Where Did All the Money Go in 2015? LaunchSource Already Knows.

by william.brah | Dec 3, 2015 | Fundraising, Hiring, Incubators, Marketing and Selling, Startups

There is a normal lag in investment deal reporting, so we have to wait to see what 2015 will look like, but based on deals reported from January through mid-November 2015 (with comparisons to the same period in 2014) by VentureDeal, we know the headlines will be about...

Solving the problem of finding bad fits for sales roles

by william.brah | Jun 16, 2015 | Focus On Founders, General, Hiring, Innovation, Internships, Marketing and Selling, Startups

For venture-backed SaaS companies in the Boston area, it seems that the only real limitation to their growth is the speed at which they can hire. Not just hire software engineers and the like, but entry-level business development reps. Without them, quarterly targets...

The Emerging Companies Map Is a Gift Every Ambitious College Grad Will Love

by edelfreitas | May 13, 2015 | General, Hiring, Incubators, Innovation, Internships, Marketing and Selling, Startups

This is a map of 400+ venture-backed tech companies that have been funded in the past two years. (The map was updated on November 22, 2015.) These are companies working on the hottest areas and technologies in Massachusetts (one could say “in the world”)...

LabCloud: For Fast-Growing Laboratories and Vendors Eager to Reach Them

by edelfreitas | Apr 17, 2015 | Focus On Founders, Fundraising, Incubators, Innovation, Marketing and Selling, Mentoring, R & D, Startups

Research labs spend more than $35 billion a year on laboratory equipment and supplies. But as big companies restructure their research and development to reduce costs and risks, they rely more and more on research done by smaller companies. These smaller labs are a...

Fast-growing tech companies find a solution to filling sales jobs

by william.brah | Apr 9, 2015 | Focus On Founders, General, Hiring, Incubators, Innovation, Marketing and Selling, Startups

Sasanka Atapattu, of LaunchSource, left MassTLC’s Sales & Marketing Summit on April 7, 2015 at UMass Boston with a pocketful of business cards. It’s no wonder why. Growing venture-backed tech companies are struggling to fill entry-level sales jobs, and...

What happens when a badass filmmaker teams up with the VDC to create a corporate video?

by edelfreitas | Feb 26, 2015 | Incubators, Innovation, Marketing and Selling, News and Events, Startups

Well, the VDC isn’t technically a corporation, so this was not REALLY a corporate video.  However, the video that was created stated clear value propositions and call-to-actions, so, in that sense, it achieved a business purpose.  Hence, a corporate video and a...