Category Archives: Startups

How Much Should A Startup Founder/CEO Pay Herself?

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Chris

This post originally appeared on Dharmesh Shah’s wonderful blog – OnStartups Back in 2008, Peter Thiel did an interview at TechCrunch50 in which he said one of the most important things he looks at before investing is how much the CEO is getting … Continue reading →

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Don’t Make Raising Angel Funding Your Plan B

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Chris

This post originally appeared on Dharmesh Shah’s wonderful blog – OnStartups I wear two hats one as a general partner of a couple of seed stage VC funds, the other as an occasional angel investor. Wearing my angel-investing hat, I … Continue reading →

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Boston Mobile Madness

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Chris

At Xconomy’s very successful Mobile Madness event a couple of weeks ago, I was struck by the vibrant mobile startup scene in Boston.   Its not that mobile focused startups are new to Boston, but rather that the ecosystem “feels” vibrant … Continue reading →

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Elite tech startup schools

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Chris

PBS Newshour correspondent Hari Sreenivasan recently did a segment on startup accelerators featuring TechStars (disclosure: im a mentor in the Boston program), Y Combinator, AngelPad, and Blackbox Ventures. My friend Wade Roush, chief correspondent at Xconomy, is also featured in the clip. His … Continue reading →

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Putting Together Your Perfect Seed Round

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Chris

The seed market for tech startups — particularly digital media, social, local, and mobile — is very active. Many companies are getting started and lots of investors are making seed investments. Because of my involvement in the Boston and NYC … Continue reading →

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From Nashville to Boston: How A Startup Accelerator Changed Our Lives

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Chris

Nick Francis, CEO Help Scout, did a terrific write up on the team’s experience in the Boston Tech Star program.  If you are thinking about the Tech Stars program, its a must read. (full post here)

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Clovr at Finnovate

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Chris

Good overview by Tom and Doug explaining the Clovr platform at Finnovate:

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New investment: Clovr Media

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Chris

We recently closed a $1.5M investment in Clovr Media.  I’m super excited about this investment – huge opportunity, stellar team, and great partners. Based in Boston, Clovr Media is building a valuable platform for financial institutions, retailers, brands, and consumers. … Continue reading →

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Shout out for an upcoming event

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Chris

I wanted to call attention to an upcoming event that I think will be a great one for CEOs, founders, marketers, and investors. At Customer Development:  the Second Decade on Tuesday October 5th. Customer development methodologies and processes have been … Continue reading →

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Thoughts from an angel investor

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Chris

As a group of over 65 angel investors, we can be fairly diverse in our backgrounds, perspectives and how we each approach angel investing. So I thought it would be fun and maybe a bit insightful to share some perspectives … Continue reading →

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