{Ed. Note -The Greenhorn Connect team is growing! We're pleased to announce that Pardees Safizadeh is our new Director of Social Media.  She'll be helping us improve and grow our communication and outreach so we can more effectively interact with and help the Boston entrepreneur community. So please give a warm welcome to @Pardees.  
 
We are always interested in how we can help young people get integrated in the community, so we asked Pardees to share her story of getting into the community, getting excited and finding Greenhorn Connect!}
 
Rewind life back two months—it’s June, and I have no interest in joining the start up community. To be fair, I had no idea a start up community existed in Boston. I had no idea there were so many start up companies in Boston, and frankly, I didn’t care. I was interning in Boston and enjoying my life like a normal person. I wasn’t a business major in college and I didn’t intend on starting anything now.
 
So right now you’re probably thinking why am I (the reader) reading this? Why do I (the reader) care about this random girl and her lack of involvement in the start up community? Why? Because I did get involved.
 

We all know how hard it is to find a cofounder (especially if you're looking for a technical one).  So what if you think you might be able to go it alone? Maybe you have the technical skills to get your idea off the ground or are willing to bite the bullet and pay someone to build your idea.   It may seem like a great idea, and in some cases may work out, but I'd like to caution against not having a co-founder.  Here's why:

This post on "Agile" continues a mini-series on misunderstood terms in technology. Previous terms were the cloud and NoSQL.

Frequently, I find that startup ventures simply do not have a financial plan. They know their business in and out but when you ask them about their financial methods of keeping track of operations, they look at you like you asked them how many planets are in the galaxy. 
 
Agreeing on a structure, having a plan, and making sure there are checks and balances can help mitigate a lot of issues in the near future. It is stated that approximately 80% of small business fail within their first year with the primary reason being the lack of cash. Here are a few suggestions to help keep your business from going under:

 With the students starting to move back into Boston and summer winding down, we have a week to catch our collective networking breath.  For those of you still looking to get out, there are still 17 great networking events and office hours this week. Below you'll find our recommendations for the week.

Stay tuned next week for our September events countdown, so if you're an event organizer, make sure you get your event on the calendar!  And of course, if you want to stay in the loop on the Boston Startup scene, be sure to check out the Greenhorn Connect Calendar for all your Boston startup entrepreneur networking events and office hours needs.

Who are the faces behind a company? How did the company get started? These are common question you may have about startups you see and hear about. If you don't get a chance to personally meet the founders, you're unlikely to ever know their story. That's what Founder Fridays is all about.
 
In honor of all the college students returning to the city, this week we have Boris Revsin, CEO and co-founder of CampusLIVE (and local UMass Amherst alum!). CampusLIVE is a site dedicated to helping students connect with other people, events and local businesses on and near college campuses. (You can also learn more about CampusLIVE on their Posting on the Greenhorn Career Connector)

This post on "Agile" continues a mini-series on misunderstood terms in technology. Previous terms were the cloud and NoSQL.

Going from receiving a nice paycheck weekly or bi-weekly, walking into an office, or having coffee and bagel in the morning to not knowing where you’re going to end up the next day, is a scary change. Every Entrepreneur who has a full-time gig and is looking to make the jump always has doubts, fears, and concerns which are all reasonable. 
 
When to quit or not quit, now that is the question! Here are a few suggestions that will help you decide when to make the leap:

As the leader of a company you have many responsibilities, but there is nothing more important than conveying your vision effectively (especially at an early stage startup). No matter how good you are at conveying your vision to your team, your customers or the media,Made to Stick can teach you how to do so even better and understand why you may have failed in the past.
I'd like to highlight two of the core concepts from Made to Stick that are key for any startup leaders out there.

 It's been a wild summer with hundreds of events each month. The whole time there's been no sign of a slow down, but we finally have a week for you to catch your breath.  There are still 26 Awesome events this week, but 15 of them are on Thursday.  This made our work a bit harder here on GreenhornTV, so we're declaring this "Summer Vacation Week."  Below you'll find a quick overview of the great events we recommend this week, but you'll notice you get a number of days off :).  And of course, if you want to stay in the loop on the Boston Startup scene, be sure to check out the Greenhorn Connect Calendar for all your Boston startup entrepreneur networking events and office hours needs.