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ID 31179

Semyon Dukach

Investor

Mentor-in-residence at TechStars Boston. Active angel investor. Troublemaker. Chairman of SMTP. http://semyon.com.

ID 37655

Jay Batson

Investor

Currently Mentor-in-Residence at TechStars, Founding CEO @acquia (private), Founder & CEO @pingtel (acq. Nortel), VP Engineering @on-technology (IPO)

ID 131068

Ray Ozzie

Investor

Entrepreneur
http://ozzie.net

ID 3991

Joe Caruso

Investor

Investor in @hubspot, @apperian, @carbonite, @mortar-data, @kinvey, @collaborate, @scvngr, @nextly-1, @skyhook Wireless, @smarterer, @constant-contact, @parelastic...
http://joecaruso2020

ID 169766

Joe O'Connor

Investor

• Business advisor • worked @cisco • Member Angel Investor Forum
http://urbantimes.co/citizen/joeoconnor/

ID 114962

Dries Buytaert

@drupal-1 founder and project lead, co-founder and CTO @acquia, co-founder @mollom

ID 18206

Walt Doyle

Investor

Technology operator and exec. Advisor/investor. Ran @where until the sale to @paypal. Previously @zdnet and @mapquest.

ID 1206

David Hauser

Investor

Founder of @grasshopper. Founder of @chargify. Founder of @popsurvey. Angel Investor.

ID 20113

Dave Balter

Investor

@bzzagent Founder and Executive Chair; Global Head of Investments @dunnhumby; Executive Chair @smarterer. Slightly A.D.D. or something like that.

ID 206

Ty Danco

Investor

Founder, BuysideFX, @eseclending. @techstars-1 Boston, North Country Angels, Anges Quebec, Founder Fuel, MassChallenge. http://tydanco.com That's about it.
http://tydanco.com

ID 46711

Roger Krakoff

Investor

Sigma Partners & JEGI Capital (Partner), @webline-communications (Cisco), Stream International, IBM / DNB, Harvard MBA

ID 211114

Thomas Erickson

CEO of Acquia, former board member of TaskRabbit, Quickcomm, SeeWhy. Former CEO of Systinet, Chief Products Office at Tele Atlas, EVP Intl at webMethods, etc.

ID 143

David Cohen

Investor

Founder/CEO of @techstars. Investor in Amazing Startups. Geeky to the bone. http://www.davidgcohen.com
http://www.davidgcohen.com/

ID 600

David Cancel

Investor

CEO & Founder @performable. Love creating and advising startups! Previously started @ghostery, @lookery and @compete.
http://davidcancel.com/

ID 559

Roy Rodenstein

Investor

Investor Crashlytics (acq. Twitter), Rapportive (acq. LinkedIn). CEO TrueLens, co-founder Going.com (acq. AOL), co-founder Hacker Angels. MIT Media Lab '00.
http://how2startup.com

ID 28302

Wan Li Zhu

Investor

VC @ @fairhaven-capital; Previously global product manager of @microsoft Dynamics CRM; Also worked at @google, Morgan Stanley, NYSE
http://hacktrend.com

ID 33052

Tony L. Chen

Investor

Investor, Entrepreneur, Advisor. @yale-university MB&B & MIT @mit-sloan-school-of-management MBA.

ID 502

Cyril Ebersweiler

Investor

Visionary Punk, founder of @chinaccelerator, @haxlr8r & @leap-axlr8r ;partner @sosventures-1.Most prolific investor in hardware (40+).Sometimes cowork with coconuts
http://www.chinaccelerator.com

ID 744

Dustin Dolginow

Investor

VC at @atlas-venture; Funding team at @angellist. Founded and killed Social Swipe. Retail + SMB in my DNA. Reformed banker and @middlebury-college grad.

ID 414

Christopher Mirabile

Investor

Managing Director Launchpad Venture Group. Tech investor. Named an XConomy "Top Angel in New England." Entrepreneurship lecturer in Babson MBA Prog.
http://www.scratchpapberblog.com

ID 100109

Ivan Mitrovic

Investor

Leading Data Science team at PayPal, CTO at WHERE - acquired by PayPal, Founder at KMaps - acquired by WHERE

ID 568

Adam Berrey

Investor

Advisor | Investor | Free Agent at Many Places
http://www.startupblender.com

ID 9634

Geoffrey Clapp

Entrepreneur. Advisor @Rock_Health. Former COO/CTO of @health-hero-network, leading company from funding through major M&A exit. Worked at @apple, Kodak
http://geoffclapp.blogspot.com

ID 1204

JS Cournoyer

Investor

Partner at @real-ventures Entrepreneur angel investor husband father of 5 hockey player http://jscournoyer.com
http://www.jscournoyer.com

ID 94139

PJ Solomon

Investor

General Partner, Second & Fourth - Worked @facebook, @monster-worldwide

ID 23404

Adam Besvinick

Investor

Partnerships + Biz Dev @wanelo | Previously @lowercase-capital, @gumroad | @harvard-business-school + @duke-university University alum
http://ventureminded.me

ID 5654

Doug Levin

Investor

Founder of @black-duck-software and Former CEO. Advisor to a whole bunch of zero stage and emerging companies.
http://www.ayeahgames.com/blog/

ID 116779

Jennifer 8. Lee

CEO of @plympton. Launch team at @upworthy. One of the youngest reporters at The @New York Times. Bestselling author. Survived Colbert. Applied math at @harvard-university.
http://j8.ly

ID 90042

Marcus Whitney

CTO and Co-Founder at @moontoast. Managing Director at @jumpstart-foundry.
http://marcuswhitney.com

ID 5047

Sean Lindsay

VP Engineering at Tapjoy by way of Co-Founder and CTO of @viximo. Veteran of a half dozen startups, five of which had exit event. Advisor, Mentor, Connector.

ID 59736

Carlos Cashman

Investor

CEO of @cuenotes, Managing Director ConstellationCK, Director: @secretbuilders, Asset Performance Technologies, 5 time founder of tech companies.

ID 25520

Arie Abecassis

Investor

Co-Founder AppStori, Board Director at @seatgeek, Board Member at @adapt-ly, Board Member, BiznessApps

ID 33823

Higinio O. Maycotte

Investor

CEO at @umbel. Founder at @flightlock (acquired by Control Risks), Finetooth (now Mumboe), & most recently founding CTO of @the-texas-tribune.

ID 1976

Philip H. Beauregard

Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Microeconomics, Governing/Game Dynamics buff. Former Tech Investment Banker and restaurant waiter. Wharton Grad.

ID 72625

Jennifer E. Byrne

Investor

President, Quesnay. Former VP @american-express mcommerce; Exec @verizon led innovation, BD, & applications ecosystem. Investor: @vouchr, @lettuce, & CareatHand

ID 18864

FOUNDER.org

Investor

FOUNDER.org's mission is to inspire more students to chase big ideas and become founders of impactful companies that drive innovation and economic growth.

ID 91663

Shalin Shah

Investor

Startups and Investing

ID 1340

Rajeev Surati

Investor

Have founded 3 successful companies in both the display business, consumer internet, and consumer and enterprise realtime communication.

ID 25342

David Opolon

Investor

Angel | Entrepreneur | Ph.D. Engineering Systems MIT

ID 1691

Steven Kane

Investor

Entrepreneur, investor, gadfly, haiku-ist.
http://blog.luckylabs.com

ID 16347

Mike Grandinetti

Investor

MD,Southboro Capital,5X start-upCXO, 2 IPOs,5exits; Mentor:@techstars, Founders Inst, Long @massachusetts-institute-of-technology affiliation.Ex McKinsey.Connector to large global start-up network

ID 62349

Sergey Gribov

Investor

Technology entrepreneur with 20 years of experience across USA, Israel and Russia. Investor and adviser in several startups in IT space.

ID 329931

Jack Danahy

Founder @ounce-labs, @qiave-technologies • Worked at @ibm, @watchguard • Studied at @rensselaer-polytechnic-institute

ID 11310

Matt Cutler

Founder & CEO of @collaborate. Formerly CMO of @visible-measures. Founder of @netgenesis. @techstars-1 Mentor.
http://www.kibits.com

ID 232393

David Meerman Scott

Marketing strategist, keynote speaker, and bestselling author of 8 books including The New Rules of Marketing & PR and Newsjacking.
http://www.webinknow.com/

ID 45316

Dan Lasher

Investor

Investment banking at Victory Park - alum of Streetwise Media (acq by ACBJ), GrandBanks Capital (VC) & Revolution Partners (acq by Morgan Keegan)

ID 46141

Rishi Dean

Entrepreneur & product guy currently @Sittercity. Formerly @nanigans, @VisibleMeasures, @LimeTreeCove & Entrepreneur-In-Residence @EshipMIT.

ID 49644

Carlos Rodarte

Interested in technology, mobile, and all things healthcare.

ID 3424

Geoffrey Hyatt

Investor

Successful entrepreneur. Now keeping busy as an active advisor to a few great companies. Not investing much in seed stage at the current valuations.

ID 35288

Carter Williams

Investor

20yrs of Startup, Operations, Venture and R&D experience across aerospace, energy, embedded systems. Successful exits in energy, pharma and aerospace.
http://blog.oiventures.com

ID 168961

Grant Ho

Head of Product Mktg @carecloud; Mentor @Rock_Health. Worked @ge-healthcare, @novell, @oliver-wyman. #HealthIT, #B2B, #SaaS. Hold 3 Degrees from MIT.

ID 119783

L.D. Salmanson

Investor

Entrepreneur, consultant, and investor. In that order.
http://systep.blogspot.com/

ID 85231

graychynoweth

Investor

COO @ Dyn. PoliSci @ Cal. JD/MA @ Duke. Passionate about Tech, NH the outdoors.

ID 260660

Maulik Majmudar

Investor

Associate Director, Healthcare Transformation Lab, MGH • Worked at @brigham-women-s-hospital, @massachusetts-general-hospital-mgh • Studied at @university-of-maryland-college-park, @northwestern-university

ID 98756

Janet Holian

COO Gemvara. Former CMO & President of Europe for Vistaprint. Advisor to startups.

ID 29748

Doug Redding

Investor

Strategic Financial Advisor to Early-Stage Technology Companies

ID 82693

Justin Bedecarré

Founder @42floors • Worked at @cushman-wakefield • Studied at @university-of-california-berkeley
http://42floors.com/blog

ID 37218

Jonah Lupton

Founder: Lupton Media Group, Parabolic Ventures, The Greatest Pitch, Cauzly.com, Strivved.com, The Lupton Group, InterCapital Group, and StriveAuto.com
http://jonahlupton.com/blog

ID 2196

Charles Huang

Investor

Advisor/mentor @ health/tech accelerator Blueprint Health. Ex VC @ Spark Capital. Entrepreneur at Generation Health, sold to CVS. Payor corp finance & strategy.
http://thesignaltonoise.com

ID 96097

Philip Wolf

Board Director India: NASDAQ:MMYT US/CAN: Hopper, Inntopia, Sphere, GBTA, QuickMobile Russia: Oktogo, DataArt Brazil: Dashbell EUR: TrustYou, Net Trans, Odigeo

ID 176597

Ann-Marie Bland

Investor

Founder @ThinkGoodInc, social enterprise, Consumer Marketer• Worked @viaweb and sold to Yahoo!, @papertrell sold to Vivendi, @HasbroInteractive sold to Inforgrames @connected Living, social mission
http://www.thinkdogood.com

ID 111387

David Henderson

Social, Mobile, Media, Entrepreneur - co-founder of socialeyes and socialmedia, early executive at @doubleclick and @matchlogic.

ID 3527

Chris G. Shaw

Investor

Entrepreneur-in-residence at @Think-Big-Partners, Co-Founder of @lexspot. @scvngr alum/licensed attorney. B2B & Consumer exp.
http://blog.chrisgshaw.com

ID 236632

Jonathan Aguiar

Professional poker player since '05 • 2012 WSOP Bracelet Winner • Advisor at @draftkings • Wentworth BCOS '05 • Luck is just noise, Success is in the signal

ID 4728

Joseph Schwendt

Chief Mobile Solutions Architect at @apperian, iOS developer/Apple fanboy, startup junkie, Alt Rockaholic, wine and beer aficionado, can't get enough spicy food
http://Schwendt.com

ID 28049

Alan Albert

Investor

Entrepreneur, Innovator, Advisor. Founder of three successful software companies including FileMaker, acquired by @apple.

ID 309006

Colin Raney

Obsessed with the future. Designer & Location Director @ IDEO.

ID 495059

Andrew "Drew" Koven

Investor

eCom and Omnichannel Retail Executive @guess, 1st consumer startup @18, Former Exec @SteveMadden, Melissa&Doug, FreshDirect, Geoff&Drew's; Invest/Mentor/Advise

ID 195637

D. M. Thérèse Byrne

Worked at @nbc-universal and @IMG_Worldwide, Entrepreneurship Professor @boston-college, Startup Advisor, Digital Strategy Consultant

ID 266561

Martin Pitkow

Investor

Sales and Strategy exec @ SuccessFactors / SAP, 25 years enterprise sales and sales management, start up through large co. fast growth cycles.

ID 38687

Melissa Leffler

Engineering manager with a focus on enterprise. Advisor. Frmly: @awareness,@eroom-technology, @lotus-development-corporation and @liquid-machines

ID 245672

Michael Degnan

I'm a founder, entrepreneur, strategist, athlete, sports fan & community builder. I help drive innovation at the intersection of FS, customer experience & technology.
http://www.degnan.net

ID 248529

Marilyn Kramer

Investor

Healthcare IT executive, President/CEO of DxCG, predictive modeling company. Sold to Verisk. Presently overseeing MA All Payer Claims Database.

ID 97187

Jonathan Hirsch

Investor

Founder at @syapse, Neuroscientist

ID 75849

Michael Boezi

Independent Advisor and Content Strategist
http://michaelboezi.com

ID 321290

Clayton Sachs

Investor

Growth equity investor at @ta-associates . Former @jp-morgan analyst. Advisor/Investor with Bobo. @princeton-university History major. Founder of Lucy's Canvas.

ID 13476

Mike Massaro

Investor

CEO @ @peertransfer Sales, Marketing & BD Dealmaker with extensive network in Wireless/Mobile & Consumer Billing/Payments.
http://about.me/edit/Massaro

ID 328

Anita Brearton

Investor

Investor in @crimson-hexagon, @fashion-playtes, HarQen. Advisor to @smashion, @day2night-convertible-heels, @electrokite.

ID 107235

David Bell

Founder @gummicube, GP @Infinite Channel, founding team [bus dev+mkt] @playphone, CEO @chasma, BOD @draft-zone, Advisor @republic-project @venture51 @cellufun
http://@daveabell

ID 6332

Robert DiLoreto

Investor

Connecting Innovation to the Enterprise...in record time!
http://t.co/fWZRexNh

ID 5559

Bill Bing

12+ years start-up and venture capital experience. Former founder & CEO of @loyalese, founding VP at @square 1 Ventures, and early employee @upromise .

ID 97115

Navroop Mitter

CEO of Gryphn, Former @accenture Security Exec, Board Member LadiesAmerica, Motorcycle Riding Nihari Cooking Travel Enthusiast

ID 64003

Charles Stromeyer Jr.

Helped pioneer 7 industries; Advisor to top companies such as Sanergy which won the first Katerva Award which is the highest prize for sustainability

ID 51278

Peter Hubshman

Start-up, private equity, and capital markets experience combined. I work at the early and first round stages to conceptualize strategies and financial plans.

ID 135529

Yael Hochberg

Entrepreneurship and Finance professor at MIT Sloan School of Management; executive education professor at Kellogg School of Management. VC, entrepreneurship and innovation guru. Startup advisor. Former entrepreneur.

ID 44484

Leonard Grover

Founder/CEO of ShopDAQ and FinToolbox/Screener.co Former VC Analyst (Chrysalis, Longworth) SeekingAlpha Contributor

ID 156706

Mark Miller

Managing Partner @ Good Harbor Partners • @myedgps Advisor • Studied at @cornell-university • Serial Entrepreneur with successful exits • Expertise in EdTech and Publishing

ID 50750

Chad Pytel

CEO and Founder of thoughtbot
http://robots.thoughtbot.com

ID 11978

Musaddeq Khan (MK)

Founder @verdeeco, @prominus CEO co-founder @pliant-labs Strategy and Marketing consultant @clevest-solutions @best-buy
http://blog.verdeeco.com

ID 169672

Whitney Johnson

Co-founder @claychristensen's fund; @harvardbiz-er, @Inc's 12 to Follow on @twitter in '12; advisor to @justfamily @everest @the_thryll; author @daredreamdo.

ID 95275

Dan Pullman

Investor


ID 135997

Andrew Saunders

Integrated Marketing & Content Solutions Executive at CAA (@creative-artists-agency). Featured in Wired, Fast Company and Banff Media Festival.
http://www.andrewsaunders.com

ID 349152

Jennifer Keiser Neundorfer

Investor

Founder @flashstarts, Worked @FoxNetworks, @youtube, @google Studied @stanford MBA, @harvard BA

ID 376831

Brian Sheng

Studied at @princeton-university, Investor @dreamtechvc

ID 21434

Nicolas Girard

Founder @aquto, @attila-technologies

ID 31057

Jarrett Goetz

Innovator, Technologist, Entrepreneur, Connector, Operations Guy, Start-up Enthusiast. 15 years building technology and operations organizations for startups. Never a dull moment.

ID 52635

Adam McGowan

Founder and CEO at Firefield.com
http://www.mcgowan15.com

ID 67312

Yechiel Engelhard

Investor

Founder, CEO @GeckoCap • @MIT & @BGU • past roles @health-care Information Technology: @athenahealth @healarium @Curamed • Led @clinical-trials & 7 years @medical Doctor & @cmo @idf
http://geckocap.tumblr.com

ID 234749

Adam Dole

Presidential Innovation Fellow at The White House. EIR at Mayo Clinic. Mentor at Rock Health. Worked at NASA, Jump Associates and Method.

ID 114446

Erhardt Graeff

Researcher and Grad Student at MIT Media Lab; Co-Founded The Awesome Foundation, BetterGrads, and the Web Ecology Project.

ID 31754

David Friedman

President and founder of Boston Logic Technology Partners. Founder @friedman-llp. Boston area entrepreneur and startup adviser.
http://www.bostonlogic.com/blog

ID 9907

Mike Kozub

Entrepreneurial senior executive serving clients while also incubating startup-projects of our own at @launch Pad Ventures (www.launch-pad.co).
http://launchpadreadyaimfire.wordpress.com/

ID 90899

Paul Franzosa

innovator | leader | entrepreneur | mentor
http://zosa.wordpress.com/

ID 291610

Christopher Payton

Investor

Founded an executive education business and an innovative private equity fund of funds. Former teaching fellow & research associate at Harvard Business School.

ID 21060

Paul Perry

Investor

Firefly Network->@microsoft, @verizon. Computer Science @Dartmouth.
http://blog.paulperry.net

ID 156894

Mike Banchick

Sales Leadership at @bullhorn

ID 71279

Howard Davidson

Marketing director of sitecues by Ai Squared. Former marketing director at Gemvara, messageAMP and influencers@. Organized 1000 Pirates & RubyRiot.

ID 141120

Wayne E. Chen

Mobile & Digital Product Guru @PocketSQRMedia. Venture Capital Backed Experience from IDG, Accel, 500 Startups and more.
http://enovaminds.com

ID 79140

Robert Wilkins

Executive and entrepreneur who has helmed (6) successful start-ups, 2 of which have gone public, + 11 years running a publicly-traded Fortune 1000 company.
http://blog.freepricealerts.com/

ID 7286

Dan Smith

COO CitySprout, Founder/CEO @go2-media, @80108-locomobo • Worked at @miva • Studied at @mit-sloan-school-of-management, @merrimack-college

ID 51191

Richard Walton

Founder of Buggl, GVI + a few others, travel entrepreneur, international travel expert. Strong International management experience of global teams

ID 61738

Olivia Dufour

Co-Founder of LovelinesApp.com & Goodify.com (prev. Invup), Enterprise & Gamification Lead at NTT Data, Creative Technologist & MassChallenge winner.

ID 316903

Eswar Mani

Investor

Investor&Fundraiser @masdar, Banker @credit-suisse-first-boston-csfb & Techie @merrill-lynch; MIT Sloan MBA '08, Undergrad LSE '01; born, raised & from Tokyo

ID 180432

Peter Haas

Founder AIDG, TED senior fellow, Echoing Green Alum, Clinton Global Initiative, ANDE member, background in BOP product development, IT, and supporting startups
http://www.aidg.org/blog

ID 113865

Mike Achilles

20+ years experience in technology. Founder. Developer. Agile Mentor. Startup Advisor. Provides technical and business direction. Offshore expert.

ID 40558

Mike Bennett

Founder, @healthetreatment.com; Chief Revenue Officer at @goby (Acq. TNAV); US GM at @cheapflights.com; VP Corp Dev/GM Online Media/VP Sales at Monster.com

ID 144627

Apolinaras "Apollo" Sinkevicius

16 years in startups. 9 technology (SaaS & Enterprise Software), talent management, and professional services companies. 12 founders, 7 CEOs. Now in Boston.
http://ChiefBusinessHacker.com

ID 352252

Adam Broun

Investor

IT strategist steeped in buy-side and sell-side securities businesses. Partner at @deloitte-consulting; MD and CIO at @credit-suisse • Studied at @oxford-university University

ID 94771

Cem Baydar

Investor

Strategy and Management Consulting Executive with 15 years of experience, Advisory Board Member of Endeavor, Member of Keiretsu Forum, ex-Accenture and comScore executive.

ID 305343

Shergul Arshad

Head of digital at AS Roma. Guided BD and marketing @ebay. Angel Investor, sports fan, social media guru, eCommerce and consumer internet strategist.

ID 439260

Steve Sukman

Creative exec and advisor with 20 years of leadership experience in fundraising, product marketing, sales and management. I turn ideas into action and profit.

ID 130862

Brad Wing

Head of YellowAPI.com. Mobile App Strategist (+4M downloads). API Evangelist. Biz Dev Specialist. Local & Geo Expert. New Media Nerd.
http://blog.yellowapi.com/

ID 123067

Gregory O. Odum

Founder @Odum Capital LLC • Worked at Wells Fargo, T-Mobile • Babson MBA
http://fundless-sponsor.blogspot.com/

ID 31431

Travell Perkins

Founder of RGB Daily / Startupwindow, Senior Hacker, Journalist in training and avid Snowboarder
http://www.startupwindow.com

ID 216908

Chris Salisbury

Sales and Business Development Director, Advisor, Investor

ID 101736

Eric J. Hansen

Tech entrepreneur interested in online behavior, digital marketing analytics, web optimization. CEO at @sitespect, Inc.

ID 51936

James Wong

Investor

Medical technology investing @nbgi-ventures | Healthcare consulting and innovation management @cambridge-consultants | Computational biology @university-of-cambridge |

ID 221498

Gene Dolgin


ID 137864

Julien L. Pham, MD, MPH

Nephrologist at BWH. Faculty at Harvard Medical School. Harvard MPH '11. Entrepreneur and investor. Innovation is my lifeblood

ID 127475

Spencer Bramson

Left college at 19 to run my first startup fulltime. Bootstrapped influencers@ to be profitable in our our first 6 months. Ave margins per client 68% - 72%.

ID 177082

Oscar Howell

Studied at @MIT, @harvard
http://oscarhowell.com

ID 41823

Sahir Azam

Investor

Current: Director, Cloud Management Strategy @vmware. Former CTO Office @dynamicops. Sales/presales @bmc-software & @bladelogic .

ID 157838

Doug Brenhouse


ID 390126

Sal A. Magnone

Entrepreneur, CEO/CTO, Technology Professional with a concentration in Big Data, Fast Data, Complex Analytics, and Data Mining.

ID 50737

Leslie Goldberg

Investor

Veteran educational consultant. Advisor to special needs organizations. Expert witness. Investor in @myedgps.
http://www.edconsult.org/educational-consulting-blog/

ID 245348

Wasim Malik

PhD EE (from MIT, Harvard, Brown, Oxford). Broad R&D experience in medical devices, neurotech, wireless, big data analytics, machine learning algorithms

ID 114620

Andrew Wright

Focusing on identifying and working with Technology based Startups, bringing Creativity with practicality, vision with experience. The best of both worlds
http://awassoc.com

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