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For Many New Ventures, Location Is The Key To Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by more than 65 percent. In fact, according to Wessel, following the last recession, startups have mushroomed everywhere. So don’t let location hold you back, but you need to go in with your eyes open.

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Massachusetts Global Entrepreneur In Residence Five Year Results

Feld Thoughts

It’s a national effort, led by Craig Montuori, that is modeled after an extremely successful program in Massachusetts, led by William Brah at the University of Massachusetts. The results in Massachusetts have been extraordinary. The roadmap for starting a company on a visa is now well defined.

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When Planning A Startup, A Top Priority Is Location

Startup Professionals Musings

Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by more than 65 percent. In fact, according to Wessel, following the last recession, startups have mushroomed everywhere. So don’t let location hold you back, but you need to go in with your eyes open.

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Massachusetts Has An Innovative Approach To Immigration Reform

Feld Thoughts

Two big proposals from Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick today. He’s also proposing an incredibly clever and innovative approach to immigration reform applicable only to Massachusetts. The Massachusetts non-competition situation has always been stupid. First, he’s proposing to ban non-competition agreements.

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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

After World War II, the military-academic relationship that was so effective against Germany and Japan mobilized to face the Soviet threat and almost every research university (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford, Caltech, Harvard, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin, Cornell, University of Chicago, (..)

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Elemind: Wearable AI offers ‘electric medicine’ via brain stimulation

ReadWriteStart

Elemind has dubbed the approach “electric medicine”, created through partnerships with multiple leading research institutions from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Imperial College London, Harvard Medical School and the University of California at Berkeley.

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4 Key Questions To Identify Your Ideal Startup Site

Startup Professionals Musings

Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by almost 65%. In fact, according to Wessel, following the recession, startups have mushroomed up everywhere. So don’t let location hold you back, but you need to go in with your eyes open.