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The Internet of Things (IoT) Marketplace

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:15-05:00 Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. Failure is essential to evolution. To understand how it affects commercial markets, you need to understand those markets in the first instance. Frank Gillett, has been studying the Internet of Things (IoT) marketplace for years in his role as a vice president and principal analyst for Forrester. Join Moukheiber...

An Industrial Designer’s Story — the Rise of Healthcare and the Fall of a Solar Cell Startup

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:15-05:00 Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. Dan Williams, industrial designer extraordinaire, has witnessed some great successes and some spectacular failures — including the fall of Konarka, an early solar cell maker that raised a whopping $185 Million before collapsing in the face of unexpected changes in the energy industry.  Tune into episode 10 and hear Dan's...

The Entrepreneur Inventor

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:16-05:00 Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. In episode nine, Moukheiber and Powsner chat with John Daniels, patent attorney and independent inventor, about his entrepreneurial endeavors. Tune in >>

Snow Skiing is like Starting a Business? Roger that!

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:16-05:00 Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. You've heard it before. Starting a business is a lot like skiing: you've got to be prepared for a fall. In episode eight, guest Roger Kahlon, a businessman and avid skier, speaks on the topic from first hand experience.  Tune in >>

Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:16-05:00 Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. In episode seven, Moukheiber, Powsner and Mark Thirman discuss the 2018Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Tune in >>

Tractor Pulls and Entrepreneurship

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:16-05:00 Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. In spirit of the holidays, join Moukheiber and Powsner for episode six, a winter holiday story with tractors, helpful neighbors and...a lesson about entrepreneurship. Tune in >>

Productive Liaisons — Bringing Together Industry and Academia

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:16-05:00 Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. In episode five, Moukheiber and Powsner chat with Randall Wright, program director of the MIT Industrial Liaison Program. Wright shares his unique view of creativity and innovation in business and research. Tune in >>

When the Investment Banker Comes Calling

Ziad2022-11-25T14:05:17-05:00 Boston Harbor Angel members, Ziad Moukheiber and David Powsner, are the hosts of Failure – the Podcast, a podcast about about business failures, focusing on startups and emerging companies. In episode four, Moukheiber and Powsner chat with Jack Langworthy, of Covington Associates, as he looks at startups from an investment banker’s perspective. Tune in >>