http://www.bostonyoungentrepreneurs.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:51:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Masschusetts is a hotbed of entrepreneurship. That's the truth and we need to say it more often. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is honoring BYE presenters Emergent Energy Group on Thursday, February 25th, alongside SCVNGR, Wistia and IdeaPaint, for their entrepreneural spirit, intelligence and determination. We hope you can make it! Here's the ... http://www.bostonyoungentrepreneurs.com/business-news/massachusetts-honors-emergent-energy-group-and-others/ As always, we here at BYE look out for the young entrepreneurs of Boston. We know how valuable legal help is, so we recommend to everyone that their first step in starting a business is finding a good lawyer. Our partner ACCION USA is hosting a great workshop for anyone who ... http://www.bostonyoungentrepreneurs.com/events/accion-brings-the-legal-advice-for-startups/ Lauren Porat from Urban Interns sent along this notice to me about their services and a discount they're offering. I figured you guys might be able to take advantage of their listing services given how heavily many of you rely on interns to run your companies "Do you need an extra ... http://www.bostonyoungentrepreneurs.com/resources/looking-for-interns-to-help-your-business/ Boston Young Entrepreneurs' partner WorkBar, which offers office space for a monthly fee on the model of a gym membership, has some exciting news: they've moved! To celebrate, WorkBar is hosting an open house TOMORROW. I've heard their space is beautiful, so make sure to take a walk over and see ... http://www.bostonyoungentrepreneurs.com/events/workbar-is-moving-grand-opening/ As we work on a more permanent solution to housing (officing?) the startup community in Boston, we'll highlight potential opportunities wherever we can find them. On that note, the East Boston Chamber of Commerce is co-hosting an open house at 175 McLellan Highway, a property that has opened itself up to startup ... http://www.bostonyoungentrepreneurs.com/events/startup-office-space-open-house-175-mclellan-highway/   Cort and Jake from DartBoston have a great program on Pokin' Holes tonight featuring Jason Evanish and Greenhorn Connect. They've also been kind enough to invite ME to sit on the panel. I'm honored and excited and I hope you'll come support Greenhorn, Dart and BYE by joining us tonight at ... http://www.bostonyoungentrepreneurs.com/business-news/dartbostons-pokin-holes-tonight/ On Thursday, November 19th, Boston Young Entrepreneurs and ACCION USA co-hosted a panel discussion on alternative financing for small businesses. Andrew Prescott of Urban Adventours and Marty Walsh of Geekhouse Bikes provided their financing histories, and Sherri Lane of ACCION USA chimed in regularly to provide insight into the funder's point of ... http://www.bostonyoungentrepreneurs.com/business-news/accion-financing-panel-wrapup-and-resources/ We know some of you in the Boston Young Entrepreneurs community are not, in fact, entrepreneurs, at least not at this very moment. Many of you are students with an idea or just a desire to get into the startup world, and many of you have started a company in ... http://www.bostonyoungentrepreneurs.com/resources/venturefizz-can-find-you-a-startup-job/ Young Entrepreneurs Initiative is the French Embassy's effort to support startups with global ambition and potential. Yann LeBeux, the YEi program manager, has been a regular Boston Young Entrepreneurs participant for quite a while. YEi is free and focuses on the key issues that young entrepreneurs everywhere face, including team building, ... http://www.bostonyoungentrepreneurs.com/business-news/be-a-global-company-from-startup-with-the-young-entrepreneurs-initiative/ Venrock's David Beisel has built a tremendous and powerful organization in the Web Innovators Group, which provides the opportunity for web and mobile startups to exhibit their businesses to a large audience made up of Boston's entrepreneurial and venture capital community. WebInno's quarterly events have become can't miss in Boston and ... http://www.bostonyoungentrepreneurs.com/events/web-innovators-group/