Up and Running

AUGUST 17, 2015

During the early stages of the process, they launched a catering business and were able to cater several business school events, all the while refining their menu and getting firsthand experience test driving their concept. Another couple of classmates spent their two years at Wharton launching an eCommerce handbag brand.

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Cofounder Angel Investor eCommerce 60

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He had joined a young startup in LA called HauteLook and was interested in getting to know the local tech community. After that you could tell that Greg was really “all in” on the LA technology community. Community builders. So why Greg and why now? I first met Greg about 4 years ago or so. Open & transparent.

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Partner Las Vegas Los Angeles San Francisco 360

View from Seed

JUNE 16, 2015

Leading up to the event, they published an article listing questions VCs never answer , as submitted by the community. I was recently asked to sit on panel with my fellow VC peers and some top entrepreneurs from the Boston tech community. For ecommerce: >$500K revenue/month. For SaaS: At least $100K in MRR.

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Boston Syndicate Syndication eCommerce 120

Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Once you’ve figured out whether you want to find a very early stage startup or a late stage one (the topic of my first post in this series ), the real hard work begins. On the early side, it's repeat founders coming together again or early runaway traction in an early beta that generates buzz.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

They cover funding for small businesses from the initial funding stage to later stages of growth, and other areas in between. The most obvious place that businesses and or accountants turn to for their small business clients is generally banks, big banks, community banks, you name it. They are a part of your community.

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Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95