Tag - David Powsner

Some Thoughts on Pitching

Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. The marketing pros will tell you that there's a right way to pitch and many wrong ways.  That may be.  But when you are on the front line, things change.  Mark, Ziad and Dave, in a not-too-serious discussion of pitching investors. Tune in >>  
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An Upcoming Event at the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge on the Internet of Things (IoT)

Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. The MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge will be hosting "Connected Things 2018" on April 5, 2018, at the MIT Media Lab. Join Moukheiber and Powsner in a discussion with Frank Gillett, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester. Frank will be moderating a panel on IoT and Blockchain at the MIT event....
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The Internet of Things (IoT) Marketplace

Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. Failure is essential to evolution. To understand how it affects commercial markets, you need to understand those markets in the first instance. Frank Gillett, has been studying the Internet of Things (IoT) marketplace for years in his role as a vice president and principal analyst for Forrester. Join Moukheiber and Powsner in...
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An Industrial Designer’s Story — the Rise of Healthcare and the Fall of a Solar Cell Startup

Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. Dan Williams, industrial designer extraordinaire, has witnessed some great successes and some spectacular failures — including the fall of Konarka, an early solar cell maker that raised a whopping $185 Million before collapsing in the face of unexpected changes in the energy industry.  Tune into episode 10 and hear Dan's story. Tune in...
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The Entrepreneur Inventor

Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. In episode nine, Moukheiber and Powsner chat with John Daniels, patent attorney and independent inventor, about his entrepreneurial endeavors. Tune in >>
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Snow Skiing is like Starting a Business? Roger that!

Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. You've heard it before. Starting a business is a lot like skiing: you've got to be prepared for a fall. In episode eight, guest Roger Kahlon, a businessman and avid skier, speaks on the topic from first hand experience.  Tune in >>
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Tractor Pulls and Entrepreneurship

Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. In spirit of the holidays, join Moukheiber and Powsner for episode six, a winter holiday story with tractors, helpful neighbors and...a lesson about entrepreneurship. Tune in >>
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