Boston people
Here are some folks you might want to interact with.
Hiring designers and developers
Attend user group meetings like Boston Ruby and Boston Javascript. (see “Events” above)
Get to know designers and developers by their work and their peers’ interest in their work. Designers hang out on Dribbble. Developers hang out on GitHub. Develop relationships from however you like from there.
Investors
The etiquette for the investing world is to have someone known by both parties make the introduction between entrepreneur and investor. We sometimes make introductions for our clients to local investors we know. We feel comfortable making an introduction to:
- Adam Marchick, Bain
- Angus Davis, angel
- Antonio Rodriguez, Matrix
- Casey Gibbons, Commonwealth
- Dharmesh Shah, angel
- Dustin Dolginow, Atlas
- Joel Rodriguez, Commonwealth
- Lee Hower, NextView
- Matt Witheiler, Flybridge
- Reed Sturtevant, Project 11
- Sim Simeonov, angel
- Wan Li Zhu, Fairhaven
Lawyers
These lawyers are startup specialists.
- Cooley
- Foley Hoag
- Gesmer Updegrove (our lawyer)