People

Meet 1550 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Boston's tech scene.

Ahmad Jivraj

A friend, A venture capitalist (@longworth-venture-partners), A tech aficionado (formerly at Bing.com), An entrepreneur, A foodie, A Canadian.

Ross Baird

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Executive Director, Village Capital

Jill C. Preotle

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Investor in @ezcater, @taskrabbit, @crimson-hexagon, @zipcar, Daily Grommet.

Jon Chait

Partner, Dace Ventures, Investor and Company-Builder in Consumer Marketing and New Media

Lee Bouyea

VC @ @freshtracks-capital. Director at @nehp, Draker & PES. Lead partner on @kohort & @quirky. Formerly with @ebay, @ebates & Nextel. MBA: Tuck @ @dartmouth-college.

Richard Banfield

Founder of @fresh-tilled-soil. Investor in @super-web-o-matic, @perksteet.

Patrick Chun

@bain-capital-ventures. Investing in e-commerce, digital media, consumer net and enterprise. Once a growth guy at Francisco Partners. Harvard BA / @harvard-business-school MBA.

Dan Von Kohorn

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Co-founder/Principal of Beta Fund, a micro VC investing in early stage companies in the greater Boston area.

Sheryl Schultz

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Involved with start ups for over 30 years as a marketer, mentor, board adviser, board member, and investor. Member of Golden Seeds and Launchpad Venture Group.

John Prendergast

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Fndr @blueleaf, Org. of Lean Startup Circle-Boston. Prod Mgt at @authentify, @veritel (Speechworks), @iflourish, Listen Systems (Bell Helicopter). Kellogg MBA

Matt Cutler

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Founder & CEO of @collaborate. Formerly CMO of @visible-measures. Founder of @netgenesis. @techstars-1 Mentor.

Lindsay Ullman

Investment team at @google Ventures, product marketing at @google.

Rajeev Surati

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

Tom Carter

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Operate in business credit. Focus on venture, growth and expansion stage businesses. Prior experience: Software, data, analytics.

Paul Ford

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Entrepreneur, Technologist, Strategist, Ecosystem Builder, Startup Advisor, VC Whisperer, Connector of Dots, Creator of Cool Stuff (@techstars and @500startups mentor)

Ben Jabbawy

Deep SMB family roots. Formerly cofounder at venture backed @oasys-water converting seawater into fresh for industry. @cornell-university Engineer

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