazon PostRank

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In the process of gathering feedback, you’re beginning to develop a network of advisers and supporters. First Things First: Your Requirements You seem to feel that your project isn’t ready to move forward without a software developer (a “programmer&# , as you say). How much will you need?

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Fractional CTO Partner CTO Hire 40