ReadWriteStart
MAY 8, 2012
The Boston Startup School , founded at TechStars Boston (see For TechStars Boston, Life Beyond the Pitch ), is creating a program that will give aspiring entrepreneurs and others all the tools they will need to work at a startup. It comes down to serving the needs of the growing ecosystem of the Boston tech community.
View from Seed
JULY 5, 2022
I’m Connor Cash, the founder of Caesar and I grew up outside of Boston but currently live in DC! One hour I’m deep into product development, the next I’m thinking about our hiring needs and recruiting, to the next on a sales call. RH: What’s your favorite thing about being an early-stage founder? And your least?
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David Cohen
NOVEMBER 15, 2012
I just got back to Boulder from an amazing week in Boston and I wanted to reflect on it while it is fresh in my mind. This year we had 220 alumni founders in Boston for the annual gathering, which culminated in a demo day with entrepreneurs from the Boston TechStars program. Here I am interviewing Fake Grimlock.
Genuine VC
NOVEMBER 5, 2012
Two years ago Jeff Bussgang lamented about “Lost Generation” of entrepreneurs which I think is especially acute here in Boston. I was in my early 20’s just barely out of school when four of us (peers) started Sombasa Media (aka BargainDog ) here in Boston beginning in 1998. My own personal story fits in with this narrative.
View from Seed
MAY 11, 2016
The last time they were starting a company at the raw, pre-product/market fit stage may have been quite a few years ago. The context of starting business may have changed, and some of the tools and practices (especially around early product development and go-to-market) might look very different.
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 17, 2015
Successful Innovation Outposts typically develop over a period of time through three stages. Silicon Valley, Boston). In the second stage, it moves into Investing, Inventing, Incubating and Acquiring technologies and companies, and in the third stage building product(s ). Stage 3: Productizing the Solution to Corporate Problems.
The Startup Toolkit
AUGUST 30, 2012
After ~120 meetings everywhere from Boston & New Jersey to LA & Sand Hill Road, we gave up, dug in our heels, and got back to building our business. 25% during product development. 60% are for revenue generating companies with a sellable product. Still, we squandered 6 months in futile fundraising.
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