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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

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If you’re working with early-stage companies you need to be spending quality time with them which means you need to be nearby. Eric Paley , managing partner at Founder Collective , told me that they had implemented a city-wide program in Boston to help local university students get internships at local tech startups.

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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

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In fact, in the 70’s and 80’s, the distinction was almost entirely semantic, as the military and aerospace industry invested ungodly amounts of capital to create technology breakthroughs that eventually saw wide commercial adoption in the personal computing industry. Ability” vs. “Knowledge”.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Boston Tech: 2016 Update

View from Seed

There’s Semantic Machines , one of the best collections of AI and ML minds in the world, led by serial entrepreneur Dan Roth. This is true when it comes to early-stage funding, but also as it relates to support platforms being built by local firms to help Boston-based startups. Want hardcore futuristic technology?

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Businesses Must Manage the Twitter Conversation

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Twitter is the new CRM (customer relationship management) channel. The volume of Tweets is enormous and growing at a rapid pace so tools are emerging to help brands manage this information. This is most likely done outside of the automated processes that you can manage on Twitter and probably warrants a phone call.

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“Speed and Tempo” – Fearless Decision Making for Startups « Steve.

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Filed under: Customer Development , Technology | Tagged: Customer Development , Early Stage Startup , Entrepreneurs , Startups , Steve Blank « SuperMac War Story 6: Building The Killer Team – Mission, Intent and Values Story Behind “The Secret History” Part IV: Library Hours at an Undisclosed Location » 17 Responses Michael F.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

Both Sides of the Table

It’s not uncommon for incredibly smart and talented Phd’s or CS majors from Stanford to raise $10 million on an early-stage “platform&# that if it succeeds it will be huge. LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of investment at early stages. LA investors are more pragmatic.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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The birthplace of sponsored search (Overture), semantic search (Applied Semantics which became Google AdSense), comparison shopping (ShopZilla, PriceGrabber) and many others. A market leader in content, music, entertainment, textiles, engineering, aerospace and trade. An innovator in technology, especially monetization.

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