by christianvialva | Jun 18, 2015 | Focus On Founders, Fundraising, GEIR program, General
by Bryan O’Connell I’ll let you in on a secret about venture capital investing – often the decision to invest isn’t as complex as most VCs would have you believe. Despite all of the smoke and mirrors, the litany of meetings, the endless diligence – it...
by william.brah | Apr 30, 2015 | GEIR program, Incubators, Innovation, Mentoring, Startups
These are companies that can add two dozen employees per year as they rocket upward. This year, we do not have to stand by and watch another group of talented MBAs and PhDs graduating from our local universities leave the country because they can’t secure...
by william.brah | Apr 2, 2015 | GEIR program, Incubators, Innovation, Startups
There seems to be a near-endless succession of bright young people promising venture capitalists that they can be “the Uber of X”, where X is anything one of those bright young people can imagine wanting done for them. San Francisco is ground zero for...
by william.brah | Mar 6, 2015 | GEIR program, Innovation, News and Events
Last November, we wrote about a program to help qualified international students stay in Massachusetts after graduation if they are starting or growing a high potential business. Called a clever immigration workaround by Fortune, it is being piloted by the Venture...
by edelfreitas | Nov 20, 2014 | GEIR program, Innovation, Startups
Bryan O’Connell, from Limerick, Ireland is the founder of FirstLine, a consumer-oriented healthcare mobile application. FirstLine’s mission is to reduce the friction and cost involved for consumers attempting to access a primary care physician. Bryan received...
