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My Experience with the GEIR Program
by Julio Jimenez, NAVALPER, LLC. It’s almost been 5 months since I joined the Global Entrepreneur in Residence (GEIR) program at the Venture Development Center (VDC), UMass Boston. The experience so far could not have been any better. I am extremely grateful to have...
read moreWhich Boston startup programs are delivering for their companies
(PillPack signing term sheet in May 2015.) In 2019, three of Boston’s earliest startup programs celebrated a significant milestone: ten years of operations and growth in service to the entrepreneur community. From 2009 to 2019, TechStars, MassChallenge and the Venture...
read moreThese neighborhoods account for most of the venture capital funded companies in Massachusetts
Venture backed companies in Massachusetts continue to concentrate along the Boston urban area’s transit lines, upon which half or more of their workers depend. Our research shows that during the last ten years, over 1,158 venture-backed companies have located in...
read moreWhy Ori, IKEA’s new partner, is glad to be in Massachusetts
Last week IKEA announced a new robotic furniture line in partnership with Boston-based startup Ori, which incubated in 2016 at the VDC. It is called ROGNAN, and is designed to use space inside the home more efficiently, timely as housing units become smaller to...
read moreUMass Boston’s Entrepreneur Scholarships Announced
UMass Boston’s Entrepreneur Scholarship founder, Dan Phillips Two more recipients of UMass Boston’s Entrepreneur Scholarship have been named. They are biochemistry major Sarah DuBois-Coyne and management information systems major Nezar Lila. Environmental...
read moreUMass Boston’s Venture Development Center Hits $1 Billion Funding Milestone
The Venture Development Center (VDC) at the University of Massachusetts Boston has supported 102 start-up companies now employing 1,128 people, helped them raise more than $1 billion in investments, and engaged nearly 2,000 students over the 10 years since its...
read moreHow Does the Massachusetts Global Entrepreneur in Residence Program Work?
A solution for entrepreneurs struggling with the uncertainty and limitations of the U.S. visa system “The Global Entrepreneur in Residence program seemed too good to be true, and we were skeptical at the beginning. But a couple of months after we engaged, we had the...
read moreHow Marc Pomplun launches his CS students
Is there any greater accolade than a student saying that a project has been the most meaningful and valuable experience of her undergraduate career? According to Kristen Laird (pictured), that’s what one of her teammates said about their capstone project, which they...
read more“Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me About the Rewarding Careers in Startupland?”
UMass Boston grad Gabriela Veloz ('14) and her CloudHealth Technologies colleagues talked to UMass Boston students about career opportunities in venture-backed startup companies. Remember those times when you'd wish someone just a little ahead of you would tell you...
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