Cheers to these smart CEOs in the Boston area tweeting about entrepreneurship, technology, leadership, and more! MORE

I was getting ready for a Google Hangout back to my office with my partners and I noticed something about an explosion at the Boston Marathon on twitter. My partners were all shaken also – Seth lived in Boston for many years, Ryan has done several marathons, and Jason just did his first marathon last year in Detroit. During our Hangout I sent some emails out to friends in Boston. The post The 2013 Boston Marathon appeared first on Feld Thoughts. MORE

At Xconomy’s very successful Mobile Madness event a couple of weeks ago, I was struck by the vibrant mobile startup scene in Boston. Its not that mobile focused startups are new to Boston, but rather that the ecosystem “feels” vibrant at the moment. Spark, OTV, Launch Capital, Revolution, Boston Seed – $12M). Boston Seed, angels. Sravish Sridhar (TechStars, Atlas, Avalon, Boston Seed – $2M). Boston Investments Mobile Portfolio Startups MORE

I’ve been spending some time with the current TechStars Boston class. This feels to me like the strongest class we’ve had in Boston so far and might be the one of the strongest TechStars classes overall. This class of companies in Boston is thinking big and is very diverse. It’s been incredibly energizing watching each of the four TechStars cities (Boulder, NYC, Seattle, and Boston) up their game every single year. TechStars angel investors boston MORE

We were very sad to hear about the terrible news yesterday of the attack on the Boston Marathon. A horrible day for Boston but we will still be back for the Business of Software Conference, (in response to the email we had asking if the conference will still be going ahead, err, yes). MORE

BOSTON (AP) — John Wolford ran one touchdown and threw for another and Wake Forest forced four turnovers on Saturday in a 34-10 victory over Boston College in their Atlantic Coast Conference openers MORE

A "keep showing up" mentality is a proven path to success, as used by Boston Marathon winner Des Linden. Productivity MORE

The TechStars Boston application deadline is 1/31/11. However, the early application deadline is actually 1/13/11 – anyone that applies by this date is eligible to come to TechStars for a Day in Boston on 1/19/2011. Boston has always had a wide range of early stage companies with unique characteristics, most notably robotics and network and system layer software, so it’s great to entrepreneurs from these segments show up. TechStars boston MORE

This week’s music selections on Strong Opinions are going to be bands that hail from Boston. It was during my college years that much of the Boston alternative music scene took off, bands like the Pixies, Dinosaur Jr. So that is it, every artist highlighted this week will be from Boston. music Boston rockThough I mock their sports teams and the city in general, it was a place I spent four good years and was a formative part of my own music exploration. MORE

NEW YORK (AP) — Jerome Robinson made a pull-up jumper with 18 seconds left to break a tie, and then forced a turnover on an inbounds play moments later, and Boston College upset North Carolina State 91-87 on Wednesday in MORE

Branding or customers, what's more important? For Philly, the choice is obvious. Marketing MORE

I caught a replay of Bill McDermott''s pitch at SapphireNow last week. Loved it. How could you not with acronyms like B2B2C?:) Seriously, tough to not like his sports talk and see him surrounded by sports world luminaries you see MORE

BOSTON (AP) — The city of Boston has retained a South Carolina law firm in anticipation of a lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies to recover damages stemming from the opioid epidemic, Mayor Marty Walsh announced Tuesday MORE

Every September, I give a presentation at Harvard''s i-Lab to provide a guide to the Boston start-up scene. Students from around the world descend on Boston every fall to attend the amazing universities, but often fail to venture outside the ivory tower and explore the local start-up scene. MORE

Back in June, the local Boston tech community together celebrated the ten year anniversary of the Web Innovators Group, affectionately known as “WebInno.” Now Boston’s largest regular tech conference, every few months it draws hundreds of attendees from the entrepreneurial ecosystem – including founders, software engineers, startup executives, and investors. Accelerators, incubators, and co-working spaces have proliferated in Cambridge and Boston. MORE

Next week, I’m spending some time in Boston with my uncle Charlie Feld talking about his newest book, The Calloway Way: Results & Integrity. On Tuesday night (10/28) we’ll be at Techstars Boston and on Wednesday night (10/29) we’ll be at Yesware. 10/28 - RSVP for the Techstars Boston event. A big thanks to Techstars Boston (with Foley Hoag ) and Yesware for picking up copies of the book for all who attend each event. MORE

I haven’t wanted to blog since Boston happened. Felt trivial to post something about my move from iOS to Android or how the new Chromebook experience is going. I’ll get to those, but they hardly seem relevant right now. People react differently to tragedies like this. Where someone lives, how old they are, where they come from, their relationship to the tragedy…all of these factors slant how we react. MORE

Jon Pierce of BetaHouse has decided to organize an Angel Boot Camp in Boston on June 1st. Jon Pierce also wrote about why he’s doing Angel Boot Camp as well as listing some of Boston’s Best Angel Investors. Tags: Angel Investing angel investors boston conference Entrepreneurship The idea is that anyone interested in learning more about how to get started with angel investing can attend and learn from some people who’ve been there and done that. MORE

Over the last three weeks I’ve had numerous people ask me how my trip to Boston has been going. Tonight, after hanging out at the TechStars Boston Mentor evening and program kickoff, I got into a long discussion with a Bill Warner and Ken Zolot about Cambridge, Boston, and startup communities. At some point in the conversation I blurted out “I have no idea why we call this program TechStars Boston instead of TechStars Cambridge.” MORE

On April 16, 2013 I wrote a post about the horrific tragedy at the 2013 Boston Marathon. I was getting ready for a Google Hangout back to my office with my partners and I noticed something about an explosion at the Boston Marathon on twitter. My partners were all shaken also – Seth lived in Boston for many years, Ryan has done several marathons, and Jason just did his first marathon last year in Detroit. And keep Boston running strong! MORE

Boston was so welcoming and passionate in helping us build 48 nonprofit websites in 48 hours, that we already can’t wait to come back next year! Love this team, and major thanks to Delta Air Lines for their support in bringing us to the Boston area! She is a survivor of the Boston Marathon bombing, and was 3rd in the world in ballroom dancing when the second bomb blew the bottom part of her left leg off. 48 nonprofit sites were built for the Boston community! MORE

One of our portfolio companies, Plastiq , announced yesterday that they raised a $10M Series B led by Khosla Ventures and are planning to move their headquarters from Boston to San Francisco. The Boston ecosystem may have failed young entrepreneurs 7-10 years ago. MORE

On Tuesday, July 21, we hosted the first-ever Boston Consumer Tech Summit. But a large majority of our investments are in our backyard of Boston — and, aside from our work as investors, this city is near and dear to our hearts. Over the past few years, the tech community has absolutely exploded locally (and if you’re new here or just want to take it all in, here’s our Hitchhiker’s Guide to Boston Tech microsite). Yep, Boston has consumer tech. MORE

A successful businessman, Ryan Wuerch enjoys running marathons and has run in the Boston Marathon nine times. Started in 1897, the Boston Marathon , organized by the Boston Athletic Association, is the oldest annual marathon in the world. marathon running news boston MORE

I’m boarding a flight in a few hours to Boston, where we will be holding the fourth 48in48 event! And get this, our event this weekend is the first of four this year (Boston, Minneapolis, Atlanta, New York)! The post 48in48 Boston here we come! I can barely believe we’ve held three of these events already (Atlanta in 2015, and New York + Atlanta in 2016). MORE

The CEO can't keep a company growing -- that's the job of the people she hires and the environment she creates to encourage them to take accountability for meeting the company's goals. MORE

A few years ago, I did an analysis on the Boston-based companies that were worth more than $500 million in value, which I called Boston Unicorns. To get a sense of the future anchor companies in the Boston region, let's first look at the public companies. MORE

At Xconomy’s very successful Mobile Madness event a couple of weeks ago, I was struck by the vibrant mobile startup scene in Boston. Its not that mobile focused startups are new to Boston, but rather that the ecosystem “feels” vibrant at the moment. Spark, OTV, Launch Capital, Revolution, Boston Seed – $12M). Boston Seed, angels. Sravish Sridhar (TechStars, Atlas, Avalon, Boston Seed – $2M). Boston Investments Mobile Portfolio Startups MORE

During the legendary Boston winter of 2015, I pulled out of a downtown parking garage one evening and nearly rear-ended a dumpster. It was sitting in the middle of a usually busy three-lane road, a place where no dumpster should ever be. It was dark and there were no cones, no markers, no construction signs…nothing. This scenario is why (I feel) 100% autonomous, “no-steering-wheel”, driverless cars are much further off than experts predict. MORE

Today, we are excited to re-release an updated Hitchhiker’s Guide to Boston Tech ! I wanted to point out a couple things in the updated guide, but the general theme is that we are simply seeing more, bigger, and better things happening here in Boston. MORE

If you want to go to TechStars for a Day in Boston, today is the last day to apply for the Boston program early application deadline. If you are contemplating applying to Techstars Boston, stop procrastinating and apply now. If you are curious about how some of the TechStars Boston class of 2011 have done, take a look at the post titled 2011 Funding: Boston. TechStars boston techstars for a day MORE

Nick Francis, CEO Help Scout, did a terrific write up on the team’s experience in the Boston Tech Star program. Angel investing Boston Startups Tech StarsIf you are thinking about the Tech Stars program, its a must read. full post here ). MORE

This week, I want to take a local lens and analyze these special companies that have been created in Boston. We looked at the companies in New England (call them "Boston and surrounding") that had exited in the last 10 years (2003-2013) with greater than $500 million in market valuation. MORE

Boston has always been a great entrepreneurial community. When TechStars opened a Boston program in 2009 there was definitely new energy around the software / Internet startup scene in Boston and TechStars was excited to be part of. When I say “Boston&# , I actually mean “Boston/Cambridge&# where the center of mass is really near MIT in Cambridge. I spent the day at TechStars Boston yesterday meeting with all of the TechStars Boston 2011 companies. MORE

BOSTON (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 34 points in the first three quarters, and then sat out the fourth with the rest of Boston's starters as the Celtics routed the Charlotte Hornets 134-106 on Wednesday night MORE

” That was the question one of my students asked me three years ago when I quietly told him my plan to start a design museum in Boston with my friend and business partner, Derek Cascio. And we quickly asked, “why isn’t there already a design museum in Boston?” MORE

Lastly, a necessary caveat: Boston’s booming tech ecosystem means there are dozens of great service providers available to startups. Preferred Boston Startup Service Providers 2014. A lot has changed since 2013. More Snaps were Chatted. More Things became Internetted of. MORE

On Monday he's running the Boston Marathon -- and will likely finish in a faster time than 90 percent of all entrants. Tim Don broke his neck last October. MORE

Nick Francis, CEO Help Scout, did a terrific write up on the team’s experience in the Boston Tech Star program. Angel investing Boston Startups Tech StarsIf you are thinking about the Tech Stars program, its a must read. full post here ). MORE

Boston has been celebrating St. Paddy's for centuries, but another city started the tradition even earlier, and in a different language. Creativity MORE

The city I call home, Boston, is not known for its social products. Here is some data shared by TJ Parker, CEO of Boston-based Pillpack, as first reported by PitchBook: Bos raised roughly same VC as NY since ’06 & ’10 w/ nearly double the exit value, ranked below in ecosystem. MORE

Now that I am leaving Boston I can talk about its startup ecosystem in all candor. When Oculus VR was sold recently, I know many people were surprised to hear Boston mentioned in connection with the company. Culture matters, and here in Boston the startup culture has been building fast. MORE

Every fall, I deliver a presentation at Harvard's iLab, open to the community, on what makes the Boston startup scene so special. It has become a nice opportunity to step back and appreciate all the rich resources entrepreneurs have at their fingertips in the Boston community. MORE