Press & Speaking Engagements
Greenhorn Speaking Engagements:
We've been fortunate to have the opportunity to speak to a number of groups about entrepreneurship, the Boston startup community and the many great resources we help highlight. If you'd like to have us speak to your group, contact us!
- Northeastern University Social Entrepreneurship Class: "A Greenhorn's Journey: Social Entrepreneur Edition" July 25, 2011
- Xconomy's XSite 2011: "Sound off: Boston Needs Swagger," Jason Evanish June 16, 2011
- Tufts University Compass Fellowship class, "Partnerships", Jason Evanish March 30, 2011
- Mobile Monday's MobileCamp Boston "Student Mobile Entrepreneurs: Challenges and Opportunities" Jason Evanish, Panel moderator, February 19, 2011
- Entretech Speaker Series at Northeastern University, "The Boston Entrepreneur Ecosystem: Why you should start a company now & what help is out there for Boston Students", Jason Evanish, February 8th, 2011
- The Mind Your Own Business (MYOB) Radio Show, Jason Evanish Greenhorn Connect, January 2nd, 2011
- ShutUp & Startup Weekend, "10 Reasons to Start Your First Company in College" October 22, 2010
- Simmons College School of Management, Class of Prof. Susan Duffy, "The Entrepreneur's Road: How I built Greenhorn Connect & things I learned along the way..." October 19, 2010
- Startup Weekend Boston, “How to Make the Most of Startup Weekend” June 5, 2010
- Northeastern University, Husky Innovation Challenge Final, April 16, 2010
- Northeastern University, Class of Prof. John Friar, March 30, 2010
- Emerson College, Class of Prof. , “A Greenhorn’s Journey” February 24, 2010
- Tufts University, Entrepreneurship Club, “A Greenhorn’s Journey”, February 17, 2010
Greenhorn Connect Events
We partner and help organize events for the Boston Startup Community from time to time. Below is a list of some of these events:
- RamenCamp: The Art of Bootstrapping, May 21, 2011
- Learn from some of the top bootstrappers in the country. Attend to learn about: Bootstrapped customer development, How to build a team without a budget, Cheap (and free!) tools to build your project, Building profitable side businesses, Getting Press & PR for your bootstrapped startup and a panel at the end of the day for "When to stop bootstrapping and take money."
- Developers Developers Developers Developers, February 5, 2011
- High School and College students will gather on a winter Saturday to talk about making web and mobile applications. In-demand technologies will be introduced by accomplished folks. Designers and developers from hiring web startups will be available to meet students after the talks. Read a recap on the Greenhorn Connect blog here.
- Schwag Swap, November 11, 2010
- This event promotes Boston startups by getting startups to trade company shirts and wear them around the city to show off our innovation economy.
- ShutUp and StartUp Weekend, October 22-23, 2010 (Partner)
- A weekend-long event designed to give students a first-hand introduction to the innovation economy in Boston by connecting them with industry leaders and mentors.
Guest Posts:
We've shared our perspective in the form of guest posts on these great sites. If you're interested in a guest post from the Greenhorn Team, contact us!
- Be Louder and Prouder
- By Jason Evanish, Sunday Boston Globe, May 2011
- Why There’s Never Been a Better Time to be a Young Entrepreneur in Boston
- By Jason Evanish, MassChallenge Blog, March 2010
- How you can help young entrepreneurs
- By Jason Evanish, MassHighTech, December 1, 2009
Greenhorn in the Press:
We've been covered by a number of great journalists and news sites which you'll find below.
- Facebook Founder Gives a Shout-Out to Boston - NPR on WBUR Boston
- Curt Nickisch, November 1, 2011
- A Need-to-Know Guy: How one young Bostonian became a networking king - Fast Company Magazine
- Curt Nickisch, November 2011 Issue
- Unlimited Vacation, but can you take it? - The Wall Street Journal
- Sue Shellenbarger, July, 20, 2011
- Person of Interest: Jason Evanish - Boston Magazine
- Curt Nickisch, July 2011 Issue
- Is a Job at a Startup Right for You? – Read Write Web
- Audrey Watters, July 8, 2010
- Greenhorn Connect, Growing Fast, Looks to Continue “Snowball Effect” of Young Tech Entrepreneurs - Xconomy
- Gregory Huang, June 23, 2010
- Expanding our horizons– Boston Globe
- Scott Kirsner, June 7, 2010
- Innovation Month: What’s it to you? – Boston.com
- Scott Kirsner, Innovation Economy, May 27, 2010
- Big names in online networking also thrive face-to-face– MassHighTech
- Galen Moore, April 14, 2010
- Your advice for college students looking to work in tech? – Boston.com
- - Scott Kirsner, Innovation Economy, April 7, 2010
- The Career Combine: Fired Up to Get You Hired Up - BostInnovation
- Kyle Psaty, March 9, 2010
- Mom and Dad, what did you do during the cultural revolution? – Boston.com
- Scott Kirsner, Innovation Economy, January 8, 2011
- Greenhorn Connect: Helping Local Entrepreneurs – Boston.com
- Jennie White, BostInnovation, December 21, 2009
- Resources: The New Culture of Entrepreneurship – Boston.com
- Scott Kirsner, Innovation Economy, October 14, 2010
Greenhorn in the Blogosphere:
Many great bloggers have given us great mentions on their sites. We really appreciate the citizen coverage!
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Boston Tech Community
- Rob Go, November 9, 2010
- 6 Ways To Tell If You’re The Right Candidate For a Start-up
- Phil Rosenberg, reCareered, July 8, 2010
- #WorkWednesday: Show Off Your Awesome: Microsoft Partner Network East Region Team Blog
- Abby Fichtner June 30, 2010
- Hire With An Eye for Potential, Not Experience
- Tim Yandel June 23, 2010
- Startups in Boston are founded by students who stay
- Healy Jones May 28, 2010
- Meet Three Young Boston Entrepreneurs
- Danny Wong, The Examiner March 23, 2010
- MITX Career Combine – Connecting Students and Employers
- Kiki Mills March 10, 2010
- 8 Young Boston Entrepreneurs I’m Glad I Know
- Fan Bi November 23, 2009
