Genuine VC
OCTOBER 19, 2015
Back in June, the local Boston tech community together celebrated the ten year anniversary of the Web Innovators Group, affectionately known as “WebInno.” Accelerators, incubators, and co-working spaces have proliferated in Cambridge and Boston. Accelerators, incubators, and co-working spaces have proliferated in Cambridge and Boston.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
Neil Blumenthal , the youthful cofounder of Warby Parker, a disruptive company that transformed the conservative eyewear industry by creating affordable, stylish glasses for people across the world, defined a startup as “ a company working to solve a problem where the solution is not obvious and success is not guaranteed. “
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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 ). Many of the early winners sold for north of a half a billion dollars.
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 26, 2009
Ive written a little bit about the origins of Silicon Valley because I think its important for us to understand how we got here in order to make sure we preserve what is best about our community. The companies I spoke to all agreed that the community there was extremely supportive, especially in the critical ulta-early-stage.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 15, 2013
Rohan Mathew and Joe Shure, founders of The Intersect Fund. “It became clear that although many of these low-income entrepreneurs have quality business ideas and a lot of motivation, they often lack the business knowledge and seed capital they to get the most out of their enterprises,” they add.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 14, 2014
I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc.
Austin Startup
OCTOBER 12, 2018
Over 500 tech executives, startup founders, investors and aspiring entrepreneurs came together for an unforgettable day of in-depth discussions, workshops and a $200,000 surprise. Interested in being a part of Capital Factory’s diversity and inclusion initiatives? On Monday, October 1?—?the the first day of Austin Startup Week ?—?more
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