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At Koa Labs, we love start-ups. And we really love the start-up community in Cambridge, Mass. We think Cambridge is the best place in the US to create and grow new Internet, info-tech and biotech companies. On this blog, Koa Labs founder Andy Palmer and others their share ideas, insights, and practical advice to help founders and first-time CEOs build better start-ups. How to get funded. How to work the ecosystem to get unfair competitive advantage. How to remain independent as long as possible. How to have fun doing all this while working insanely hard. Please let us know what else you’d like to read about. See you around Harvard Square.-
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Category Archives: Founders
BOD Compensation @ Startups
I get lots of questions about compensation for BOD members @ startups. I can’t say it much better than Brad Feld in this post. A few additional thoughts: Your BOD works for the company. First time entrepreneurs are sometimes at … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Financing, Founders, Innovation, Start-Ups, Startup
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Team Palmer
I was truly moved by this article in Wired last week. As anyone who knows me well will tell you – I think of start-ups as a team sport and my most important teammate is, and will always be, my … Continue reading
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Carta is a “no brainer” for equity & fund management.
Use Carta for Equity Management. Continue reading
Most entrepreneurs (including myself) are not in their ’20s….
A post by Meredith Somers @ MIT last week here caused me to think about my own entrepreneurial journey. I had entrepreneurial tendencies early in my career – always trying to emulate my grandfather (reference here) – however I didn’t “co-found” a significant … Continue reading
Patent Troll Reform Vetoed by Governor Baker – onto next legislative session…
As many of you know by now, Governor Baker vetoed the legislation – bill S.2622 – that would have ensured state protection in MA against patent trolls. The bill had passed both the House and the Senate. While I am very disappointed … Continue reading
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Congrats to the team @ PillPack
I’m thrilled for my friends TJ and Elliot at PillPack on their announcement today with Amazon. From the moment I met TJ and Elliot back in 2013 – I believed that if anyone was going to reinvent pharmacy it was going to be … Continue reading
from the files : Trilogy/pcOder
Going through my old files/spring cleaning and turned up a bunch of old Trilogy/pcOrder.com stuff. Thought that Trilogy/pcOrder alums would get a kick out of these.
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LZR in Austin is AWESOME!
Had a chance to swing by LZR – the rebranded event space formerly the music venue La Zona Rosa – reference article here. John Price has done an incredible job of building the type of space and community that creates … Continue reading
Kinsa – 10M+ real temperature readings to deliver world’s best real-time flu tracking
Lots of people (including myself) talk about the potential impact of information technology in healthcare – as published in the New York Times – Inder Singh and the Kinsa team are delivering real health benefits to real people every day – helping fight the … Continue reading
Koa Labs : The Next Chapter
Over the past 5+ years I’ve been working hard to help develop founder culture in Cambridge/Boston ecosystem. Thanks to my wife Amy for supporting my seemingly never ending startup addiction – she’s an amazing partner and soul mate. As I … Continue reading
