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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. The Grand-daddy.

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Accidental VC: When, Exactly, Should Seed-Stage Startups Look for Office Space?

View from Seed

As an operator, not an investor, I’m amazed at how many casual, throwaway comments that happen inside a VC’s office would be genuinely useful to entrepreneurs building their businesses. The lead time to landing your office can be surprisingly high, particularly in denser startup ecosystems like ours in Boston.

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A review of the first eleven Techstars Unicorns

David Cohen

I served on the board of directors until the IPO, and during that time we were able to recruit great firms like Foundry Group, SoftTech VC (now Uncork Capital), Bessemer Venture Partners, and Bain Capital Ventures. The company is based in San Francisco, with significant operations in Africa and elsewhere. #5: 10: PillPack (2013).

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I am a proud Mexican-American “Tejano” who grew up in South Texas.

Austin Startup

I worked throughout different areas in Cybersecurity/Identity and Access Management and in 2013 I took the big step and moved to the Boston area. We are very thankful and humbled at the trust our customers, partners and employees put into the Good Dog Labs and Lighthouse brands. New England has been good to me?—?I

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. 2010 Operating Income: $16 million. Led by Oak Investment Partners with participation by General Catalyst, Sequoia, & Accel and others. 2010 Net Income: $8 million.

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Looking Backwards and Forwards – NextView in 2013 and the Year Ahead

Rob Go

Here are the posts from 201 1, 201 2, and 2013. Because our data from 2013 is so similar to prior years, I thought I’d do something a little different with this lookback. We make 2-4 investments per year per partner. We don’t do chip-in investments – each investment is a full-allocation of partner time.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 13: Liz Powers and Rocio Perez-Ochoa

Steve Blank

She started ArtLifting with her brother, Spencer, in 2013, and acknowledges her youth and enthusiasm have been assets. Ignoring those negatives around you and figuring out who are the most strategic partners to be able to scale that impact. . … Liz Powers is a social entrepreneur with a passion for helping homeless people.

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