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The Good Times & The Bad

by Ben Saren on Jun Fri, 2008 in CitySquares, Entrepreneurship, startups

In the eight years or so that I’ve been running businesses, and in the twelve years or so that I’ve been managing teams of people, I can wholeheartedly say that I’ve always been able to balance a leisurely work environment, one that’s bullshit-free, and one that’s productive as well as fun, with being a boss, [...]

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A Tough Week

by Ben Saren on Jan Sat, 2008 in CitySquares, Entrepreneurship

On a personal and professional level, this was one of my toughest weeks since the company was launched in the autumn of 2005. It was made especially hard because this week saw the departure of an employee who’s been with us since the start. It was awful in many ways and I found myself physically [...]

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See you on the other side

by Ben Saren on Dec Mon, 2007 in Entrepreneurship

2007 was a pivotal year for me in so many ways, mostly professionally. But as is the case for an American entrepreneur, my personal life hinges on my professional life. It’s now 7:30 on New Years Eve and Ali and I are settling nicely into our new home. Carmina Burana appropriately just came on the [...]

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Update (long overdue)

by Ben Saren on Nov Sat, 2007 in CitySquares, Entrepreneurship

Last weekend I was fighting a nasty cold and decided I’d post an update up here. After typing and editing for what seemed like an hour, I accidentally hit the Backspace key and found myself going backwards in my browser, and when I clicked forward, my blog post was gone. I was pretty pissed off. [...]

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A Taste of Progress

by Ben Saren on Jun Thu, 2007 in CitySquares, Entrepreneurship

Well I have to admit that today was probably the first really great day here at CitySquares. Today just felt like progress was in the air. From early in the morning through this hour things were just happening, all day. Phillip and Zac were just kicking ass today and they took June sales from good [...]

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TechSpace is Good Space

by Ben Saren on May Wed, 2007 in CitySquares, Entrepreneurship

When Citysquares first launched as an idea I was still running Atomic Enterprises. We had an office in downtown Boston, near the Orpheum Theatre and across from the Park Street T station. It was a great location. The office left a lot to be desired though – there were break-ins, fires, junkies lingering outside, criminal [...]

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