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My presentation slides on Cleantech 2.0 from NYC Cleantech
I was invited last night to present to the NYC Cleantech group in NYC. I don’t think I have ever given a presentation where the view behind me was as distracting as the well-lit signage of Times...
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What are Resourceful Entrepreneurs (for University spinouts)?
Starting a company from scratch is not easy, especially a university startup. I have had hundreds, if not thousands, of conversations with people who have interest in university spinouts and they all...
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Tradition of Presenting Scientific Innovation at URES
Every year I look forward to one special event that is held in Cambridge, MA – the annual University Research & Entrepreneurship Symposium (URES). This year it will be held on April 18th at the...
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Over-simplification of hard problems and nuanced technological innovations...
Just saw this tweet and was left quite confused: I thought we were done making speeches like this in 2008! My assumption is that Vinod’s description of the technology got a bit too simplified in...
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The Entrepreneur: A Masterpiece of Dexterity, Grace and Risk | New England...
Thank you to Kimberly from NECEC for rather eloquently summarizing some of the thoughts I shared at a workshop on “Resourceful Entrepreneurs” at URES 2012. Bilal Zuberi led the 2012 University Research...
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Thinking about student entrepreneurship…Boston can do better!
Below is a terribly written note, but I hope it conveys the point I am trying to make… — May is a special time in Boston. With finals & graduation around the corner, students make their push to...
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Tasterie.com – Looking for healthy, tasty, food/snacks, esp if you have food...
My second child arrived 1.5 years ago looking as much a bundle of joy as my older one, except that he was born with multiple food allergies. Well, like all good parents, we learnt as much as we could...
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Why I still focus on cleantech?
Somebody I know well recently asked me why I still focused on cleantech investments? Had I not been dissuaded by all the rather public failures of cleantech startups? Was the political climate not...
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The EnergyMakers Show
Paul Dickerson, former COO of Department of Energy’s EERE program, is a friend and a strong supporter of advanced energy for the USA. Paul has been active in this field for a long time and I am glad...
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MIT Startup Bootcamp: story of a student-led effort that kicks ass!
I attended the annual Startup Bootcamp at MIT yesterday. It was the best thing I could possibly have done on the Columbus Day holiday. Kudos to the amazing group of students at StartLabs who put on the...
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Roughdraft.vc — Students catalyzing student startups
Boston is a very special place with approximately 60+ colleges and universities, 300,000+ students, and a long history of significant companies started by students or student drop-outs from Boston area...
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Gun violence and a father’s pledge!
I could not run home fast enough this past Friday after hearing what happened at the Sandyhook Elementary School in Connecticut. I felt like crying every time I stopped to think about it. But I...
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RoughDraft.vc students make their first investment in a student startup
RoughDraft.vc is an initiative that my partners Nitesh Banta, Peter Boyce and I started last year to provide the kind of unhindered financial and other support to student entrepreneurs that we would...
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A new chapter in my life – investing in our future.
I spent much of the day yesterday with Salman Khan of Khan Academy, walking around the MIT campus and at events geared towards raising awareness and funds for his amazing effort to democratize...
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In this connected world…we must disconnect every now and then.
It is sometimes nice to simply disconnect. It is sometimes nice to be in the woods, by the lake, staring at turtles swimming idly or frogs jumping through puddles. To hear humming birds and to stop and...
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Metamaterials and Computational Imaging: Our latest investment in Evolv...
At Lux Capital we pride ourselves in backing great entrepreneurs working on important and relevant problems. I’ve written before that great entrepreneurs pursue problems they can relate to, and build...
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Registering an out of state leased vehicle in California when you move here.
This is just a quick post to hopefully help others who also find themselves in a similar situation as I did, and have to register a car they leased in another state in CA when they move here. I very...
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Friends Don’t Let Friends Have a Lazy VC/CEO Relationship
A few days ago Vinod Khosla commented that in his opinion, the vast majority of VCs did not add value to their portfolio companies – and in fact most added negative value. I don’t know if he...
View Article“Economies of Unscale” is great for startups.
My friend, and partner at General Catalyst, Hemant Taneja, wrote a great blog post at HBR on Economies of UnScale. He and I had discussed this idea before (when he had it in draft form), and I was...
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The Dawn of ‘Flying Robots’ – Our investment in CyPhy Works
Over the past half decade, it has been my privilege to get to know a pioneer in the field of robotics: Helen Greiner. She is the founder & CEO of CyPhy Works, and previously was a co-founder,...
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