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We have spent 3.5 years working with startups in the area, understanding their internships needs and running workshops, events, and mentoring to help prepare students for these internships. After working with 45 startups to place 97 students primarily in sales/marketing … Continue reading
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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, 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
by daniel.phillips
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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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We are now up to 75 students with paid internships in high tech start-ups and the majority of internships continue to fall into the categories of sales/marketing or software development/QA/IT support. And these internships are spread throughout 40 companies. So … Continue reading
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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
by daniel.phillips
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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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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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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
by daniel.phillips
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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