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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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Koa Lab’s Support for NEVCA’s Anti-Discrimination & Sexual Harassment Statement
Discrimination and sexual harassment are intolerable in any environment, and they are kryptonite for the diversity that unleashes the innovations that empower startups to change the world. I was appalled by the allegations in The Information about the repeated episodes … Continue reading
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Best SaaS tools for Startups Revisted
Fantastic post here from Ariel Diaz @ Blissfully. I did similar post here a few years ago. Figured I’d do a quick update on the tools that I like/use at the moment – amazing how quickly the landscape changes. My … Continue reading
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Tamr & GE
I’m truly thrilled by the work that we’ve been doing @ Tamr with GE. Summary of the latest and greatest @ Tamr blog here. The winds of change are blowing strong in enterprise data and analytics space. I’m very excited … Continue reading
Conjur acquired by Cyber-Ark
I am thrilled to congratulate the entire team @ Conjur on their successful acquisition by Cyber-Ark. Formal announcement of the deal is here. As you know – I’m all about Founders – and I’m thrilled to congratulate Elizabeth Lawler (Co-Founder … Continue reading
eShares is a no-brainer
If you are running an early stage company or if you are an employee at an early stage company – I strongly recommend that you have your CFO/Admin folks adopt eShares for equity management. If you send them the following link – they will … Continue reading
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I’m not a fan of convertible notes…
I’ve been asked for opinions on convertible notes in seed rounds consistently for the past 10+ years. I’m going to just say it again. I am NOT a fan of convertible notes in seed rounds – I will always defer to founders wishes … Continue reading
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Gender Diversity Milestone @ Boston TechStars
The current TechStars ’17 Boston class is > 50% women. That’s right the 2017 TechStars Boston class is more than half women Founders/CEOs. AWESOME. JUST AWESOME. This fact was reported lightly at xconomy and BostonInno – but I believe this milestone deserves a … Continue reading
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