A friend recently sent me this video, and I think it contains a very powerful message. In the past couple of years I have applied to business school, started my own company, and have networked in the Boston startup community. In each of these endeavors, it has become obvious to me that you must go ...

I attended the Boston unConference for the first time last week at the Hynes Convention Center.  I had heard great things from friends about how it was different from other conferences, but was curious to see it for myself.  I can’t stress this enough: the level of accessibility was unlike any other event I’ve been to.  I ...

I first became aware of TechStars a couple of years ago and was totally inspired by their documentary videos. If you haven’t heard of TechStars, watch Mark Suster in the below interview. In one sentence, TechStars helps entrepreneurs take their idea and build a real business out of it by giving them mentoring, office space, ...

I love this piece of advice about being in stealth mode: Share your idea with others to get feedback instead of protecting it like a delicate flower. If you’re really fearful someone’s going to come along and steal your idea, you’re operating under a fall sense of security; based on my experience, it seems like ...