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In Boston, a School to Learn How to Work at a Startup

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In talking with local startups, TechStars Boston managing director Katie Rae and her team found out that while a good space to work is important and networking and material resources can't be ignored, human capital is really the lifeblood of new businesses. “We Startups need employees, and the competition for top talent is getting intense.

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Calling Financial Innovators

VC Adventure

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. One of our biggest inspirations and favorite New Builders is Danaris Mazara of Sweet Grace Heavenly Cakes. She had $37 in food stamps to her name.

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How Massachusetts Tried To Fleece Its Technology Sector With “Tech Tax”

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Massachusetts needs money. But Massachusetts looked at its burgeoning technology sector and thought that it could squeeze at least $160 million a year out the Commonwealth’s startups and established technology firms for funding of a transportation bill. So, the Massachusetts “Tech Tax” was born.

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Tech-Business Divide - A Call To Arms

Seeing Both Sides

While Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to drop out of Harvard and move to Silicon Valley was a plot point in in the movie “The Social Network,” it looked like a watershed event to many in the local technology community. And many of them view the local government as an irrelevant factor in their business.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

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It is a very good format for entrepreneur groups around the world to get together and network around the roundtable programming which happens every week, religiously. In terms of monetization, Vin expects the ad networks to supply ads to his site by selling ads to local restaurants. That sounds great.

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Letter to Carmen Ortiz about Aaron Swartz

Andrew Payne

United States Attorney for Massachusetts. His violation of MIT’s guest ToS is less clear: MIT is famously and widely known for an open campus and network, and there’s a reasonable argument MIT’s effective ToS is much more permissive. January 28, 2013. The Honorable Carmen M. John Joseph Moakley. United State Federal Courthouse.

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Letter to Carmen Ortiz about Aaron Swartz

Andrew Payne

United States Attorney for Massachusetts. His violation of MIT’s guest ToS is less clear: MIT is famously and widely known for an open campus and network, and there’s a reasonable argument MIT’s effective ToS is much more permissive. January 28, 2013. The Honorable Carmen M. John Joseph Moakley. United State Federal Courthouse.