http://www.jeffbennett.com/2010/07/masschallenge-striving-to-select-100-start-ups/ Sharing experiences as an entrepreneur, social media man, e-commerce pioneer, and student of life Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:29:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.jeffbennett.com/2010/07/masschallenge-striving-to-select-100-start-ups/comment-page-1/#comment-30193 airjordan1009 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:25:16 +0000 http://www.jeffbennett.com/?p=3651#comment-30193 Many of you know PMCer Jothy Rosenberg. And those who don’t know him personally, you’ve seen him along the Sturbridge to Provincetown route the last seven years. Many of you know PMCer Jothy Rosenberg. And those who don’t know him personally, you’ve seen him along the Sturbridge to Provincetown route the last seven years.

]]> http://www.jeffbennett.com/2010/07/masschallenge-striving-to-select-100-start-ups/comment-page-1/#comment-30076 dealsbennett Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:17:39 +0000 http://www.jeffbennett.com/?p=3651#comment-30076 Jason - part of this is the ecosystem that is forming. funding follows great ideas... successful incubation... great launches. it all has to work together. i see big changes in this landscape over the last couple of years. i see more people participating as angels...this is very healthy. big sign to the world ... you were probably educated here ... come back and invest some of your capital in this emerging ecosystem. point well taken ... we need more! Jason – part of this is the ecosystem that is forming. funding follows great ideas… successful incubation… great launches. it all has to work together. i see big changes in this landscape over the last couple of years. i see more people participating as angels…this is very healthy. big sign to the world … you were probably educated here … come back and invest some of your capital in this emerging ecosystem. point well taken … we need more!

]]> http://www.jeffbennett.com/2010/07/masschallenge-striving-to-select-100-start-ups/comment-page-1/#comment-30072 Jason Biondo Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:57:20 +0000 http://www.jeffbennett.com/?p=3651#comment-30072 Great post! The people that think that Boston is not a start-up city are clearly not involved. The amount of investors located in the Greater Boston area should be a big enough hint. I still think that there aren't enough avenues to receive seed funding quickly. After the companies are selected for the MassChallenge, how are the supposed to support themselves? Free office space is great, but it's not enough to get young (poor) entrepreneurs off the ground. Great post! The people that think that Boston is not a start-up city are clearly not involved. The amount of investors located in the Greater Boston area should be a big enough hint. I still think that there aren’t enough avenues to receive seed funding quickly. After the companies are selected for the MassChallenge, how are the supposed to support themselves? Free office space is great, but it’s not enough to get young (poor) entrepreneurs off the ground.

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