Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Boston is a great place to start and build a company. There is a wealth of resources that are unique to this town and a vibrant community of hackers, product designers, business people, and investors at various stages in their career. Mobile Mondays : Boston chapter of the world’s largest Mobile professional community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

Even in this age of globalization and virtualization, the geographic area where you choose to live and work can still make or break your startup business. I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S.

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Las Vegas Silicon Valley Phoenix Montana 120

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Boston is a great place to start and build a company. There is a wealth of resources that are unique to this town and a vibrant community of hackers, business people, and investors at various stages in their career. However, Boston is a transient town, especially for the student population that refreshes a large population each year.

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Boston Technical Review Community CTO Hire 56

View from Seed

MAY 11, 2016

A few years ago, a friend of mine who was coming off an EIR gig at a well-known venture fund in Boston ended up joining one of my portfolio companies part-time as a technical advisor / interim CTO. In either case, sometimes solving other people’s problems (as a team member, advisor, angel investor, etc.)

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Founder Cofounder CTO Hire Early Stage 159

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

Boston University Business Incubation. At Boston University, there’s an incredible array on business incubation opportunities. Only 15 technology startups are accepted at a time, but what the program lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality. Harvard Innovation Lab. Based in Mountain View, Calif.,

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2019

But despite the favorable trend, fintech startups also face the same reality that all startups do – raising the capital to launch a business is no easy feat. The good news for fintech entrepreneurs, though, is that we are well past the time when investors might have viewed fintech as a fad that would pass. Angel investors.

Angel Investor 101

Angel Investor Accredited Investor Bootstrapping Boston 101

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 The lean startup Ive been thinking for some time about a term that could encapsulate trends that are changing the startup landscape. After some trial and error, Ive settled on the Lean Startup. Of course, many startups are capital efficient and generally frugal.

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Gust

DECEMBER 21, 2011

The Valley produces world-class entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists and successful high-tech companies – all growing and creating jobs on one relatively small peninsula. In fact, we can find very successful startup companies in every state and region in the country.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

If you’re a startup and you don’t have a close relationship with a few law firms you’re really missing one of the most important relationships that any entrepreneur can have. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. Every town has firms that focus on startups – find them.

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Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2010

In March, Ross and I will be hosting a talk at South by Southwest; it’s called “ Third Coast: How to be a Startup Outside of Silicon Valley.&# We have been thinking a lot about this lately and discussing the challenges we have faced on our own path. Surround yourself with smart people to help you execute.

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Chicago Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Entrepreneur 81

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

“My startup business was acquired and I worked for the company that bought us; which was a public company called Ameridata that bought about 40 companies in about three years. So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. We just finished the second year in Boston. On the Startup Visa Program. investors.”

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Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Fortunately, many of the top VCs share their thoughts on their blogs and are full of advice for startups, both big and small. Eric Ries of The Lean Startup has called Andrew Chen’s blog “one of the best entrepreneurship blogs of all time.” This is the home of Jason Cohen, software startup founder, bootstrapper, investor, and mentor.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Silicon Valley Cofounder 60

Rob Go

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Even though we are a seed-focused VC fund, we were very excited to help organize this event because of our belief that increased angel activity is critical to keep propelling the Boston startup ecosystem (and the local economy) further. The best angel investors hunt. But the best angel investors hunt.

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Angel Investor Silicon Valley Cofounder Finance 71

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Babak Nivi is one of the most understated, helpful & important people on the entrepreneur / startup scene in NorCal. What he (along with Naval) started with AngelList is also a very important transformation to the communications between first-time entrepreneurs & angels. What about “angel&# investors?

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Southern California Angel Investor Early Stage Silicon Valley 267

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Luck in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital: Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs , a Harvard paper, noted that first-time entrepreneurs have an 18 percent chance for success, but by following these tips you can help increase those odds whether you plan to launch your startup in Edmonton , Vancouver, Boston or anywhere else.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

The Howdy Austin mural commissioned by Ride|Austin Here is your home page to get started and meet all of the people you need to know to plug into the Austin tech startup scene?—?the the Connectors, Angels, Venture Capitalists, Founders, Professors, Hackers, Press… and the Legends. STOIKY is his callsign.

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Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

For years there has been a pervasive opinion across the entrepreneurial landscape that the US has a shortage of capital required to startup and grow new ventures. Dr. Carl Schramm, Kauffman CEO , recently said that startup formation is stagnant or even decreasing in the US in the second half of 2011.

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SBIR Startup New York City Angel Investor 120

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Heather Brunner, Tim Ferriss, Mayor Adler, Whitney Wolfe, Kendra Scott, Andy Roddick, Rod Favaron, Bijoy, whurley… Here are some of the Austin startup community members that will be on stage who you should show up to support! Austin always has a strong presence at SXSW and this year is no different. Time: 12:30PM?—?1:30PM Time: 2:00PM?—?3:00PM

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Texas Austin 58

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 11, 2019

” The Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series by adopting the same strategy. By contrast, I’ve had a chance to co-found a number of startups and found this type of entrepreneurship to be extremely difficult. Data suggests the few startups that do succeed rarely reach a sustainable level. You don’t run out of cash.

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Acquisition Oakland Small Business Administration SEC 101

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

For now, the title is “ Startup Communities: Creating A Great Entrepreneurial Ecosystem In Your City.” TechStars Impact on Boston. Angel Investors Must Be Organized. I’m deep into writing my latest book. Following is the current table of contents. Keys of Leadership Culture. Mentor Driven. Resources.

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Community Silicon Valley Incubator Colorado 142

Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

This summer I conducted our third annual survey of the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies recently funded by angel groups in North America. Access to our 2010 and 2011 surveys can be found at 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Investor Groups. Band of Angels (Silicon Valley). New Mexico Angels.

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Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation North Dakota 169

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

There are lots of good articles on the news – two of them are at TechCrunch ( Startup Incubator TechStars Raises $24M, Increases Funding For Each Company By $100K ) and Launch ( TechStars Offering Extra $100K to All Companies with New $24M Fund.). There are many more who have invested in individual TechStars companies.

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Syndicate Syndication Seattle Angel Investor 137

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year. This continues my series of posts: Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March There was some really great content in June. It shows a lack of interest.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Term Sheet Startup 175

Genuine VC

MAY 18, 2011

I excited not only about becoming an investor, but also about joining the company’s board to work together with the Founder & CEO Jason Gracilieri to revolutionize how contemporary art is enjoyed in the home and office. Of course, like any startup there is quite a bit of work to be done.

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Cofounder Boston Angel Investor Founder 118

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

But over the last few years, the city has gained a reputation as an emerging technology startup hub in the Midwest. ranking it ahead of the noted startup hotspot of Boston. The group also has its own Capital Entrepreneurs Angel List, based off of a similar program out of Venture Hacks.

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Wisconsin Angel Investor Social Media Incubator 149

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Boston is a great place to start and build a company. There is a wealth of resources that are unique to this town and a vibrant community of hackers, business people, and investors at various stages in their career. However, Boston is a transient town, especially for the student population that refreshes a large population each year.

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Boston Community CTO Hire Cofounder 72

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2014

We were living in Boston at the time. At some point Amy and I realized we could live anywhere and we knew that Boston wasn’t home. After selling my first company, I’d invested as an angel investor in a bunch of companies, was a non-executive Chairman / co-founder of a few, and had lots of ideas for new things to do.

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Alaska Colorado Boston Cofounder 110

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2014

I was making plenty of money consulting and, while I was investing much of the money I made from the sale into new companies as an angel investor, the idea of living in Homer was attractive. So we packed up, moved from Boston to Boulder, and decided to build a life in Colorado, while I continued to invest.

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Alaska Widget Colorado Angel Investor 166

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Karen Bantuveris, CEO of VolunteerSpot ( ff VC and angel-backed startup with 2.5m David Teten, Partner, ff Venture Capital ; Chairman, HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York. Our panelists will share best practices of angel investing and guide you through potential pitfalls. How to build a portfolio of startup investments.

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Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

Prior to joining Oscar she was involved in building products at many e-commerce startups in NYC in industries ranging from food delivery to leisure activity ticketing. He has over 10 years experience in growth and product management and has built data-driven product teams from the ground up at multiple successful startups.

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Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

David Cohen

JANUARY 31, 2013

You can make a real difference and teach the Denver PUC the same lesson that community leaders supporting Uber have already taught similar groups in places like Boston and Washington DC and others: that the people of Colorado won’t stand for protectionist actions that prevent innovation. Hickenlooper’s Facebook Wall.

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Denver San Diego San Francisco Colorado 66

Agile VC

DECEMBER 5, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. NextView’s most recent investment was announced last week , and we’re excited to be investors in Objective Logistics. seed round from NextView, Atlas Venture, and Google Ventures, and angel investors. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future.

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Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 100

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. We’re thrilled to have among our limited partners a select group of individuals from the startup ecosystem as well as several large institutional investors (including a university endowment, a corporate pension fund, and a multi-family office). How To Think About The Future.

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LP Seed Stage Silicon Valley Limited Partner 100

VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

As readers of this blog know, I’m a huge fan and supporter of TechStars (and, along with my Foundry partners , an individual investor each of the TechStars programs in Boulder, Boston, Seattle and now New York City). The New York program will be run by David Tisch – a well known local entrepreneur and angel investor.

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New York City New York Seattle Angel Investor 69

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Dave Tisch is Founder and Managing Director of TechStars in NYC and is an angel investor through the BoxGroup. BoxGroup is an investor in companies like Boxee, Flavors.me, Goodsie, fab.com, art.sy, Coursekit, Skillshare, GroupMe, DataMinr and many more. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.

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Portfolio New York Social Bookmarking Philadelphia 122

The Next Web

JULY 27, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Aaron Pitman , an angel investor and founder and partner of RA Domain Capital. 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. What happens if you fail?

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Seed Money Massachusetts Equity Campaign 130

Jeff Hilimire

AUGUST 20, 2014

then you’ll probably really enjoy this story in Boston Magazine about how the movie was made. Ben and Matt went through a LOT to find a way to get the movie done their way, and many aspects of their journey are similar to the journey that a startup goes through. Ben and Matt did just that to get Good Will Hunting made. ~

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Angel Investor Boston Partner Founder 50