Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My original thinking from Oct ’09 was, while I didn’t (and still don’t) have a crystal ball I worried that: consumers were over-stretched with debt (and make up 77% of the economy), unemployment would continue to rise, which in turn would drive the stock market south and cut the rate of M&A activity and VC investment even further.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Lawyers and accountants tend to err on the conservative side, leading to a low failure rate of businesses but less “moonshot innovation,” shall we say. Today, pitch competitions, incubators, accelerators, VCs and angel groups proliferate. Today, pitch competitions, incubators, accelerators, VCs and angel groups proliferate.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). For emerging VC and private equity investors: accelerators, platforms, communities, and incubators.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

2007 marked an important milestone for the Earth’s cities. It is clear that without rapid innovation on a global scale, what we eat in our cities and how we produce it poses an existential challenge. This is where the seed for the Feeding the City incubator was planted. It happened without us realizing at the time.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

Angel investing in tech startups is a gut wrenching and risky business. Most of them lose, but sometimes you invest in a “unicorn” and make 100 times your money or even more. Ycombinator is the largest and most successful startup incubator in history, and it was started right here in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Impact Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

hundreds of incubators and accelerators, giving the impact start-up ecosystem the much-needed. incubators and accelerators, connecting them with a global peer network in 100+ cities across 60+. 16,500+ change driven entrepreneurs in 100+communities, 450 incubation, acceleration and scaling. Some of them.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

5 investors discuss Boston’s resilient tech ecosystem Boston’s university-to-startup pipeline defies downturn to grow and diversify In order to build a startup culture, a city or region needs some key elements in place – like an innovation engine to drive startup ideas. It also has a long history of innovation and a rich tech legacy.

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