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TechCrunch Live is going to Boston, and you’re invited!

TechCrunch

We’ll have several panels and interviews that highlight the opportunities and challenges facing the market. Investors will speak on the best way to raise capital from local firms, and they’ll talk about what sort of startups are most likely to get funding. In Conversation with MassChallenge and.406

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PetHub’s Clemens is Leading Innovation in the Pet Tech Industry

Jason Malki

He started working on it in 2007 and developed the business plan in 2009. We’re focused on growing our company and building strategic partnerships that will fuel future growth and investment opportunities. The growth opportunities available through the Leap program are invaluable.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

. + This post unpacks offers an insiders’ view of some of the key strategic decisions that led to Techstars’ decline. ————– Techstars is – or was – one of the world’s best startup accelerator programs.

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Ycombinator - Where unicorns are born

Don Dodge

They were part of the Ycombinator Cambridge class of 2007, after being rejected by YC in 2005 and 2006. I remember the Demo Day in 2007 where DropBox presented to about 30 Boston area Angels and Venture Capital investors. Seeing little opportunity here, Drew and Arash moved the company to Silicon Valley later that year.

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How to Find a Job as a VC Scout: Compensation and Which Firms Are Recruiting

David Teten VC

All VCs, including us, regularly see investment opportunities which don’t fit our mandate. Certain late-stage VCs have invested in some of my past funds, partly to motivate us to refer future investment opportunities to them. The firm was founded in 2007 by Goldman Sachs professionals and manages $400 million across multiple funds.

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