Thanks to all the press embracing technology, the movie the Social Network and the emergence of the consumer web and mobile apps, entrepreneurship is in the spotlight again. With that comes the interest and excitement of students in college. You can see it on all the campuses around Boston as seemingly every school has an entrepreneurship club, a startup mentoring program and hackfests. These programs do everything from inspiring new entrepreneurs to coaching them through their first venture.

The problem is, the odds of you being the next Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Clerico, or Aaron Levie is statistically insignificant.  What's more likely is that you can lay a foundation in college for an amazing career as an entrepreneur that later in life becomes a successful founder. Here's a few tips for making the most of college to prepare for being a great entrepreneur.

Groundhog Day is upon us this week! Whether or not he decides if there's going to be more winter or an early spring, don't him stop you from getting your networking on. This week brings 21 networking events and office hourswith it. Read below for the ones you shouldn't miss!

When you start a company, you are usually in one of two camps: a veteran who has worked at multiple startups and knows the monster challenge you're up against OR a first timer who has limited startup experience but an abundance of passion for the idea you want to solve. In both cases, there's always a lot to learn, but for the strength and vitality of an ecosystem, it's particularly important how we handle educating the first timers. 

 The Patriots won a nail-biter, and just like that, Boston has something new to celebrate! Keep celebrating the win all week long with the 30 networking events and office hours lined up in Boston. Need some help deciding where to go? No problem, just look below! Read on to find out the can't-miss events of the week! 

I miss DartBoston.  Yes, there's a DartBoston still around today, but I miss Classic DartBoston. The group all about young and student entrepreneurs. I miss the energy of their Thursday night Pokin Holes events and the community it formed. I miss the one of a kind atmosphere that removed any fear from your first networking event and brought out a uber-high-caliber group of young entrepreneurs. Today's DartBoston is great with their flip cup and concerts, but it does not have the same effect of the Classic DartBoston days. That's why I miss DartBoston and if you care about student retention, you should too.

Boston's Startup Scene is heating up this week with tons of great events and parties! This week serves up 30 networking events and office hours. Grab those scarves, gloves, and mittens and head out to make some great connections or to just have a great time! Read on to find out the can't-miss events of the week!

Our startup community is constantly evolving and we here at Greenhorn Connect work hard to stay in tune to those changes. When I started Greenhorn Connect, I was fresh out of Northeastern University and had the newcomer to the ecosystem in mind as we built the site. As the site and the ecosystem have since grown, my role in the community has changed significantly to serve much more than just the newcomer. At the same time, universities in town have changed the way they approach entrepreneurship as virtually every school has an incubator program, mentorship programs and vibrant student clubs.

Recognizing these changes at the universities and the need to build not only strong ties but understand the changing needs of students, I realized it was time to add some new student perspective to Greenhorn Connect. That’s why I’m pleased to announce the newest member of the Greenhorn Connect team: Paul Hlatky (pronounced “Lat-key”) as Director of Community and Student Relations.

The Boston Startup scene rolls on into the New Year! Had some networking goals you didn't reach last year? Make them your networking resolutions! Restart your networking skills with the 19 events and office hours happening this week. As always, the can't-miss events are below.

Whether you interview customers regularly, watch support requests on HelpScout or use a GetSatisfaction or UserVoice - like tool, your startup is inundated with feature requests from your customers.  It's great to have them engaging, but can lead to the dreaded "feature creep" that leads to a bloated, unusable product. What's a startup to do? The answer may surprise you in its simplicity: use the 5 Why's.