Ep: 031 - Semyon Dukach - Techstars- From MIT Blackjack to Startup Founder to Angel Investor

Semyon Dukach is currently the Program Director at Techstars Boston and is an angel investor with roughly over 100 investments. He is also the chairman of SharpSpring, which he took over in 2002 and then took public in 2011. He lead one of the MIT blackjack teams in the early nineties, has started a few companies, and in 2012 Semyon created "The Troublemaker Award". In this episode, Semyon talks about: His time leading one of the MIT blackjack teams in the nineties Why he loves investing in startups and what he looks for Why he took a company public in 2011, despite not needing to raise money Advice he would give to someone applying to Techstars Why he created "The Troublemaker Award" Links from today's episode: Semyon Dukach SharpSpring AccuRev Techstars Boston Troublemaker Award If you liked this episode: Follow the podcast on Twitter

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Ep: 031 - Semyon Dukach - Techstars- From MIT Blackjack to Startup Founder to Angel Investor is an episode from Startup Boston Podcast: Entrepreneurs | Investors | Influencers | Founders by Nic Dupuis.

This episode is 36:18 long.

This episode was published on Jan 24, 2017.

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