Podcast appearances and mentions of dave powsner

You may not be a CEO of a tech venture, but you are the CEO of your life venture. In this episode, Dave Powsner and Mark Thirman share practical insights from their experience mentoring Boston venture companies. Given that ventures are high risk, failure is common. Building on this, Dave and Mark launched “Failure – the Podcast” to shed light on the fact that failure isn’t just common for ventures but part of everyday life for us all. We batted around what makes a good CEO and landed on being able to edit and sell, and have a thick skin. I urge you to dig deeper here and not take this at face value. Both these talents enable you to discern information, prioritize actions and see people for who they are. These same skills are in fact key to nurturing your allies and navigating your adversaries. And of course, thick skin keeps emotions in check and reality in focus Easier said than done? Sure it is. Making good decisions can be challenging especially when the going gets tough. But as a devoted fan of the movie Frozen, Dave reminds us all we have to keep 'putting the right foot forward.' So true! Dave Powsner https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidpowsner/ Mark Thirman https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-thirman-595642/ Failure - the Podcast https://failure-thepodcast.com Build Up One Another - Apple iTunes https://apple.co/312mA29 - Spotify https://spoti.fi/2BVZyw2 - INSTAGRAM https://bit.ly/2Pm4BxP

In this session, we focus on turning a passion into a business.  Our guests are Randall Levere owner and founder of Erba Cycles, Nadeem Mazen co-founder and co-owner of danger!awesome and the CEO of NimbleBot.com, and Arthur Ganson, a sculptor. Joining in the discussion were  Shirish Ranjit, a former entrepreneur and now software developer with MIT Lincoln labs, Mark Thirman, director of partnerships with Vodafone and former cofounder of AirPring Networks, Sanjay Manandhar, CEO of Aerva Inc, and Dave Powsner, a patent lawyer and partner with the Boston law firm Nutter, McClennen & Fish LLP Nadeem Mazen, Co-Founder/Co-Owner, danger!awesome, CEO, NimbleBot.com Nadeem has had the good fortune to work professionally along many of his passions: he has led education teams in innovative research, directed award-winning viral music videos, created commercial animations, programmed software, and generated digital and interactive media for Discovery, Showtime, and CNN. His next venture brings a low-cost, disruptive education platform to market.  For the present, though, Nadeem is a co-founder/co-owner of danger!awesome, a laser cutting and engraving studio, based in Central Square, Cambridge. danger!awesome’s aim is to bring high-end fabrication equipment to the community. Nadeem is also the CEO of NimbleBot.com, a design and consulting firm that works in strategy & interactive media, video production, and web app design & development. Arthur Ganson, Kinetic Sculptor Arthur Ganson began making kinetic sculpture in 1977. Since receiving a BFA degree at the University of New Hampshire in 1978, his work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums in both the United States and Europe. He has held residencies at a number of institutions including the Exploratorium in San Francisco and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, where he has maintained an ongoing exhibition of his sculpture since 1995. His work has been featured in numerous magazines, including Smithsonian Magazine and The New York Times Magazine. In 2005 his work was profiled on Nova: Science Now by WGBH television in Boston, and in 2003 where he appeared as an animated bear on the cartoon series Arthur. He has been a guest speaker at universities and conferences throughout the country, including the TED Conference in 2004 and the Long Now Foundation in 2010. Besides making and exhibiting sculpture, he occasionally teaches classes in mechanics and wire bending. For the past 13 years he has been the ringleader of the MIT Museum’s Friday After Thanksgiving Chain Reaction, a community event in which families and students of all ages assemble a giant chain reaction. He is the inventor of the children’s toy Toobers and Zots. Randall Levere, Owner/Founder, Erba Cycles Randall is the founder and CEO of Erba Cycles, a Boston-based manufacturer of hand-built bicycles made from bamboo and natural fibers for city and comfort cruising. From the time he raced them as a child, Randall has had a passion for bicycles. His early business career began with stints in engineering and internet marketing. On a lark, Randall decided to try making a bicycle from bamboo—-mostly, as a night/weekend project—-having been impressed trial rides on bamboo bikes made by others. That project became a passion and, then, a business. Randall started Erba Cycles and has been making bamboo bikes, which sell worldwide for $2000 and up, at their South Boston facility since 2009.

A conversation with Matthew Field, managing partner at EBS Capstone, an insurance provider based in Newton Massachusetts. Matt, a former tech entrepreneur himself, has built a career working with emerging and middle market companies on all aspects of insurance from property insurance to directors and officers insurance. Matt is interviewed by Mark Thirman, a director of parterships with Vodafone and former CEO of the high-tech startup AirPrint Networks, and Dave Powsner a patent lawyer and partner with the Boston law firm Nutter McClennen and Fish, LLP. Download a rough transcript at Transcript A disclaimer ... The comments in this podcast are for informational purposes only. They are not professional advice on matters of law or insurance. If you have questions in those areas, consult your lawyer or insurance agent to discuss specific facts or circumstances. Finally, according to the rules of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, the material here may be considered advertising.

Discussion by Sanjay Manandhar, Chris Deschenes and Dave Powsner at a Panera, in Waltham, Massachusetts, on hiring in high tech.  Sanjay is founder and CEO of Aerva, a digital signage company; Chris, a software developer and principal of Entrasoft, a software consulting firm; and, Dave is a patent lawyer and partner with Nutter, McClennen & Fish, in Boston.

Discussion by Sanjay Manandhar, Chris Deschenes and Dave Powsner at a Panera, in Waltham, Massachusetts, on opportunities for the high tech employee.  Sanjay is founder and CEO of Aerva, a digital signage company; Chris, a software developer and principal of Entrasoft, a software consulting firm; and, Dave is a patent lawyer and partner with Nutter, McClennen & Fish, in Boston.

Discussion by Sanjay Manandhar, Chris Deschenes and Dave Powsner at a Panera, in Waltham, Massachusetts, on opportunities for the high tech employee.  Sanjay is founder and CEO of Aerva, a digital signage company; Chris, a software developer and principal of Entrasoft, a software consulting firm; and, Dave is a patent lawyer and partner with Nutter, McClennen & Fish, in Boston.

Discussion by Sanjay Manandhar, Chris Deschenes and Dave Powsner at a Panera, in Waltham, Massachusetts, on the topic of venture capital funding.  Sanjay is founder and CEO of Aerva, a digital signage company; Chris, a software developer and principal of Entrasoft, a software consulting firm; and, Dave is a patent lawyer and partner with Nutter, McClennen & Fish, in Boston.