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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

Boston is a great place to start and build a company. However, Boston is a transient town, especially for the student population that refreshes a large number each year. This guide is designed to help you hit the ground running and is a starting point for your entrepreneurial journey in Boston. The Grand-daddy. MIT Start Lab.

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The Boston Consumer Tech Year In Review

Rob Go

I was reflecting on this post last week about the state of consumer web in Boston and shared a few of my thoughts in the comments. It got me thinking about this past year, specifically around consumer tech in Boston. Still led by its founder, Steve Kaufer. IPO’s/Exits. Tripadvisor: An amazing entrepreneurial story.

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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

Both Sides of the Table

I left the meeting and had to attend a 3-hour board meeting where two founders have been fighting and each want the other one fired. But your co-founder had been senior at one of the big enterprise software companies and if I remember correctly American Express had run a big pilot with you. New York, Chicago, Boston, etc.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community, Sept 2011

Rob Go

Boston is a great place to start and build a company. However, Boston is a transient town, especially for the student population that refreshes a large population each year. This guide is designed to help you hit the ground running and is a starting point for your entrepreneurial journey in Boston. University Resources.

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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

As my partner Rob Go has written , our goal is to invest half in consumer web and mobile and half in business-focused ventures. Lastly, given our Boston location, it isn’t surprising that seven investments were Boston-based. Our goal at NextView is to help founders give their companies the best possible start.

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Boston’s WebInno Is Now BIG

Genuine VC

Back in June, the local Boston tech community together celebrated the ten year anniversary of the Web Innovators Group, affectionately known as “WebInno.” Accelerators, incubators, and co-working spaces have proliferated in Cambridge and Boston. Plus, tech has moved on from the Web 2.0 Yes, WebInno is becoming BIG.

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The Golden Age of the Boston Internet Entrepreneur

Genuine VC

There are a couple classic archetypes of internet/software founders, including the genius college student cooking up something quirky but ultimately disruptive in his dorm room who launches his company straight out of undergrad. Along with their demise came a dismissive attitude about most entrepreneurial web-related endeavors.

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