David has a good set of lists for our conversation tomorrow about Northeast startup Web 2.0/New Media/2nd Circle companies (even if this meeting is about all of North America).
Bring extra whiteboard markers... it's gonna be a great session!
Video Companies
Mobile Companies
Video game Companies
(Above is a shot of a funky interactive-ish map - Here)
Incubators:
Cambridge Innovation Center - Residents
BetaHouse
Ycombinator (Go Here for Paul Graham's MUST READ take on the current and future growth of Web Startups)
Investors:
David Aronoff - IDG Ventures
David Beisel - Venrock
Bijan Sabet - Spark Capital
Simeon Simeonov - Polaris
Fred Wilson's great blog
Michael Feinstein
National VC Assoc. list
Universities:
MIT Enterprise Forum
Boston University Discovery and Innovation Center
The Stern Incubator at NYU
Events:
Demo
WebInnovators Group - Monthly tech VC frat party for all
Under The Radar
NY-based Young Startup Ventures has many events
Such as the New England Ventures
New York Tech Meetup
Boston ENET eMinute
MarksGuide - Boston tech events
Contests:
BU ITEC and Alumni
You Be the VC
Nova Scotia - InNova
Nokia - Mobile Rules
TechCrunch 20...40
TechCrunch - Crunchies
Associations:
World Economic Forum accepted their Technology Pioneers 2008
Startup HR
Genotrope
High Tech Ventures
Good Reads:
Red Herring
Xconomy - Kendall Square and beyond
American Venture Magazine
Scott Kirsner's Innovation Economy Blog
His Good "watch" here
Don Dodge at Microsoft
BuzzBoston
Business 2.0 did a good breakdown of top 25 startups - Joost, Bebo, Revision3, Blip.tv, Spot Runner, etc...
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