MGMT Boston - W9, Q2 25 - The Coworking Chronicles with Rho / Startup Boston & WHOOP
The Coworking Chronicles: Summer Highlight Series with Rho / Startup Boston & WHOOP
Welcome to MGMT Boston where we try to help thousands of you manage your awareness of top Boston startups, founders, and local operators putting in the work. Glad to have you here!
TLDR:
The Coworking Chronicles: Summer Highlight Series with Rho - come share what startup you’re building across neighborhoods, starting with the Financial District, on Thurs, May 29th, 12:30pm - 2:30pm at Post Office Square (rain or shine)!
Thank you to Justin Wolz & the Rho team for the partnership
On The Lantern..
Stephanie Roulic, Founder & CEO at Startup Boston - Steph shares what’s coming up with Startup Boston Week (September 8th - 12th!) and what she’s excited about as an upcoming judge for Techstars Boston Weekend
Thank you to Steve Vilkas at BNT for coordinating
Alex Hammerman, Hardware Program Manager at WHOOP - the second member of the hardware program management team, Alex helped develop the hardware program that became the WHOOP 5.0 and the WHOOP Basic Charger
Thank you to Jordan Elster for the intro
INVITE (Thurs, 5/29): Winning GTM Strategies in an Evolving Market with York IE - Venture backed founders & revenue leaders of Boston..join us on May 29th to discuss how GTM is changing led by some of our best local experts
Around the Hub on MGMT Boston’s News Feed:
Chris Hogan at CloudZero is hiring a Commercial AE. Reach out if you want to learn more!
Clarity Security (cybersecurity) raises their $9M Series A
Other Resources:
MGMT Boston Operators Club - a community and opportunity engine for 100+ Boston based up & coming venture backed operators
2025 Boston Tech Big Board - 2025 Startup Directory + Startups to Watch
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The Endeca Effect: Overview / Markets / People / Products / Conclusion / Bonus - Steve Papa Alumni Learnings
Q2 Highlighted Startups: Tines, Civic Roundtable, AceUp, Pentera, TruLeague, Glimpse
Q2 Highlighted Operators: Subash Rajaseelan / Thinkverse, Nathan Teplow / Salsify
2023 1H Recap / 2023 2H Recap / 2024 1H Recap / 2024 2H Recap
The Coworking Chronicles: Summer Highlight Series with Rho
It’s going to be a startup summer here in Boston.
MGMT Boston is partnering with Rho, the business banking and spend management platform built for founders and finance teams, to find out what startups are being built in each neighborhood around Boston this summer.
📣 We’re going to let you know when we’re in your neighborhood. Then come out and share what you’re building with us! 📣
We’ll make our way from the Financial District/Downtown to the Back Bay to Kendall Square to the Seaport and beyond on a quest to hear about the best startups being built in each backyard.
Share with MGMT Boston so we can share with the Boston startup community!
First stop? The Financial District / Downtown on Thurs, May 29th. ☀️🌧️ Come on out to Post Office Square from 12:30pm - 2:30pm (rain or shine!!) 🌧️☀️
What startup are you building?
What do you love about building startups in Boston?
What are the best startup(s) in Boston we should know about?
You answer the questions. We’ll blast it out!
Steph Roulic, Founder & CEO at Startup Boston
Stephanie Roulic, Founder & CEO at Startup Boston, joins The Lantern to share what’s coming up with Startup Boston Week (September 8th - 12th!) and what she’s excited about as an upcoming judge for Techstars Boston Weekend..
Welcome Stephanie Roulic, Founder & CEO at Startup Boston on this episode of 🔥The Lantern 🔥
Startup Boston Week is taking place from September 8th - 12th this fall. It’s free…so don’t miss it!
Shweta Agrawal from Boston New Technology (BNT) joins Steph & I to discuss the upcoming Techstars Startup Weekend Boston (May 30th - June 1st). Steph will be an expert judge at the final competition on Sunday evening where teams will compete for prizes after almost 48 hours of building.
🔍 What’s going on inside Startup Boston this spring / summer of 2025? 🔎
Startup Boston’s organization is constantly creating different events that support the startup community. They connect groups of individuals for networking and orgs like startup accelerators so founders know what resources are available to them throughout Boston & New England.
On June 4th they’re hosting a mentor exchange for first time founders, connecting them with mentors.
Look out for another co-founder matching event this summer before Startup Boston week too!
🤔 What does Steph want to see from Techstars Startup Weekend teams? 🤔
She wants to see startups that are pinpointing a problem within a specific industry. Work to clearly identify a problem and need that an industry faces, showing a path to product market fit!
🤔 What has Steph learned from her startup career founding a company, scaling Goldcast, Startup Boston & beyond? 🤔
Seek advice for things you don’t know from talented peers. It’s a very valuable asset to have as a founder (or builder). You don’t need to know everything, but you do need to know where to go to find the answers.
Pinpoint your weak spots and go learn from others that are stronger in those areas!
🤝 How can we help? 🤝
Go check out Techstars Startup Weekend (May 30th - June 1st) and, based on everything you learn, bring it to Startup Boston Week on September 8th!
Alex Hammerman, Senior Engineering Program Manager at WHOOP
Welcome Alex Hammerman, Senior Engineering Program Manager at WHOOP, on this episode of 🔥The Lantern 🔥
WHOOP is a wearables device company founded in 2012, built over the last decade plus from a single device into a comprehensive health & wellness platform.
Through their hardware & software offerings, WHOOP helps athletes and high performers better optimize their performance.
Alex was brought in as the second member of the hardware program management team, running the hardware program that became the WHOOP 5.0 and the WHOOP Basic Charger.
🔍 What’s going on inside WHOOP in 2025? 🔎
It has been a big 2025! WHOOP has transformed from a single hardware product set company to a multi device platform.
They released two new sensors - WHOOP 5.0 and WHOOP MG - with two new chargers (the wireless power back and the basic charger). It’s been a crazy year and a half from prototype to launch!
The member base has (of course) been growing a lot too!
🤔 What has Alex learned from his startup career & building WHOOP? 🤔
Alex has worked in medical devices, internet hardware & infrastructure, and EV charging. He’s never worked in true consumer electronics (until now).
High volume products like WHOOP are a totally different game! The precision & speed needed are very different.
Form factor is a big consideration. Fitting all that technology into a WHOOP, where each millimeter matters, was a major lesson in precision.
Despite all of those challenges, hardware development is a lot more translatable than people make it out to be. There can be a lot of merit to jumping industries and taking those learnings across industries too!
🤝 How can we help? 🤝
Boston is one of the hotbeds for hardware and deep tech in the entire world. Alex wants to see more of that industry grow here in Boston - more hardware events for founders & operators - to help us thrive locally.
And for WHOOP? Try them out! There are 3 different subscription tiers with a 30 day free trial option. What does your health mean to you? What does longevity mean to you? Sign up and try it out!
Any feedback for me? One thing you liked? One thing you didn’t? Local startups, founders, or operators to highlight? Just reply to this e-mail!
See you next week!
-Matt