Marc Meyer

Taking data product development to the next stage

There are a lot of alternative product development methodologies that might apply more directly to data products. One of the more recent ones is the “lean startup” approach, created primarily by Eric Ries. Intuit Inc.INTU +0.79%, for example, has embraced both the lean startup idea (see a series of short videos on it here) anddata products, […]

Marc H. Meyer: Strike the Right Balance

GUEST MENTOR Marc H. Meyer, founder of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group at Northeastern University D’Amore-McKim School of Business: One-person shows rarely achieve success in new venture creation – and for good reason. Think about the teams behind some of today’s most successful and notable ventures – Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer at Microsoft, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak […]

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Schools get into the start-up game

“I wouldn’t use the word, ‘dropout,’ I would use the word ‘extended leave of absence’,” said Marc Meyer, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Northeastern University in Boston. Northeastern gives out $250,000 a year in grants through its own new, student run venture accelerator. Meyer could have used that kind of help when he was […]