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Keep the Gusher of Startup Talent Right Here

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

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...

Focus on Founders: Big Data Collaboration Between HPC and Breast Cancer Therapeutics Companies

by edelfreitas | Apr 2, 2015 | Focus On Founders, General, Incubators, Innovation, R & D, Startups, What's Offered

In a recent interview with one of our companies, Bioarray Therapeutics, I got an inside look at how founder, Marcia Fournier, made use of the Venture Development Center’s supercomputing facilities.  The supercomputer was developed by another VDC company,...
Women rising on the business side of tech companies: Livja Jaho (’14)

Women rising on the business side of tech companies: Livja Jaho (’14)

by william.brah | Mar 13, 2015 | General, Internships, Startups, Student Successes, Women Rising In Tech

I was a part of CloudHealth’s story from the very beginning. “Women coming out of business schools, looking to advance their careers, are looking elsewhere,” according to a recent study by Catalyst about the gender divide in technology-intensive industries. Anna...
There Is a Welcome Mat In Massachusetts For International Student Entrepreneurs

There Is a Welcome Mat In Massachusetts For International Student Entrepreneurs

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...
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