Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2020

I saw these addressed well in a new book, “ The Startup Community Way ,” by Brad Feld and Ian Hathaway. These guys have been building startup communities like Techstars for over 30 years, so they know what works and what doesn’t. Apple has since capitalized on the top technical talent in Silicon Valley to stay ahead of the competition.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

GrabCAD & Professional Communities. Founders Hardi Meybaum and Indrek Narusk originally started building the company in their native Estonia before moving to Boston to join the hub of SaaS / CAD software companies located here. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. January 4, 2012.

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View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

On Tuesday, July 21, we hosted the first-ever Boston Consumer Tech Summit. The invite-only event was attended by 300 of the area’s best tech leaders, founders, product managers, designers, developers, investors, engineers, salesmen and women, and more, all of whom are hard at work in consumer tech.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

When you started Snyk, did you think about the importance of building a community from the offset, and is that what drove your decisions in terms of building and architecting the product? The community approach is instrumental to the developer tooling landscape. It’s a community movement, rather than a technology or specific practice.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 4, 2013

A new school designed to teach people the necessary skills to work within the chaos that are startups is coming to New York. The Startup Institute started as a branch of startup incubator TechStars in Boston. Boston Startup School started, more or less, as a feeder program for employees to TechStars companies in Boston.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

To help foster this innovation, many colleges and universities have opened business incubators, helping students and others in their community to help make their innovative dreams a reality. Offering a “holistic entrepreneurship program,” this residential community has entrepreneurship at every step of the college experience.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2012

University-level courses, tutorials, cheat sheets, and coding communities all offer excellent ways to pick up a new language, and maybe even a new job, too. ArsDigita University : In ArsDigita’s curriculum, you’ll find excellent courses for programming design, computer science, and even artificial intelligence.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2012

With free coffee and Internet, workspaces, and built-in community, coworking spaces provide a great place to get things done without feeling the isolation of working at home, or trying to overcome the frenetic nature of working in a coffee shop. There’s even covered outdoor seating if you feel like heading outside to work.

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View from Seed

MARCH 20, 2020

A week ago, I thought I’d be travelling for my first business school spring break — not cooped up in my Boston apartment. Ghost kitchens, which are designed specifically for delivery, will also gain tailwinds. Life has been turned upside down in the span of days. Consumers who haven’t yet adapted to restaurant delivery (e.g.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 11, 2009 The cardinal sin of community management Once you have a product launched, you will the face the joys – and the despair – of a community that grows up around it. This probably sounds illogical. After all, people rarely say they are mad because they are not being heard.

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

He was wrapping up GrabCAD’s participation in the Seedcamp accelerator program, and the Seedcamp startups were in the US to visit potential advisors and investors in Boston, New York, and SF. million CAD engineers and product designers using GrabCAD. I first met Hardi at the beginning of 2011 here in Cambridge. Onward and upward.'

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VC Adventure

JULY 1, 2021

Sweet Grace was born in 2008, as the Great Recession ripped through the United States, particularly affecting working-class communities like Lawrence, Massachusetts where Danaris lives. How could this function in communities and Main Streets in America? She can identify the exact minute the bakery was born.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

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. Social Has Been a Tale of One Coast.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 30, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Boston Globe writes about @chrisbrogan – Digital guru’s gospel: Keep it human – [link]. History of History: beautiful article about type design – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 30, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Boston Globe writes about @chrisbrogan – Digital guru’s gospel: Keep it human – [link]. History of History: beautiful article about type design – [link]. Do People Know Your Story?

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 21, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 40 memorable design quotes visualized – [link]. Stylish White Package Design Inspiration – [link]. Industrial Design: 50+ Wicked Product Designs | designrfix.com – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

But in Los Angeles, Santa Monica is akin to SoMa in San Francisco, Cambridge in the Boston area or Flatiron / Union Square in NYC. It is 12,000 sq ft of indoor /outdoor space and we’re building into a community work environment. We chose a location that fit our style. See what we did there? That seems pretty superficial!”.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Paul, San Francisco, LA, San Diego, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and Washington, DC. All Lyft drivers must be friendly, community-oriented drivers who love meeting new people, who can pass a phone screen, an in-person meeting and background & DMV record checks. An online marketplace offering 3.5

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S.

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Rob Go

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Today, we’re excited to unveil the official Hitchhiker’s Guide to Boston Tech — a comprehensive overview of what tech entrepreneurs and professionals need to navigate and succeed in our local community. In 2009, I published a simple link roundup titled A “To-Do” List for New Entrepreneurs Arriving in Boston.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft. Some of our portfolio companies will rely on great design to create loyal usage like Sunrise Calendar. As VP of Product at Artsy, Fatma oversees the product organization responsible for product strategy, design, and development of its web and mobile platforms.

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uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Web Design. Design Patterns. UI Design. UX Study The State Of E-Commerce Checkout Design 2012. A year ago we published an article on 11 fundamental guidelines for e-commerce checkout design here at Smashing Magazine. Typographic Design Patterns and Best Practices. Portfolio Design Study: Design Patterns.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- To build a community. I wanted to be a part of a community of consultants that would provide me with the opportunity to build relationships with other practitioners, share lessons learned, and periodically collaborate. Photo Credit: Will Bachman.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

When my friend and the father of LA’s tech startup community Bill Gross first demonstrated his company GoTo.com (renamed Overture) on stage at a TED conference he was actually booed (True story. You can hear many other amazing stories in this 1:1 interview ). . To some extent – of course they are. It is different. Structural.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2015

6] ” Existing online communities such as Facebook pages, LinkedIn communities or Twitter hashtags in the markets a company is trying to penetrate may provide the footholds it needs to build a following among customers in new markets. “Our Knowing this, we share relevant content and grow distinct communities.”.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 19, 2019

However, despite rising wages and the US-China tensions over tariffs, analysts such as those from the Boston Consulting Group have said that “it is reasonable to assume that China will remain manufacturing’s center of gravity for the foreseeable future”. So this is a valid fear, especially for young companies who already face many threats.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

They were providing low-cost healthy meals for schools across the country and, before the crisis, were delivering two million federally reimbursable school and community meals per week nationwide. And we've layered that with another crises of the exposure of continued racial injustice throughout our communities.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Editor’s Note: NextView recently kicked off a Boston-based workshop series on technical interviewing with Google. ” to the more complex, “Can you design Google?” ” (We’re testing for whether you can design a really large system.). Portfolio companies can contact us to learn more.)

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 6, 2016

We have locations in NYC, Boston, and D.C. It’s about engaging our community, finding ways to keep 305 Fitness top-of-mind for junkies during the 23 hours that they aren’t taking class. Instagram serves that community-building purpose for us. . Hunter Walk: Can you share the founding story of 305 Fitness ?

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Up and Running

MARCH 9, 2016

Boston, Massachusetts. Small business owners are privy to numerous resources in Boston, including ReStore Boston, which offers local business owners up to $7,000 in grants and loans to spearhead their storefront renovation projects. It also scored an A+ from Thumbtack on tax codes, ease of hiring, and regulations and licensing.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 6, 2016

We have locations in NYC, Boston, and D.C. It’s about engaging our community, finding ways to keep 305 Fitness top-of-mind for junkies during the 23 hours that they aren’t taking class. Instagram serves that community-building purpose for us. . Hunter Walk: Can you share the founding story of 305 Fitness ?

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Hearpreneur

MAY 28, 2024

Thanks to JJ Purton Jones, Wave Digital Design ! #8- 9- From seeing the impact of the things we create Photo Credit: David Janovic Staying motivated as an entrepreneur in a dynamic industry like design and retail really involves a level of passion and commitment. Thanks to Dannah Boston, The Esthetic Co. ! #12-

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The Israeli startup community is: “Pashut Magniv” (simply spectacular). In the first three days, we were invited to apply for a startup accelerator program in Boston. Phil, our designer, within a week found a Church group in Jaffa that met weekly. Some may call it opportunistic.

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View from Seed

JUNE 22, 2016

CyPhy Works in Boston is a good example that DOES refer to robots and robotics for instance. people who have been doing this for a long, long time, and they’re seeing that it’s now hot in the startup and venture world and are reaching out to VCs and entering the community we typically associate with “startups” today.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Jason is also the author of Rework, a New York Times bestseller on entrepreneurship, technology, and design. Apperian (Boston, MA), Maker of mobile applications - $500 thousand. Communication Intelligence Corp (Redwood City, CA), Supplier of electronic signature solutions for businesses - $2.2 10 million.

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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! Successful businesses that give back to the community, and it’s all on brand. Time: 12:30PM?—?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 3, 2020

6- Creating a deeper sense of community. In 2020, we’re looking forward to now expanding our relationship with each customer by creating a deeper sense of community. As a founder, our community will be my biggest focus in the new year. Thanks to Danh Tran, Buttercloth ! #6- Photo Credit: Cathryn Lavery. 16- Two goals.

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