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

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It comes down to serving the needs of the growing ecosystem of the Boston tech community. For years, the Boston tech scene has lamented the fact that many of its best and brightest grab a prestigious diploma or hook up with a hot startup and flee Massachusetts. Facebook is only its highest profile and most painful example.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Exciting Companies Lined Up For Microsoft Startup Grant Finals

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The technology has been highly acclaimed in the mobile device community as a way to let users type in multiple, especially non-Latin, languages. The technology has been highly acclaimed in the mobile device community as a way to let users type in multiple, especially non-Latin, languages. Photo by Alexander Mooij. Discuss.

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Forget Presidential Politics: Here’s How We Create Jobs — And How You Can Help

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That presents the tech entrepreneurship community with a genuine opportunity to influence outcomes. Healthcare Reform. Yes, really. Nevertheless, with the notable exception of healthcare reform, political polarization along partisan or ideological fault lines is less likely on these subjects than in many other areas of public policy.

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The Simplicity Cure: Why True Employee Engagement Lies In The Little Things

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Todd Patkin grew up in Needham, Massachusetts. After it was purchased by Advance Auto Parts in 2005, he was free to focus on his main passions: philanthropy and giving back to the community, spending time with family and friends, and helping more people learn how to be happy.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: New Assessment Tool For Entrepreneurs

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ShareVolution As for the pitches today, first, Daniel McPherson from Australia pitched ShareVolution , an app store for the Microsoft SharePoint community. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Niche Marketplace Businesses Can Be Interesting

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David is also struggling with the notion of his community taking the transactions offline. Well, eLance has experienced similar problems, and I asked David to concentrate on communicating to his user base of service providers the value of building a reputation through references and reviews/customer feedback.

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Calling Financial Innovators

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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.