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 […]
Reason Startups Succeed
Posted on 10. Jun, 2015 by Ira Yellen in angel investing, Blog, entrepreneurs, innovation, mentoring
Start Up Weekend Hartford Great Success
Posted on 22. Oct, 2013 by Ira Yellen in Blog, community, connecticut, entrepreneurs, innovation, mentoring, technology
I was pleased to be an organizer and mentor coordinator this past weekend helping 9 teams and over 60 participants. See this link featuring all http://www.metrohartford.com/newsroom/alliance-news/2013/10/21/startup-weekend-hartford-ottawa-bridges-borders
The Give and Take of Mentoring
Posted on 23. May, 2013 by Ira Yellen in Blog, mentoring, our philosophy, Uncategorized
Mentors can be very powerful allies but perhaps not in the way they are typically portrayed. See how various life lessons from different people be combined to form a ‘composite mentor’, and how the cycle of mentorship increases growth. http://on.wsj.com/11c4AYF
MassChallenge Winners That I was Honored to Mentor
Posted on 24. Oct, 2012 by Ira Yellen in award, Blog, entrepreneurs, innovation, mentoring, technology
Winners I mentored were selected at yesterday’s MassChallenge Awards event: GRIThttp://goGRIT.org won $115,000 and Nordic Technology http://masschallenge.org/p… won $50,000. Congratulations to them. They did the hard work. I was proud to play a small part in their success.