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A man works during the Boston Stupid Hackathon on Saturday. The goal of the hackathon was to “bring bad ideas to life.” PHOTO BY MAGGIE LEONE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston startup community gets dumber, sillier with ‘Stupid Hackathon’

Hannah Shearer April 9, 2018

In a room full of creative minds making stupid things sits Glen Chiacchieri, the organizer of the day, wearing a homemade shirt that reads “Capitalism is Terrible.” This is Boston’s Stupid...

Maya Simon and Alex Taussig give advice to aspiring entrepreneurs at the Four94 kickoff conference Saturday. PHOTO BY JENNI TODD/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Four94 kicks off, empowers female student entrepreneurs

Jenni Todd September 25, 2017

Risham Dhillon was taking a course on startups at Harvard when she noticed how few female students were in her class. Dhillon knew then that she wanted to take action. Only 4.94 percent of venture...

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