Sharing the stories from the people building companies in Boston

Mar 14, 2016

WHY to Say No More Often

Saying no can make or break your business. After all, building a company is just as much as what you don't do as what you do do.

Saying no can also make or break your life. I wouldn't be able to make my marriage work without ruthless protection of my time.

Rob Gonzalez in Tech In Boston

Mar 7, 2016

Heroism Doesn’t Scale — Some Advice on Effective Delegation

“Heroism doesn’t scale, heroes become martyrs.” — Joshua Reeves, Gusto Co-Founder & CEO.

Rob Gonzalez in Tech In Boston

Mar 4, 2016

Resilience, Not Adversity, is What Makes an Entrepreneur

There’s an unhealthy belief in the startup world that adversity makes for a great entrepreneur. It’s the “if it doesn’t kill you it makes you stronger” kind of thing. Stats like “7 in 10 entrepreneurs cite traumatic childhood…

Rob Gonzalez in Tech In Boston

Mar 1, 2016

“Family Friendly” Only Starts With Maternity/Paternity Leave, It Doesn’t End There

Yesterday’s read, Yelp Fired A Single Mother Today: Me, struck a chord within me. I work with a lot of parents (and have one on the way myself!), and from the outside looking in, building a…

Kyle York in Tech In Boston

Feb 25, 2016

Want Business Success? Take These College Courses

A few months ago I dropped a tweet on Twitter giving a shout out to my alma mater Bentley University on the most foundational courses that shape my business career.

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Matt Brand in Tech In Boston

Feb 23, 2016

The Adventure

Every time I start a new job, I hope and believe that we can build a winner. I don’t like “losing” in the traditional sense. I’ve experienced “winning” and will constantly be aiming for that. I suspect I’m far from alone on that front. In the startup world, the road doesn’t always lead to the promised…

Rob Gonzalez in Tech In Boston

Feb 22, 2016

Doctor Wife, Startup Husband: Making it Work

This post is dedicated to all those founders out there hustling to make it work without sacrificing the rest of their lives to do so.

Lots of founders are in their early 20s with no spouse, no mortgage, and no real serious…

Redacted in Tech In Boston

Feb 18, 2016

Who is Getting It? Venture Capital, That Is

The concerned sentiment predicting that “winter is coming” in venture capital across numerous VC blogs doesn’t mesh with some recent headlines. From the entrepreneurs’ perspectives, it may be frustrating to reconcile headlines that cite billions of…

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Matt Brand in Tech In Boston

Feb 1, 2016

Engineering Your Team

How do you build your engineering/dev team from the ground up? There are a few different ways to do it but unfortunately, none bring a guarantee of success.