[DesmondPieri]

I have endorsed two companies each of which I've worked with for over a year as part of the Boston University Kindle Mentoring program. One of the founders told me this morning that -- in his "networking" to get more endorsements -- he's met some "movers and shakers" in Boston who will be a big help for his business. This is exactly the intended result when the MassChallenge Team added the "endorsement" step to the process. If nothing else, MassChallenge is well thought out. And last year it was well executed by a hoard of people volunteering their time and energy.