I’m a big fan of AngelList, the crowd-funding platform. Great UI/UX, awesome cutting-edge philosophy and it is helping entrepreneurs overall. I don’t know Naval and Nivi, the founders, but I’ve only heard great things about them. As you may have read, the SEC has relaxed its rules on solicitation, and it is making for some
Square Cash: A Game Changer
I’ve written in the past about the commoditizing banking system. I mean, who really goes to a retail bank location anymore for most day-to-day needs? You can get cash at an ATM or “cash back” via debit card at the grocery store. You can deposit checks via a phone app. I think yesterday marks a
Jack Dorsey, A Young Billionaire
There’s a very good profile of Jack Dorsey in the recent New Yorker. If you use Twitter as a social media channel or use Square as a form of payment, you may know that he co-founded both. Forbes thinks he is America’s sixth-youngest billionaire. The writer does a really good job of chronicling his pre-fame
A Sports Day for the Ages
I love living in Boston, and one reason is the sports fanaticism. The whole city is abuzz this morning, it seems, after the Red Sox and Patriots came back to win yesterday. The Patriots beat New Orleans with five seconds left. The Red Sox have tied the ALCS at 1-1 in dramatic fashion. On sports radio
[Foodie Post]: Dinner at Stir Boston
One chef. 11 diners. 8 courses. Hard work. Grace under pressure. I went out last night for a special treat, a dinner at Stir Boston. A few friends strongly recommended it, and I’m glad I went. It truly was an amazing feast (see photo at the left), but it really brought home to me how
[Food Friday]: Boutique Coffee Shops
I think we are in a “golden age” for coffee in Boston, with the ascendancy of small, quirky and craft-minded coffee shops. When I first moved to town in the late 1980s, there wasn’t much on the scene. It was mostly a sea of over-roasted coffee and meh corporate chains. Now, there’s much choice. Very