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Everything you need to navigate the local web & mobile startup community.!
Explore the full, interactive hitchhiker’s guide at
BostonTechGuide.com.!
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About the Authors!
Rob Go!Founding Partner!
NextView Ventures!@robgo!
robgo.org!
Jay Acunzo!Director, Platform!
NextView Ventures!@Jay_zo!
sorryformarketing.com!
Keith Frankel!Chapter Head!
CreativeMornings!@theKeithF!
creativemornings.com!
Ariel Simon!Senior Designer!
SapientNitro!@arielsimonsays!arielsimon.com!
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About NextView Ventures!The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Boston Tech is supported by NextView Ventures, Boston’s leading seed-stage investor in B2C and B2B web and mobile startups. We aim to be a great one-product company (a highly engaged seed investment) and exist for a single purpose: Help founders give their companies the best possible start.!
ViewFromSeed.com | NextViewVentures.com | @NextViewVC!Boston, MA
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Boston today is home to a
thriving web & mobile startup
ecosystem.!
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But if we’re being honest, it’s been a bit of a crazy rollercoaster.!
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But if we’re being honest, it’s been a bit of a crazy rollercoaster.!(Yup, we totally get it.)
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The area once boasted a nationally
known startup ecosystem:!
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The area once boasted a nationally
known startup ecosystem:!
Route 128.
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The area once boasted a nationally
known startup ecosystem:!
Route 128.
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The area once boasted a nationally
known startup ecosystem:!
Route 128. Better known as “America’s
Technology Highway.”
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But over time, Boston tech lost its way. !
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But over time, Boston tech lost its way. !(And a few good companies.)
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But over time, Boston tech lost its way. !(And a few good companies.)
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But over time, Boston tech lost its way. !(And a few good companies.)
great
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And people noticed…!
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And people noticed…!
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And people noticed…!
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And people noticed…!
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And people noticed…!
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And people noticed…!
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And people noticed…!(Okay, so mostly Pando noticed.)
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And people noticed…!(Okay, so mostly Pando noticed.) (But that doesn’t make them entirely wrong – Boston had seen better days.)
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But finally, more recently,
Boston tech has quickly
grown again.!
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But finally, more recently,
Boston tech has quickly
grown again.!
(Ahem - I said “quickly.”)
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But finally, more recently,
Boston tech has quickly
grown again.!
(Ahem - I said “quickly.”)
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But finally, more recently,
Boston tech has quickly
grown again.!
(Ahem - I said “quickly.”) (That’s better.)
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For years now, Massachusetts has ranked behind only California for
Source: SSTI study, Jan. 2014
Most Venture Capital Invested!
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For years now, Massachusetts has ranked behind only California for
Source: SSTI study, Jan. 2014
Most Venture Capital Invested!
1!$14.7B!
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For years now, Massachusetts has ranked behind only California for
Source: SSTI study, Jan. 2014
Most Venture Capital Invested!
1!
2!
$14.7B!
$3.1B!
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For years now, Massachusetts has ranked behind only California for
Source: SSTI study, Jan. 2014
Most Venture Capital Invested!
1!
2!
3!
$14.7B!
$3.1B!
$2.85B!
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While the intellectual power has always been staggering…!
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While the intellectual power has always been staggering…!(schools like Harvard, MIT, and 70+ other higher-ed institutions make this the academic capital of the world, which includes $1.5B in annual R&D spend)
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…startups & VCs are now launching or moving Downtown, not to 128.!
via Techscene.at/Boston
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But with so much to know
and do, we needed a way to navigate it.!
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But with so much to know
and do, we needed a way to navigate it.!
Like a guide.
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But with so much to know
and do, we needed a way to navigate it.!
Like a guide. For getting around.
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But with so much to know
and do, we needed a way to navigate it.!
Like a guide. For getting around.
Or maybe hiking?
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But with so much to know
and do, we needed a way to navigate it.!
Like a guide. For getting around.
Or maybe hiking? Yeah, hiking. Hitchhiking.
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But with so much to know
and do, we needed a way to navigate it.!
Like a guide. For getting around.
Or maybe hiking? Yeah, hiking. Hitchhiking.
Enough with the buildup. We get it.
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Introducing…!
Everything you need to navigate the community, all in one place.
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Introducing…!
Everything you need to navigate the community, all in one place.
Sounds perfect. (Was that so hard?)
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Introducing…!
Everything you need to navigate the community, all in one place.
Click Wally to explore the guide.
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Thanks & Welcome to Boston!!
Rob Go!@robgo!
robgo.org!
Jay Acunzo!@Jay_zo!
sorryformarketing.com!
Keith Frankel!@theKeithF!
creativemornings.com!
Ariel Simon!@arielsimonsays!arielsimon.com!
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