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“The key is not to be too far ahead of your time.” – Sarah Boisvert Serial entrepreneur and trailblazer Sarah Boisvert co-founded a digital fabrication company (Potomac) in 1986 before digital fabrication was even “a thing,” and she has been at the forefront of the industry ever since. Our conversation continues from the last episode […] The post Part 2, Turning Ideas to Startup Success with Sarah Boisvert appeared first on Venture Café Cambridge l Cambridge, MA.

“Great ideas by themselves are not innovation.” – Sarah Boisvert Serial entrepreneur and trailblazer Sarah Boisvert co-founded a digital fabrication company in 1986 before digital fabrication was even “a thing,” and she has been at the forefront of the industry ever since. In this episode Sarah shares key concepts for testing ideas and turning them […] The post Turning Ideas to Startup Success– Sarah Boisvert appeared first on Venture Café Cambridge l Cambridge, MA.

If you take any productivity tips this year, let it be founded in science! Tune in to this pithy special episode where we follow-up with our last guest, Harvard scholar and entrepreneur Pedro de Abreu, to get tips on how to make the most of each day– and our ceaseless to-do list. Pedro de Abreu […] The post Get Things Done: Performance Optimizer and Entrepreneur Shares Tactics from Blend of Sciences appeared first on Venture Café Cambridge l Cambridge, MA.

Both entrepreneur and scholar, Pedro De Abreu has a long list of items checked off his bucket list at only age 26. Founding his first startup at age 18 and winning the Coca Cola and USA Today New Century Scholar Award–among others–Pedro has since obtained his Master’s degree from Harvard, worked with top scientists on […] The post ROCKING THE BOAT: BRAIN SCIENCE ENTREPRENEUR SHAKES UP THE TRAINING INDUSTRY appeared first on Venture Café Cambridge l Cambridge, MA.

“I tend to do something when I get irked, so I founded Innovation Women.” – Bobbie Carlton Some of the best entrepreneurs are often responding to a problem or a need they have observed. That’s exactly what Bobbie Carlton is doing. Innovation Women, a visibility bureau for entrepreneurial and technical women, is a response to the […] The post Entrepreneurship is for Problem Solvers appeared first on Venture Café Cambridge l Cambridge, MA.

Meet Kimberly Jung: Army veteran, Harvard Business School alumna, and now Co-Founder and CEO of Rumi Spice. Kimberly’s startup imports saffron directly from rural Afghanistan into the United States. Not only has this opened a completely new export channel, but it also created a new source of income for Afghan farmers– ultimately catalyzing economic development […] The post She Led Platoons in Afghanistan, and Now a Social Impact Startup in the States appeared first on Venture Café Cambridge l Cambridge, MA.

Nope, he didn’t have an engineering background or a tool shop (at first), but that didn’t stop him from literally reinventing the wheel in his own kitchen. Meet Michael Burtov, Founder and CEO of GeoOrbital. During a casual evening of watching Tron, Burtov had that eureka moment– bike wheels have all this extra space that […] The post How a Wall Street Banker Literally Reinvented the Wheel appeared first on Venture Café Cambridge l Cambridge, MA.

Have you noticed the buzzing on the roof outside of Venture Café? That’s because we have some new neighbors: 10,000 Italian Honey Bees have moved in thanks to the Best Bees Company, a service that installs and manages hives for businesses and homes. Listen in on a discussion between “the Flanigals” (Skye and Sierra) and […] The post Bees! How can urban bees solve a global farming problem? appeared first on Venture Café Cambridge l Cambridge, MA.

Kickstarter campaign fully funded within 15 hours. 25 media placements (e.g. Mashable and NBC) by the end of the campaign. Selected for MassChallenge 2015 Accelerator program out of 3,000 applicants. These are just a few of Tania Green’s accomplishments since launching her startup, PMS Bites, only four months ago. PMS Bites are round chocolate treats […] The post Launching with Noise and Standing Your Ground appeared first on Venture Café Cambridge l Cambridge, MA.

Olivia Dufour with Skye Flanigan One woman’s story of moving to Boston, founding companies, and understanding her own mission in life. Olivia Dufour moved from Montreal to join MassChallenge working on a sustainability solution for large companies, but, in the process, found self-sustainability. Through several transitions, including a large telecom company and a mobile app […] The post What does it take to be a #FemaleFounder ? appeared first on Venture Café Cambridge l Cambridge, MA.