Zaid Ashai invests money for Point Judith Capital, a private equity firm, and heads their Boston office. On March 6th through 8th , the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association held its Energy 12 Trade Show at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston, … Continue reading
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Mass Challenge is a Boston-based accelerator that annually takes over one hundred emerging entrepreneurial companies through an intense mentoring program in order to build enterprises from the ground up. Supported by private industry and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Mass Challenge … Continue reading
THE FUTURE OF U.S. MANUFACTURING The stated theme of the recent meeting of the Association for Corporation Growth in Boston was to explore the prospects for a manufacturing resurgence in the United States, and a panel headed by MIT Professor … Continue reading
At the February 29th “Deal Makers” Boston conference sponsored by the Association for Corporate Growth (“ACG”), the spotlight was pretty much stolen by Dr. David Kelly of JP Morgan Funds, who gave a sweeping assessment of the American economy and (from … Continue reading
This post continues an anecdotal review of the investment and M&A climate as the world does, or does not, emerge from the economic unpleasantness that started in 2008. Kevin Dunn and Ed Pendergast are managing directors of Dunn Rush & … Continue reading
Recent investor focus has been on US, Europe and China. India is (in part) an English-speaking country that is also the world’s second most populous. What is the prognosis for investing in India, and for the Indian capital markets in … Continue reading
At today’s MassBio (Biotechnology Council) meeting in Cambridge on new VC models for early stage financing, panelists painted a picture of changes in investor appetites and a more varied landscape for capital sources and exit opportunities. Three fund managers (two … Continue reading
Jeff Leerink is founder and CEO of Leerink Swann & Co., a boutique investment bank with its home office in Boston and an investment banking practice wholly centered on the life sciences. Given the shrinking venture capital commitment to the … Continue reading
Karen Kaplan is President of the advertising agency Hill Holliday, chair-elect of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, and has had a solid background of board service (presently she serves as Trustee at Fidelity Investments and a Director of DSM … Continue reading
If you want to see how Humphrey Bogart relates to the SEC, you might want to link to my November column, published in New England In-House, entitled “New SEC Rules Result in Whistleblowing in the Wind.” … Continue reading