Members

Boston Harbor Angels

Featured Member

Jim Aylward

Jim is President & CEO of Clark Hill Capital, LLC (CHC), an investment firm specializing in equity and real estate investments. He is an active investor in and adviser to a number of startup companies. Jim is a member of the eCoast Angel Network and the Boston Harbor Angels.

Jim was co-founder and executive vice president of Harvard Design and Mapping (HDM, www.hdm.com), a location intelligence software development and geographic information systems (GIS) consulting firm located in Cambridge, MA and Washington, DC. HDM was named 2006 Small Business of the Year for Massachusetts by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Founded in 1988, Jim and his partner Kija Kim sold HDM to the First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF, ranked 289 on the FORTUNE 500), the largest real estate information company in the world, in 2006.

From 1999-2000, Jim founded and was CEO of SmartCity.com, Inc., an online "pocket real estate" technology startup bringing wireless technology to the For Sale By Owner market and real estate agents nationwide. SmartCity.com was selected by Chase Securities as one of only two real estate related dotcoms to place it's A round after successfully raising significant private funding.

Jim was a senior strategy director for Allen, Demurjian, Major and Nitsch from 1986-1988. He served as Town Administrator for the Town of Boxford, Massachusetts from 1982-1986, and as a Legislative Assistant at the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1981-1982.

Jim has twice presented at the MIT Enterprise Forum, is a mentor for the BCVC program at Boston College, and is a member of the Boston College Club. He received a Bachelor degree in Political Science from Boston College and a Masters in Public Administration degree from Suffolk University. He is an alum of M.I.T.'s Greater Boston Executive Program. He enjoys golf and Nantucket.

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Values Boston Harbor Angels brings to Members

  • Exposure to a broad area of investment opportunities (IT, medical, consumer, real estate, internet, financial services, manufacturing, etc.)
  • Monthly meetings that are focused, with well prepared presenters.
  • A meeting style that is relaxed and conducted in the spirit of colleagues rather than adversaries.
  • Association with a membership of proven business leaders committed to excellence in everything that we do.
  • The opportunity to join other members in an effective due diligence process that provides increased exposure to "risks and rewards" prior to actual investing.
  • The ability to network with other angel groups, where our recommendations and theirs are highly valued and provide access to additional capital and pre-screened investment opportunities.
  • A membership known for providing resources beyond money which attracts superior investment candidates.
  • The opportunity for continued interaction with successful presenters that provides the gratification of giving something back.
  • Exposure to leading educational institutions, committed to entrepreneurship, such as Babson, Harvard, MIT, and others.
 

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