Entrepreneur Workforce Development

Career development for the entrepreneur economy


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Do Internships in Startups Lead to Employment?

We have just completed our 3rd year of partnering with technology based startups in the greater Boston area and training and connecting qualified UMass Boston students with paid internships at these companies. We also just completed our 2nd year of … Continue reading


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Acquia Launches Workforce Development Training

Acquia, a venture capital backed company that provides enterprise level service and support of the open source social publishing software, Drupal, has just launched Acquia U, to employ and train recent college grads and career changers to become designers, developers, … Continue reading


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White House Business Council Workforce Development Roundtable at UMass Boston VDC

White House Business Council and 20 High Tech Start-up Execs Roundtable at UMass Boston VDC. On Thursday, July 28, Jane Oates, Assistant Secretary of Employment and Training, and Joanne Goldstein, Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development for Massachusetts, along with … Continue reading


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Entrepreneur Workforce Development Skills that can be Taught

At UMass Boston I do a few things. I mentor start-ups in our Venture Development Center, manage a paid internship program for UMass Boston students who want to work with high tech start-ups, oversee the Entrepreneurship Center, and teach an … Continue reading


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Post From Jeremy Krantz, UMass Boston Recent Alumni, Regarding Entry Level Marketing Skills Acquired

  As my time at UMass Boston as an undergraduate student slowly trickled down, I caught wind of the Venture Development Center through one of my marketing professors and decided to investigate it further; I then met Mr. Dan Phillips … Continue reading


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Entrepreneur Workforce Development Trends

We have been placing UMass Boston students in paid internships with the leading VC backed high tech start-ups in Massachusetts for almost two years now, and it is very interesting to look at the workforce trends and results. Total # of … Continue reading


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Invitation to Entrepreneur Center Launch

You are invited to a cocktail reception celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Venture Development Center and the launch of UMass Boston’s new Entrepreneurship Center.  Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 5:30 PM Venture Development Center University of Massachusetts Boston Wheatley Hall, … Continue reading


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The UMass Boston EC…..What’s in it for Students

First of all, the UMass Boston Entrepreneurship Center will hold it’s introductory event on 6/15 at 5:30pm in the Venture Development Center.  And you’re all invited.  The EC’s goal is to enhance UMass Boston’s position as a significant source of highly … Continue reading

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