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Go Write the Ad: Tips from David Friend, CEO and Co-founder of Wasabi

The following post is from Antonette Ho, Group Operations Manager at Boston Harbor Angels. Wasabi Wins IT Startup of the Year This past December, the Boston Harbor Angels hosted its annual end-of-year general meeting. During the meeting, Wasabi was honored as IT Startup of the Year. Wasabi is a new cloud storage company. After the awards, Mic Williams, President and Founder of Boston Harbor Angels, interviewed David Friend, CEO and co-founder of Wasabi. During the interview, Friend shared some history about his...
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Siamab Therapeutics to Present New Data on its ST1 Antibody Therapeutic Program Targeting Tumor-Associated STn and MDSCs at Biotech Showcase™ 2018

Siamab Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing novel cancer therapeutics, today announced that Jeff Behrens, president and chief executive officer, will present at the 10th annual Biotech Showcase™ conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 1:45 p.m. PT. The conference will be held January 8-10, 2018, at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square. Read more >>
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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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Some Things About Tech Were Good in 2017. No, Really.

An estimated 10 million Americans are blind or visually impaired, and until recently, tech companies did not have much to offer them. But that’s changing, thanks to start-ups like eSight and Aira, two companies that are taking advantage of recent advances in mobile and imaging technology to help visually impaired people navigate the world. Read more >>
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Legally Blind Boy Given the Gift of Sight, Just in Time for Christmas

Angelo Yu, 8, loves to read but the 2nd grader has to hold books right up to his face. That's because he is legally blind, the side effect of a brain tumor. Now, the young boy has gotten the best Christmas gift he could ask for, thanks to tech expert Katie Linendoll and her sister, Nadine, an oncology nurse practitioner. Angelo’s gift arrived in a large box, a pair of electronic glasses called eSight. Read more >>
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Productive Liaisons — Bringing Together Industry and Academia

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 five, Moukheiber and Powsner chat with Randall Wright, program director of the MIT Industrial Liaison Program. Wright shares his unique view of creativity and innovation in business and research. Tune in >>
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