January 7, 2009 at 3:25 pm by LeeFor many of you it will come as no big surprise that 2008 saw some of the lowest levels of startup exits in a number of years. IPOs were at their lowest in more than 30 years, with just six for the full year and none in Q4 2008 when the economic and financial contraction hit top gear. Check my math, but I'm pretty sure that if you annualize zero it's still a pretty low number...
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November 12, 2008 at 10:45 am by SeanWe all know that The Red Sox, The Patriots, and The Celtics are examples of successful leadership that has arisen from New England, but another New England super star is its Communications Infrastructure sector. The New England entrepreneurial ecosystem has long been identified with communications equipment, storage, life sciences and software. However, a somewhat less visible, but equally robust segment of our innovation fabric is the Communications Infrastructure cluster. These are the companies that build, own and operate the critical communications network infrastructure that enable today’s modern Internet, voice and mobile communications services. These are companies operating everything from wireless towers to cable systems to telephone / data networks to CDNs (content delivery networks).
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