This is a great historical analysis by David Jegen of F-Prime Capital Partners of the history (well, the last 25 years) of Boston entrepreneurship and the powerful ripple effect great entrepreneurs and their companies have on the ecosystem.
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Where Are They Now?
Do you remember VH1’s hit TV series Where Are They Now? It was kind of addicting. Each episode would chronicle the journey of a celebrity who had achieved greatness in the past, yet was no longer in the public eye. Well recently, that’s what we’re thinking about in our office at F-Prime Capital. Like many of you, we think a lot about the entrepreneurs who built iconic companies in Boston; such as, Mitch Kapor, co-founder of Lotus Development Corp, the forerunner to Microsoft Excel, and Amos Hostetter, co-founder of Continental Cablevision (one of our early investments). These entrepreneurs paved the way for many of us and built the foundation of today’s fertile entrepreneurial ecosystem in Boston.
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