Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Summer is always the time when large numbers of new participants in the tech ecosystem arrive and start to get their bearings. 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. The Grand-daddy. MIT Start Lab.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Arizona, where I live. On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Arizona or a similar location.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Embrace technical debt Financial debt plays an important and positive role in our economy under normal conditions. Technical debt works the same way, and has the same perils. I won’t pretend that there aren’t teams that take on technical debt for bad reasons.

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View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

And since we will continue to look proactively at new seed-stage tech startups over the next few years, the question becomes: What, then, will these companies look like? Lastly, given our Boston location, it isn’t surprising that seven investments were Boston-based. Network Effect B2B. Step-Function Ad Tech.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2019

Image via Wikipedia From the advice I hear these days, if you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you need to be in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, or one of the few other financial hubs around the world. Every ad, every review, or lack of one, tells a story about how much you care, and what customer experience one might expect.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2012

If you’re like most professionals, you’ll have far less connections on this online network compared to Facebook , but those second- and even third-degree links suddenly look a lot more useful. It’s not about the number of connections that you have, but the true power of your network is the utility that you derive from it.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

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. It’s also surprisingly difficult for students to get plugged-in to everything that is happening in the local tech ecosystem. University Resources.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Arizona, where I live. On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Arizona or a similar location.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Phoenix or a similar location.

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Board Effect

JULY 13, 2023

Among this year’s winners, joining the likes of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and the Animal Rescue League of Boston, is Crisis Text Line. Cyber Risk Public and nonprofit entities are a particular target for cyber criminals due to their perceived lack of IT security resources. at a moment’s notice.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . When we started the firm, we were also more narrowly focused geographically due to our smaller team and network.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Angels invest in one out of every forty deals they review (2.5%) versus the one out of 400 by VC’s (0.25%). They are professionals with full-time jobs, who often don’t have time for due diligence (and may not even know how to do it) and often make decisions through trusted referrals or based on gut feelings (more on gut feelings later).

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VC Adventure

JULY 1, 2021

The demographic shift is due to the growing diversity of our country, but also reflects some special conditions that make startup life and small business ownership especially appealing to women and people of color. There are many more to consider, but these would be a good starting point. Financing at scale.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

I’ve spoken our goal of funding more ambitious project before and we’ve enlisted the research help of a Principal in our firm – Kevin Zhang , who has an interest in Agtech (agriculture technology). Their vision is to create technology and products for a world where food is grown in and around where people live.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. On the other hand, if you are into solar technologies, there is probably an advantage to being in Phoenix or a similar location.

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Las Vegas Silicon Valley Phoenix Montana 120

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! It'll be in Boston from September 5th through the eighth. So I was part of the team that made the prediction that the Chief Marketing Officer would spend more on technology than the chief information officer. The other tied for number one was outdated technology.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Here is an article from Katherine Dunn in MIT’s Technology Review which explains the ecosystem at MIT and how it has grown more extensive and networked over time. Technology Review: The Entrepreneurship Ecosystem. Does your university or college offer a full fledged entrepreneurship ecosystem.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

From New York, Philadelphia, and Boston to Los Angeles and San Francisco, entrepreneurs came out to share their enthusiasm -- you really are everywhere. My UK publisher has put together a packed schedule and I can’t wait to talk about The Startup Way across the pond.

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

… While we do lots of work in these areas due to the attractive opportunity set, we are not an impact investor, and impact qualification is not a criterion that we use in evaluating or funding companies. Less need for a belief in breakthrough technology. Realistic projections.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

The biggest week of the year for tech and startups in Austin, Texas as South by Southwest (SXSW) descends upon the city from March 19–15. Bose will be demonstrating the new technology to app and device developers in a fun, informative setting. There are a zillion things to do, both official and unofficial?—?so Did I miss something?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

Bill Gates once famously said that people tend to overestimate the impact of technology in the 1-year timeframe and underestimate its impact in the 10-year timeframe. I tend not to go into heat when I hear the latest buzz on the tech blogs about the latest gadgets. Social networking meets online personal health management.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 15, 2012

But of course the biggest thanks are due to these entrepreneurs themselves, for their service to our country. Finally – thank you, thank you, thank you to all the mentors helping out next week: Aneesh Chopra, Former US Chief Technology Officer. Patrick Riley, Global Accelerator Network. Donna Harris, Startup America.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Join us and learn how to attract Venture Capital investment in your startup when you live somewhere other than Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, or Boston. If you live in Texas, find out how you can tap into the network. Salon DE Third Coast: Can Austin Be The Next Big Tech City? Time: 12:30PM?—? Time: 2:00PM?—?3:00PM

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. There are now many metro areas with growing infrastructure and increasingly skilled workforces that can support tech startups. .

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

We took advantage of the free office space we received and moved our business there, we networked with mentors who were connected to the program, we got free legal help from law firm sponsors, and got access to helpful seminars and workshops. I have been a part of both Startup Chile and now TechStars in Boston. Do Your Due Diligence.

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. And even other strong, but perhaps not standout, companies like Active Network and Demand Media completed their own offerings. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. Read More ».

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Facebook doesn’t exist, even as a walled-garden college social network (Mark Zuckerberg was part way through his freshman year at Harvard). [link] Terence Donnelly. May 26, 2011.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

You can minimize risk by performing due diligence when selecting a company or individual to work with, clearly defining the project scope, expectations and milestones in any development contracts, and allocating enough money to hire competent developers. check them out at: www.amt.in

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Board Effect

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The good news is that, as with many facets of volunteer board operations, technology can help you more effectively and efficiently progress toward your board diversity goals. Broader resource connections: Nonprofits frequently rely on access to resources through a network of professional and community connections.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. There are now many metro areas with growing infrastructure and increasingly skilled work forces that can support tech startups. Los Angeles.

United States 82

United States Las Vegas San Francisco Denver 82

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . When we started the firm, we were also more narrowly focused geographically due to our smaller team and network.

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www.readwriteweb.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

More people were landing via social networks. In many ways, [social discovery] is similar to how SEO works, except there are so many more competing technologies and ways to analyze the patterns,” Salyer said. Indeed, three of the five people displayed have run the Boston Marathon at least once, and one coaches charity runners.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 1, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! It'll be in Boston from September 5th through the eighth. So yeah, I've launched a lot of advertising technology products in my day and recently I joined the Adobe Lightroom product marketing team leading that up. It's a technology that you're reading about.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 8, 2009 Revisiting the Software Design Manifesto (and whats changed since then) My recent article on technical debt and its positive uses generated a fair bit of controversy. It had a pretty good technical design. Its like our compass no longer points to true north (like on Lost ).

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

You can subscribe to Smart Bear Live on iTunes (please review the podcast as well!) … and if you’d like to appear on a future episode of Smart Bear Live, send an email to Patrick.Foley@microsoft.com to schedule a recording with Jason. And please tweet your thanks to Software Promotions for sponsoring Smart Bear Live! Jason: Right.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 28, 2023

She is a leading venture capitalist in Silicon Valley, where she mentors tech startups and helps them go public. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! It'll be in Boston from September 5th through the eighth. It's a podcast hosted by Dr. JJ Peterson and is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Heres my diagnosis of his problem: He has some automated tests, but his team doesnt have a continuous integration server or practice TDD. And has the tension goes down, it will be easier to get the whole team (including the MBAs) to embrace TDD and other good practices as further refinements. I'm a die hard believer in TDD.

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