Massachusetts has an answer to the question, “How can we generate more technology entrepreneurship activity, and hence more startups and more jobs, in the commonwealth?”
The “12x12” initiative, announced today at The Nantucket Conference, matches 12 leading CEOs
in Massachusetts with 12 leading venture capitalists in the state to
create 12 new startups in the next year.
The initiative was co-founded by Michael Greeley, founder and general
partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, and Andy Ory, founder and CEO of
Acme Packet Inc, following discussions with digital technology leaders
at the Tech Hub Collaborative. The two co-founders brought a few
notables into the “12x12” organizing committee, including Gururaj “Desh”
Deshpande, chairman of the Sparta Group; Jonathan Kraft, president of
The Kraft Group; Paul Sagan, CEO of Akamai Technologies Inc.; and Steve
Vinter, site director of Google Inc.
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Author: Mass High Tech staff
