The MIT Enterprise Forum of CT presents: Anthology of a Startup: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned Thursday, March 24th | 5:00 – 8:00 | New Haven Lawn Club | 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven Registration & Networking 5:00-5:30 | 5:30-8:00 Program. For tickets or additional info, visit mitforumct.org Featured Speaker: Ira Yellen, Founder and President of […]
Ira Yellen Presents at MIT Enterprise Forum
Posted on 11. Mar, 2016 by Ira Yellen in angel investing, business development, connecticut, entrepreneurs, Health Information, innovation, interactive
Reason Startups Succeed
Posted on 10. Jun, 2015 by Ira Yellen in angel investing, Blog, entrepreneurs, innovation, mentoring
I listened to a short Ted Talk by a serial innovator and entrepreneur Bill Gross called The Single Biggest Reason Startups Succeed. According to TED, “Bill Gross has founded a lot of startups, and incubated many others — and he got curious about why some succeeded and others failed. So he gathered data from hundreds […]
Article on our Venture: HomecareMatchKiosk.com (Now Aging in Place Essential Toolkit)
Posted on 03. Dec, 2012 by Ira Yellen in angel investing, Blog, business development, entrepreneurs, Health, Health Information, innovation, public relations
Hartford Business Journal article on our new business for home care. Read on.
Why Being a Mentor and an Entrepreneur is a Giving and Getting Experience
Posted on 24. Aug, 2012 by Ira Yellen in angel investing, Blog, business development, community, entrepreneurs, Health Information, innovation, Recent Company News, technology
Lessons Learned Over the past five years, I have been mentoring dozens of start-up (companies in Connecticut in conjunction with Yale Entrepreneurial Institute, Connecticut Technology Council, and Connecticut Innovations. This summer, I also have the privilege of being a judge and a mentor at 2012 MassChallenge (MassChallenge.org) in Boston. It is one of the premier accelerator programs […]
The future of mobile investing
Posted on 19. Apr, 2011 by Ira Yellen in angel investing, Blog, entrepreneurs, innovation, interactive, Recent Company News, technology
At the annual conference of the Angel Capital Association Annual Summit (April 4-6) in Cambridge, MA, experts in the field of angel and venture capital funding, and entrepreneurs and investors were sharing trends and investment ideas. One of the interesting sessions was in the business to enterprise mobile, aka location marketing. The session explored the future […]
Partnering to Build Investment Grade Companies
Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 by Ira Yellen in angel investing, Blog, economic development, entrepreneurs
Together with several of our colleagues in Connecticut’s investment community, we’ve formed a new venture, g6 Associates. g6 Associates invests in early stage and mature companies who have reached an inflection point, where they are considering any number of major initiatives, such as acquisition, divestiture, mergers, strategic plans and business plans. Our team includes experts […]
Angel Investors Seeding Connecticut
Posted on 05. Feb, 2008 by Ira Yellen in angel investing, connecticut, innovation
The Famous Unknowns Jump Start New Ventures Without Fanfare Without many of the incentives (for example: no tax credits for individual investors) offered by other states, Connecticut angel investors are contributing capital, time and culture to early stage companies. This is a real eye-opener for anyone who is accustomed to steady cadence of mature companies […]