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Two Must-Join Networking Groups for New or Aspiring Boston Entrepreneurs

About a year ago I left Terrafugia and launched myself solo into Boston’s entrepreneurship scene.  The advice given to me by a distant mentor was “find some local entrepreneurship resources and get involved.”  I started by Googling.  I was amazed by how much exists in Boston.  Two groups in particular have earned a lot of […]

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Why I Wouldn’t Bet the Farm

How many times have you heard an entrepreneurial success story where the founder took huge risks and won big?  It usually goes like this:  they took out a home equity loan, maxed out their credit cards, and pitched violently forward into the ditch of debt only to be saved at the last minute by a […]

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Due Diligence Comes Before Joining a Startup

This week a friend of mine was offered a chance to work for an exciting startup in the consumer packaged goods industry (think food and beverages).  He wanted to know what he should ask before accepting the offer, which was a below-market salary in exchange for equity ownership in the company.  Oftentimes this equity ownership […]

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