YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 21, 2016

One of the best things about setting up a startup these days is that nothing is out of bounds thanks to the Internet. Why not set up camp in one of the following cities that are thought to be best for startups? Boston, Massachusetts. But why is Boston so good for business? What better for a thriving startup scene?!

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VC Adventure

JULY 1, 2021

Sweet Grace was born in 2008, as the Great Recession ripped through the United States, particularly affecting working-class communities like Lawrence, Massachusetts where Danaris lives. According to Kauffman Foundation research , beyond the 1% of startups receiving venture capital financing, only about 17% take any outside financing at all.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Scott Kirsner had a fun article in Boston.com today titled The Red Line Tour of Innovation in Boston. I lived at ADP at 351 Massachusetts Avenue for four years as an undergraduate at MIT. One fall, after Feld Technologies had moved to Boston, we hired a recent graduate from Brown named Jonathan Lutes. It smells like ADP.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2013

California (Silicon Valley), New York (NYC), and Massachusetts (Boston) are the places to be in the US for venture capital attention. In other locations, the trend was more equal, even somewhat reversed in New York and Boston. entrepreneur startup investor funding venture capital business' No surprises here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2013

The number of startups getting seed funding in 2012 jumped by 65% over the previous year to a total of 1749, according to a recent report by CB Insights. This is great evidence that the recession drag on funding new startups is behind us. This is great evidence that the recession drag on funding new startups is behind us.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2014

California (Silicon Valley), New York (NYC), and Massachusetts (Boston) are the places to be in the US for venture capital attention. In other locations, the trend was more equal, even somewhat reversed in New York and Boston. The significant findings include the following: Founders need to live in the right place.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

Most small businesses and startups do not have a dedicated human resource professional to manage the endless details of benefit plans, recruiting, payroll, and records keeping so those tasks typically fall to a founder or general manager. Related posts: Startup tips: 5 great tools for freelancers (and small businesses). Photo: Frank M.

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Up and Running

MARCH 9, 2016

Austin, Texas, is often heralded as a startup leader’s heaven, but Dallas is only a few hundred miles away, and it’s nothing to sneeze at. Boston, Massachusetts. While Boston wasn’t one of the top 10 cities on the climate index, it was rated as moderately efficient. In no particular order, here are my top picks: 1.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Startup Stories is a series of short documentaries about TechStars companies, hosted exclusively by The Next Web. This time, we’re taking a look at bike sharing startup Zagster. This episode follows co-founders Timothy Ericson and Jason Meinzer’s story from their inspiration, to their stint at TechStars Boston and beyond.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2014

California (Silicon Valley), New York (NYC), and Massachusetts (Boston) are the places to be in the US for venture capital attention. In other locations, the trend was more equal, even somewhat reversed in New York and Boston. Invested Interests funding startup venture capital' No surprises here.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 13, 2017

As you may know, over breakfast in 2015 Jeff Bussgang and I launched Global EIR with the hope of advancing the startup visa effort on a local and state level after it stalled in Congress. Others came to turn a great idea into a startup and ultimately into a world-changing company.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

The journey of every startup is so different. Startups pioneering the future of remote work. No startup relocation, temporary or permanent, is necessary or requested for NextView’s 100% virtual accelerator program. Jambb: Boston, Massachusetts . There will be 6-8 startup teams in this cohort.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2010

But until now, I’ve never seen a study of exactly how that plays out for startup founders for current venture-backed companies, specifically: race, age, experience and the number of founders per company. California (Silicon Valley), New York (NYC), and Massachusetts (Boston) are the places to be in the US for venture capital attention.

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

It was a call to arms for all who want Massachusetts to remain a competitive environment for entrepreneurs to build ventures that change the world. Interestingly, most of these companies did not even exist 30 years ago — they grew out of our start-up ecosystem that is so central to Massachusetts’ economy.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

The reason I came back is the same reason I left – to be where life science startups are happening. Hard to imagine now, but in the late ’80s the life sciences startup landscape in the UK was almost non-existent. There were few alternatives then, if you wanted to work in a startup you had to go to the US.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Where Are The Hotshot Startup Founders? Harvard alums tend to start companies in places other than Massachusetts – mostly Silicon Valley and New York – but MIT grads are less mobile. “That speaks to the nature of the startups coming out of those universities,” Sanwal says. ” What About Your School?

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 25, 2010

My frat at MIT has spawned numerous startups that I’ve written about in the past, including my post on 351 Massachusetts Avenue (home of the first office for my first company – Feld Technologies).

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

Massachusetts, Boston. The post Statisticians make the world go round appeared first on The Startup Magazine. With the best-paid 25 percent making $118,790 that year, and the lowest-paid 25 percent still made $68,480. California, San Francisco. California, San Jose. North Carolina, Raleigh. New Jersey.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 3, 2012

” That was the question one of my students asked me three years ago when I quietly told him my plan to start a design museum in Boston with my friend and business partner, Derek Cascio. Before we get too deep, a little bit about me: my name is Sam Aquillano and I’m the Director of Design Museum Boston.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Soren Harrison, from Boston, Massachusetts, presented SolSolution , a solar electricity venture whereby his company places solar panels on the roofs of schools, generates electricity, sells it to the schools, as well as back to the grid, and takes advantage of the federal rebates, incentives, etc. SolSolution. Photo by svilen001.

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The Next Web

JULY 27, 2013

Using crowdfunding for your startup venture is much like crowdsurfing a rock concert — and also carries the same hazards that, at any moment, someone might drop you to the ground. But, for startup founders looking to create a company built to last, is Kickstarter really the way to go? Traditional investors, however, can.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 22, 2010

A few months ago I wrote a post titled Startups at 351 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, MA detailing the rich history of startups from ADP that happened around the time I was living there. Josh Runge ‘07 and Zach Clifford ‘08 are working furiously on a task management/task optimization startup called Lazymeter.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Fortunately, social impact startups (for-profit and non-profit) are feeling the love, too, thanks to springboard organizations like Skoll Foundation , Scwab Foundation , Echoing Green and Ashoka. Here are three more programs worth considering if you want to accelerate the growth of your social-impact startup.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 29, 2012

While we’ve figured out pieces of it, we are now taking it up a level by trying to figure out the longer term arc around multi-year programs, along with additional programs linked to entrepreneurship, but not necessarily for entrepreneurs, such as Boston Startup School.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2017

In addition to supporting local tech startups, BLUE 1647 also strives to be an education center. Coalition has six locations, with two located in Chicago and others in New York and Boston. With locations in Chicago, Brooklyn, Queens, and Somerville, Massachusetts, it’s clear the work-workout trend is catching on.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

A similar pattern exists for venture capital funding: In 2020, just three regions — the Bay Area, New York, and Massachusetts — accounted for 70%+ of total venture funding in the U.S. In fact, the enforceability of non-competes in Massachusetts has been cited as one key contributor to the rise of Silicon Valley compared to Boston.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Massachusetts needs money. But Massachusetts looked at its burgeoning technology sector and thought that it could squeeze at least $160 million a year out the Commonwealth’s startups and established technology firms for funding of a transportation bill. So, the Massachusetts “Tech Tax” was born. And then walked away.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

(Note: this post is an open letter to the approximately 400,000 members of the Massachusetts-based student community. Just as you were selected by your school amongst many applicants, we know that you chose to make the greater Boston community your home in selecting your school. Dear student, Welcome (back)! For that, we thank you.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

New research shows Silicon Valley still rules the startup world. Startups based in the region stretching from San Francisco to San Jose raise more funding, make more money and have smarter people than startups in any other place. Sure, Silicon Valley is far and away the strongest startup region anywhere. (See

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I think that’s one of the reasons that many of the most interesting bay area startups are choosing to locate themselves in the city. In driving down the costs of building businesses it’s driving down the age of startup founders and thus they’re starting companies where young people want to live – in urban environments.

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Up and Running

JULY 21, 2016

Do you want to start a high-growth startup business? cities to start a business in for 2016 ), you will need to focus more on access to angel and venture capital funding, business incubators and accelerators, and a climate that is supportive of startups. Silicon Valley Startup Incubation and Acceleration Meetup.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2012

One of the most important things we do with The Lean Startup Conference is make a livestream of the plenary talks available for free to groups around the world, supporting entrepreneurship communities everywhere. The number of hosts has grown annually, and this year, we have 200+ groups joining us on Monday, December 3.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2010

billion to work across 731 financing deals with US startups, a 50% increase over Q1 2009. Angels are also moving up-stage, leaving a bigger and bigger black hole for new startups. In fact, nine of the ten most active investment firms are located there (with one in Boston). Massachusetts and NY states also have high numbers.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2010

Colin moved back to his home town of Boston before I returned to the US and unfortunately he got divorced from his wife, an Egyptian national, in 2008. Watch a short 3 minute video of Colin being interviewed by the Boston news station - this will make Colin’s situation come to life for you rather than just trusting my blog post.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Israel has been branded the “startup nation.” Frequently cited as one of the world’s most vibrant innovation hubs, Israel boasts more startups per capita than any other country in the world. The bad news is that Israeli startups are struggling to scale. For good reason: A tiny country of only 8 million people — 0.1%

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Campus Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 18, 2012

The 2012 fellowship recipients, along with their university affiliations and the titles of their dissertations, are: Mabel Botelho Abraham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Gendered Networks or Gendered Networking? Gilje, Boston College “Does Local Access to Finance Matter?: Evidence from U.S.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 18, 2017

Jeff had spearheaded the initial Global EIR program at UMass Boston with support from the state and was able to have the program included in their 2014 Jobs Act. There are enough founder dynamic issues in startups that this definitely doesn't need to be part of the mix.

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