Can you feel it? There's a real buzz in the air coming together around some of the amazing things happening in the Boston startup scene these days. We've had a lot of cool things happening over the last year or so, but now there's just an incredible amount that seems to be all happening in a short amount of time.  To put it in perspective, here's 6 Reasons to Be Excited About Boston this Spring.

 Baseball season just started again, signaling the end of a very long winter here in Boston! Although we had a freak storm last week, things should be slowly warming up, making it easier to go to all of the great startup networking events and office hours happening every day. This week shows that April means business, with over 40 networking events and office hours scheduled. 

Recently I’ve had the opportunity to help a few of my peers and friends look for their next job. Some have been extremely successful while others have had a REALLY hard time finding something that they are passionate and excited to join. Here are a few guidelines to improve your method of finding the next venture to get involved with.

Wouldn’t it be nice to know the question that you’re going to be asked on your interview, test, or even by your girlfriend? Well I cant help you there, but here is a list of different categories and questions that you should be able to answer when asking for money.

So you are ready to make the leap and want to join a startup? I know you are just as excited as the next person to get into a company that has the potential of becoming the next Google and learning a few things along the way. Here are a few topics that you should cover in your interviews, meetings, or simply asking the founders and other employees.

Every startup company, venture, organization (whatever you want to call it) will go through good times and bad. In order to survive the tough turns and not falling of the trail, it’s important to keep everyone on the same page and to be supportive.

Here our a few suggestions that will help you stay afloat through the good times and the bad.

Finding additional people to join your team is a very important decision, especially for a start up company or venture. Adding the wrong person can be time consuming, take up resources, and in some cases be catastrophic for the company. Bringing on an additional people can be fun excited and as I like to call it, similar to dating.

It's the first full week of October! All the leaves are changing colors, the stores are getting pumpkin flavored food, and the start up scene is ablaze with events! The BREW Boston and Future M series means there will be over 50 different Boston startup entrepreneur networking events and office hours this week. Check out the show and notes below to find out all about them and all the other great happenings in the community this week. And don't forget to check out the Greenhorn Connect Calendar for all your Boston startup entrepreneur networking events and office hours needs.

Thinking of new ways to solve a problem is a great feeling and can sometimes lead to starting a company.  Making sure you take the necessary steps to the vent the concept can save you a lot of time, less headaches, and help you decide whether it’s a ‘Go’ or ‘No Go’ situation.
 

Here are a few quick methods that can help aid you in determining if you’re going down the right path:

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.

This week we have Marc Zawel, Co-Founder and CEO of EqualApp, an online resource system that will change the way high school students get counseling for college.