Interview with Tom Lazay, Co-Founder and General Partner, Companyon Ventures Hi I’m Tom Lazay Co-Founder and General Partner at Companyon Ventures. We’re a venture capital firm based in Boston, investing in B2B software companies at the post-seed pre-A stage. Tell Us About Your Journey I got into entrepreneurship starting in undergrad with a classmate of […]
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking – Non-Compete Clause Rulemaking (the “Notice”) – that proposes a federal rule prohibiting the use of non-compete clauses, generally making the prohibitions adopted by a few states, like California, apply nationally. A non-compete clause is a type of restrictive covenant […]
My journey: I’m a generalist, and I feel really grateful that I was able to build my career at a time when being a generalist was acceptable. I think we are hyper focused on specialists, and I think my journey has allowed me to do many different things through the years and be many different things. And I think all of that has contributed to what I do today, which is work as a professional investor.
In our article on SAFEs vs Convertible Notes, we referenced the “friends and family” rounds as the most common way founders first raise money. At this stage, individuals are primarily writing checks because they love and trust you, and little to do with your business idea or any expectation of actually making money. Every penny from this precious purse must be spent wisely to build the business.
Interview with Tom Meyer, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures Group Hi, I’m Tom Meyer, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures Group, Nassau Street Ventures. We invest in all types of companies, all stages, sectors and geographies. Tell Us About Your Journey I’m lucky. I had a lot of opportunities growing up. Before I got here, I […]
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Interview with Chad Pytel, Founder & CEO Tell Us About Your Journey I got my first computer when I was about 10. My parents got it for me at a yard sale. I taught myself to program BASIC on that. It wasn’t actually very long after that, that I started to do work for people […]
Interview with Mike Sweet, CEO of NimblyWise Tell Us About Your Journey So my entrepreneurial journey started about 15 years ago when I graduated from business school, and I really wanted to work in smaller companies. I’ve been in traditional consulting, and I was lucky to find an entrepreneurial opportunity in the golf industry, something […]
Interview with Jeffrey Poole, CEO of Siren Marine Tell Us About Your Journey My journey was part of our CEO and founder’s journey, Dan Harper, who passed away a little over a year ago. And his vision was to connect every recreational boat in the oceans. So whether it was a sailboat, whether it was […]
Interview with Rochelle Nemrow, founder of FamilyID Tell Us About Your Journey My very first job out of college was with a magazine called High Technology Business Magazine that covered the intersection, it was the first magazine to cover the intersection of business and technology. It kind of ages me a little bit, but it […]
The Massachusetts Wage Act, M.G.L. c. 149, §148, is a particularly punitive statute for Massachusetts employers – entitling employees who are not timely paid their wages to three times the amount owed plus reimbursement of attorney’s fees accrued in pursuing their claim. With a recent decision of the Supreme Judicial Court – Reuter v. Methuen […]
Since our previous article from August 2021, employers have more frequently established and enforced mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies. Employers have the discretion to implement mandatory vaccination policies for their employees. Certain employees, however, must be vaccinated under Massachusetts law. Massachusetts requires mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for certain employees, such as those who work in: To reach […]
Tell Us About Your Journey My journey started back in 2010 in the United States Navy. I was a supply and logistics officer working on a minesweeper. Minesweepers were a 30 year-old platform, wooden chips, really broken down supply chains. And one of the things that I got to learn about was just how amazing […]
Interview with Joe Phoenix, CEO of Givinga Tell Us About Your Journey The journey has been an interesting one. I mean, it started back in 2015. I had two co-founders and myself started Givinga, built it out of basically a WeWork. I think one of the first meetings that I had was actually in this […]
some workers are classified as “independent contractors” and are not entitled to all of the statutory protections and requirements applicable to employees.