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Angel Invest Boston


Jan 11, 2017

Ben Littauer travelled an unlikely path from philosophy to communications technology. He brings to life the exciting turns in his careers as founder and angel investor.  In his light-hearted style, Ben provides a thoughtful tour of Boston’s angel scene in this episode that ranges over many topics including equity crowdfunding.  In particular, he explains what leads founders to make the worst fund-raising mistake of all. The philosopher’s clarity of thought and the engineer’s practicality are in evidence.

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Topics on this podcast:

Fundraising

Equity Crowdfunding

Angel Investing in New England

Cornell University

Harvard Law School

Baranof Software

Walnut Venture Associates, Boston Harbor Angels, Launchpad, Comparison & Contrast

The Capital Network

Mass Challenge

Connection between Coding & Philosophy

COBOL

BBN, Lotus, Lotus 123, Sun Microsystems

ARPANET

MS Excel

VisiCalc, Bob Frankston

Mitch Kapor

Symantec

UNIX

Oracle

Java

MS-DOS, Notework

LAN, Local Area Network, Ethernet, Bob Metcalfe

EMA, Electronic Messaging Association

Paul Graham, Y Combinator

Michael Mark

Babson College

Christopher Mirabile, Ham Lord

Angel Treaty

Boston vs. Silicon Valley

CIC, Cambridge Innovation Center

Kickstarter, Indiegogo

JOBS Act, Reg CF

WeFunder, Mike Norman

NetCapital, Troupe Jewelery, Kitsy Lane